Michigan Wolverines

The writers at WolverineNation and BuckeyeNation put their heads together to break down the rivals' 2013 recruiting classes. They'll give readers a position-by-position look at who coaches Brady Hoke and Urban Meyer signed and, ultimately, which class edged out the other. It's too early to say what will happen through the next few seasons, and we won't make any promises except that Hoke and Meyer are going to put talent on the field.

Michigan got: The Wolverines picked up two pretty impressive linebackers in Mike McCray (Trotwood, Ohio/Trotwood-Madison) and Ben Gedeon (Hudson, Ohio/Hudson). Between the 2012 and 2013 classes, as well as 2014 linebacker commit Michael Ferns (St. Clairsville, Ohio/St. Clairsville) the Wolverines have filled holes pretty well in the middle of the field. Their front seven will continue to get stronger because of solid classes in position groups like this.

However, a few question marks remain as to why the Wolverines had a late interest in linebackers during the 2013 recruiting cycle. Late offers went out to Virginia Tech signee Jamieon Moss (Elizabeth City, N.C./Northeastern) and Michigan State signee Jon Reschke (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Brother Rice), who spent his entire high school career less than an hour from Ann Arbor (as well as being best friends with quarterback signee Shane Morris). So while it does seem as those holes were filled well, there might be some holes that no one knows about yet, or Greg Mattison might just have something up his sleeve. Overall, was this a good class? Yes. Was it the best class? No.

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