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Matthew Falcon commits to Michigan: Wolverines get 4-star running back

By Patrick Schmidt

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The Michigan Wolverines received the commitment from four-star running back Matthew Falcon on Wednesday evening.

Michigan reeled in their second four-star recruit in the last five days as Matthew Falcon (Southfield, MI. Southfield) gave his verbal pledge to the Wolverines on Tuesday night.

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The 6-1, 215-pound running back is the nation’s No. 233 overall recruit regardless of position, No. 13 running back and the No. 6 recruit in the state of Michigan, according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings.

He picked Michigan over offers from Tennessee, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Michigan State, among others. He visited Ann Arbor on March 26 and again on April 4 for the team’s spring game which solidified his thinking that Michigan would be his future home.

With the commitment of Falcon, Michigan now has two running backs for the 2016 class with 225-pound Kingston Davis committing on Monday, so barring a decommitment from one of the two, this will likely be it at the position for the Wolverines.

Falcon was recruited by Tyrone Wheatley who likely sees a lot of himself in Falcon who is every bit as capable of running over a defender in the middle of field or hitting the perimeter and racing past defensive backs en route to th end zone.

Michigan now owns the nation’s No. 20 ranked class and the No. 3 class in the Big Ten, according to the 247Sports team rankings and you can see the full list of the six commitments below.

To get a glimpse of what Falcon brings to Michigan, you can watch his highlights from his junior season in the video from his hudl page below.

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