National Signing Day 2016: Winners and losers

Feb 3, 2016; Detroit, MI, USA; Detroit King cornerback Lavert Hill smiles after committing to play football for the Michigan Wolverines at the University of Michigan during national signing day at the Horatio Williams Foundation headquarters. Mandatory Credit: Kirthmon F. Dozier/Detroit Free Press via USA TODAY NETWORK /

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Feb 3, 2016; Concord , CA, USA; De La Salle tight end Devin Asiasi commits to the Michigan Wolverines at the University of Michigan on national signing day at De La Salle High School. Mandatory Credit: Neville E. Guard-USA TODAY Sports /

Winner No. 1: Michigan

Wednesday might have felt more like Christmas for many Michigan fans. The Wolverines landed four top players and looked like the program from a decade ago who seemed to be able to land whoever they wanted. Jim Harbaugh’s “Signing of the Stars” charity event was a major success and this program is trending up.

Going into signing day, the Wolverines likely felt confident about Lavert Hill, Quinn Nordin and Rashan Gary and they proceeded to land all three. Oh yeah, and they added four-star tight end Devin Asiasi from Concord, Calif.

Michigan closed the day out strong and finished the class with 29 signees. According to Scout, the Wolverines’ class ranks No. 6 in 2016, behind perennial powerhouses such as Alabama, Ohio State, Florida State and LSU.

It’s pretty obvious that Harbaugh is making a huge difference in Ann Arbor and the hype will be put to test next season as it will be the first true year with some of his recruits hitting the field.

The Wolverines finished the 2016 with two five-stars — Gary and Kareem Walker — and 13 four-stars. Seven players ranked in Scout‘s top-100 and 11 in the top-200.

This has to be the most successful recruiting class in quite some time and, good news for Michigan, it won’t be coached by Rich Rodriguez or Brady Hoke.

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