Michigan wins huge with five star running back recruit to pair with Bryce Underwood for Sherrone Moore and Wolverines offense
Michigan’s most important recruiting battle finally comes to a close as a massive victory
The Michigan Wolverines have been dominating on the recruiting trail this summer already, but now they have officially landed the most important five star talent of their entire 2026 recruiting cycle.
Heading into Week 0 of college football Sherrone Moore and company had put together a 2026 recruiting class near the top ten in the country thanks to 15 high pedigree recruiting wins over the last 80 days. Five star running back Savion Hiter is the perfect cherry to put on top of an already impressive haul that should help support quarterback Bryce Underwood for years to come.
Savion Hiter, Five Star RB chooses Michigan over Georgia, Ohio State, and Tennessee
The Michigan Wolverines had long been considered a finalist to land five star running back recruit Savion Hiter. In fact, dating back to early June, recruiting experts around the nation had pegged Michigan and Tennessee as the two leaders to land him (even though Hiter didn’t seem to like the news breaking that early).
Despite some late buzz that Ohio State, Georgia, or especially Tennessee might pull off this recruiting huge win instead of Michigan, ultimately Savion Hiter elected to commit to the Wolverines and head coach Sherrone Moore on Tuesday, August 19th.
The 2000-yard machine of on-field production last fall and consensus All-American running back becomes the second consensus five star to commit to Michigan for the 2026 recruiting cycle alongside edge rusher, Carter Meadows.
Savion Hiter is perfect game changing RB talent alongside Bryce Underwood
Hiter’s recruitment was always going to be the most important battle for Michigan to win as the Wolverines attempt to build elite talents around their five star phenom quarterback Bryce Underwood.
Landing him not only likely locks in Michigan’s top ten recruiting class status for 2026, but it also builds an extremely special backfield of running backs for the future.
The Wolverines still have Justice Haynes (transfer from Alabama) and Jordan Marshall (the rising second year RB) who already looks like a dominant potential future feature back talent himself. Now, even if Haynes leaves for the NFL Draft next spring, this ensures that Michigan possesses a dynamic duo who can force opposing defenses to respect the run game for at least 2026 and 2027–Underwood’s crucial second and third seasons.
For those unfamiliar with just how special Savion Hiter is, he’s been considered a consensus five star talent for going on three years now. He racked up around 2000 yards from scrimmage last fall, averaging just shy of 11 yards per carry, and finding the end zone nearly 30 times. He’s been a dynamic kick return specialist scoring about a half dozen touchdowns that way over the last two seasons.
Hiter has also logged verifiable NFL-ready athletic testing with elite 10-yard split times on his forty-yard dash, above average jumps, and special agility times as well. His impressive physical presence should be game changing as soon as he steps onto the field in 2026. Michigan fans should be ecstatic about this huge win for Sherrone Moore and the Wolverines.
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