Carter Meadows commitment to Michigan football sparks media, coach frenzy

USA Today

29-06-2025

Michigan football is on an incredible run in building its 2026 recruiting class, having gone from seven commits entering the month of June to 18. And Sunday saw the Wolverines get the biggest of them all.
Ranked the No. 6 overall player in the country, regardless of position, Washington (D.C.) Gonzaga five-star edge rusher Carter Meadows appeared to be between Michigan and Ohio State. There was optimism coming from Columbus following Meadows' official visit there, but he took in Ann Arbor another time for Victors Weekend, and ended up choosing the maize and blue over the scarlet and gray on Sunday.
While most commitments get a strong reaction from fans, coaches, and the media, the news of Meadows' pledge went to another level. A ton of national analysts shared their thoughts, the local media came in with glowing praise, and the coaches shared their elation.
Here are our favorite reactions to Meadows' commitment.
Head coach Sherrone Moore
NY Times' Jane Coaston
Michigan OC Chip Lindsey
Fox Sports' Brandon Koretz
Hype video editor Luke D'Mello
MGoBlog's Alex Drain
Michigan LB commit Markel Dabney
Barstool U of M
Michigan EDGE commit McHale Blade
The Wolverine's Clayton Sayfie
The Michigan Insider's Sam Webb
247Sports' Brian Dohn
The Wolverine's Anthony Broome
On3's Chad Simmons
247Sports' Steve Lorenz
Michigan director of recruiting Sam Popper
Crain & Company host and former Michigan QB David Cone
SI's Trent Knoop
MLive's Ryan Zuke
SI's Christopher Breiler
On3's J.D. PicKell
On3's Charles Power
Yours truly
Michigan fan Noah Neidlinger