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Eli LedermanJun 4, 2025, 09:42 PM ET
- Eli Lederman covers assemblage shot and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN successful 2024 aft covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World.
Michigan has extended an connection to people of 2027 information Charles Woodson Jr., opening its recruitment of the lad of Pro Football Hall of Famer and Wolverines 1997 Heisman Trophy victor Charles Woodson.
Woodson Jr., a 5-foot-11, 160-pound antiaircraft backmost from Orlando, Florida, announced his Michigan connection via societal media.
Blessed to person an connection from Michigan!!!! @CoachLMorgan @UMichFootball @CharlesWoodson @SWiltfong_ @JohnGarcia_Jr @LNLionsFootball pic.twitter.com/R0bOeKhwNB
— Charles Woodson Jr (@2Charleswoodson) June 4, 2025Not presently rated successful ESPN's rankings for the 2027 class, Woodson volition participate his inferior play astatine Lake Nona (Florida) High School this fall. Along with the Wolverines, helium holds offers from Florida State, Iowa State, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Syracuse and Texas A&M, among others.
A raw, high-potential prospect, Woodson carries beardown household ties to Michigan, wherever his begetter starred arsenic a three-way subordinate from 1995-97.
The elder Woodson was a three-time All-Big Ten enactment and two-time All-American crossed 3 seasons with the Wolverines, exploding successful his inferior play erstwhile helium helped pb Michigan to the 1997 nationalist rubric and became the archetypal antiaircraft subordinate successful assemblage past to triumph the Heisman Trophy.
Woodson was aboriginal selected with the 4th prime successful the 1998 NFL draught earlier embarking connected an 18-year NFL vocation with the Oakland Raiders and Green Bay Packers from 1998-2015. A nine-time Pro Bowl enactment and the 2009 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, Woodson was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame successful 2021.
The younger Woodson earned varsity snaps arsenic a freshman astatine Lake Nona successful 2023, and during his sophomore play past autumn broke retired for 53 tackles with 2 walk breakups and an interception. Woodson camped with Michigan each of the past summers anterior to receiving his offer.
As things stand, the Wolverines bash not clasp immoderate commitments successful the 2027 class. Led by four-star backmost Brady Smigiel (No. 44 overall), Michigan presently holds 3 pledges from the 2026 ESPN 300 and 7 wide commitments successful the 2026 class.
