Michigan lands commitment from 5-star recruit
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Michigan may be having a rough season this year, but that hasn’t prevented them from landing a top recruit.
5-star offensive tackle recruit Andrew Babalola has committed to play for the Wolverines.
Babalola is 6-foot-6 and 300 pounds and part of the class of 2025, meaning he should be on campus next fall. He was considering Stanford, Auburn, Oklahoma and Missouri, in addition to Michigan.
Babalola told 247 Sports that the family feel at Michigan attracted him to the school. Babalola also wanted a school with strong academics and player development, which he feels Michigan has.
BREAKING: Michigan lands 5-star OT Andrew Babalola.
Family feel, academics and development helped the Wolverines add "one of the highest-ceiling prospects in the entire country" to the class.https://t.co/4CF2zkgQJs pic.twitter.com/3SiTRwT9Fw
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247 Sports’ composite rankings have Babalola listed as the No. 21 overall recruit in the country, No. 4 offensive lineman, and No. 1 player in the state of Kansas.
Babalola attends Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas. He is still a work in progress with football as he started focusing on it late; he began his athletic career playing a lot of basketball. But schools still see plenty of potential in him, and the expectations for him as a football player are very high.