Breaking:Belleville four-star safety Elijah Dotson flipped his commitment from Pittsburgh to the Wolverines on Wednesday.
One of the top in-state talents in the 2025 recruiting class has been signed by Michigan’s football program. Elijah Dotson, a four-star safety from Belleville, announced on Instagram on Wednesday that he had switched his commitment from Pittsburgh to the Wolverines.
Although Michigan recently increased its chase of the gifted safety, the 6-foot-1, 180-pound player, who is ranked as the No. 2 recruit in the state and No. 200 nationally by the 247Sports Composite, had been verbally committed to the Panthers since May.
Earlier this month, Dotson traveled to Ann Arbor for the Oregon game. He is partners with Bryce Underwood, a five-star quarterback and the nation’s top-ranked prospect who has been committed to Louisiana State since January.
Amid rumors of a full-scale effort to acquire Underwood, the Wolverines recently lost a verbal commitment from four-star Carter Smith, the only quarterback in their 2025 class.
Allen Trieu, a recruiting analyst for 247Sports, said in his scouting report on Dotson that he “played a little bit of everything from safety, corner, receiver, return guy, and some wildcat quarterback in high school.” “Plays physically and is of above-average size.” When playing man-to-man, he will get his hands on receivers and put his face in the action in run support. aggressive attacker who, in his final year, made much more of an impression as a tackler. His expertise as a receiver aids with his ball skills. Versatile and capable of playing one-on-one with slots and tight
