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Top 2017 recruit Dylan Moses wants Michigan offer

By Patrick Schmidt

Feb 3, 2015; Detroit, MI, USA; Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh announces new recruits during the special event, "Signing of the Stars," at Hill Auditorium. Mandatory Credit: Kimberly P. Mitchell/Detroit Free Press via USA TODAY NETWORK
Feb 3, 2015; Detroit, MI, USA; Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh announces new recruits during the special event, "Signing of the Stars," at Hill Auditorium. Mandatory Credit: Kimberly P. Mitchell/Detroit Free Press via USA TODAY NETWORK /
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Dylan Moses, the top recruit in the 2017 recruiting class, has six schools in his top group but he’s hoping to hear from Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines.

We’re less than a week removed from National Signing Day where the top recruits in the 2016 class signed their letters of intent and officially begin the next chapter of their football career.

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That means it’s time to turn the page on the 2016 recruiting class and focus on the 2017 group of recruits who will be gathering in offers and taking unofficial visits this summer in between their appearances at various camps across the country.

The top recruit in the 2017 class is Baton Rouge native and one-time LSU commit Dylan Moses who will play his final year of high school at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. Moses tells ESPN’s Derek Tyson ($) the transfer will allow him to get away from the pressure he faced in Louisiana where he was expected to head to LSU. It will also allow him the chance to graduate early to enroll at his college of choice next winter.

But the transfer to IMG Academy could also open up a door for the 6-2, 220-pound outside linebacker to begin a relationship with Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines who he hopes will offer him a scholarship.

Michigan announced plans to have part of their spring practice on the campus of IMG Academy so it should only be a matter of time until that offer from Michigan comes to Moses. He has more than 30 offers but doesn’t claim one from the Wolverines who just had the No. 6 in the nation for 2016, including No. 1 recruit Rashan Gary.

“That would be cool,” he said. “I’ve never really seen Michigan up close like that before and I’ve never visited the school either. It’s just a great opportunity and you know, hopefully I can get an offer from them, because I don’t have one yet.”

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Moses said he watched from afar as Gary went through the recruiting process and he’s about to go through the same thing over the next year and it could end up with Moses playing on the same defense as Gary at Michigan.

But Michigan will have to play catch up with Moses saying Alabama is the top option for him with Texas, Georgia, Florida, UCLA and USC in the mix.

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