The Recruiting Roundup: Future Michigan visits scheduled for three four-star prospects

We have now flipped our calendars to March. Not only does the NCAA Tournament begin this month, but high school football players will also be permitted to start making unofficial trips to the institutions they are interested in following the conclusion of the dead period.

In today’s recruiting roundup, we will highlight a few players the Michigan Wolverines are going after who have booked trips to Ann Arbor in the near future.

One of Michigan’s primary targets at the cornerback position – a key position of need for Michigan in the 2025 cycle — is four-star Mark Zackery IV. A native of Indianapolis, Zackery was offered by the Wolverines in May of last year, with other big time offers from the likes of Alabama, Oregon, Ohio State, Florida and others arriving after that.

Zackery was last in Ann Arbor back in October, and now he will be returning on campus for the first time since then in the very near future. According to On3’s Zach Libby ($), Zackery is expected to come for Michigan’s spring game on April 20, and then will return just a couple months later for his official visit the weekend of June 14.

His visit in October was alongside then-defensive coordinator Jesse Minter, so Michigan will have some work to do. However, it sounds like the continuity with head coach Sherrone Moore, as well as the excellent academics at Michigan, are tempting enough for Zackery to remain interested in the program.

“Just the school in general with the Ross School of Business and how they do their academics within the team, that sticks out to me,” Zackery said. “Obviously, them winning a national championship also sticks out, with coach Moore being an offensive coordinator.

“With all the schools, especially Notre Dame and Michigan, having a higher academic program has played a big part in my recruitment.”

The 5-foot-10.5, 164-pounder reportedly named a top-four list consisting of Michigan, Notre Dame, Cincinnati and Florida. The Fighting Irish lead the way with two Crystal Ball predictions, but anything can happen between now and the time he makes a commitment. We should know more about where his head is at in the months ahead.

According to The Michigan Insider’s Brice Marich ($), 2025 four-star wide receiver Taz Williams Jr. has scheduled an unofficial visit to Michigan for April 7.

Additionally, Williams has also scheduled unofficial visits to Texas A&M on March 26, Alabama on April 1, Ohio State on April 8 and Texas on April 20. He also has one official visit planned up to USC for the weekend of May 17, per his 247Sports profile.

This won’t be Williams’ first visit to Michigan, but it has been almost a full year since he was last in town. Ron Bellamy and Williams will have some catching up to do, and Williams will also have to meet with incoming head coach Sherrone Moore. Williams did emphasize academics as a key selling element on his spring visit last year, so perhaps Michigan will be in the heart of this recruitment no matter what he feels about the changes taking place.

As a junior this past fall, Williams accounted for 80 receptions for 1,251 yards (15.6 yards per catch) and 14 touchdowns. That is a tremendous improvement over his sophomore season where he had 31 receptions for 582 yards and five touchdowns.

At 5-foot-11 and 191 pounds, Williams is ranked No. 249 overall on 247Sports’ composite, as well as the No. 29 wideout and No. 42 player from Texas.

Official visit season will be here before you know it, and one highly ranked prospect already has his eyes set on a weekend in Ann Arbor.

According to 247Sports’ Tyler Calvaruso ($), 2025 four-star defensive back JaDon Blair has his official visit calendar for this summer completely set out. He will be at Virginia Tech on April 12, South Carolina on May 31, Notre Dame on June 7, Michigan on June 14 and Penn State on June 21.

On top of that, Blair is also undertaking unofficial visits this spring to Penn State (March 15), Michigan (March 21) and South Carolina (April 19).

“There isn’t a day I don’t hear from Michigan,” Blair recently told 247Sports’ Tom Loy. “It could be about the stadium, it could be about education, it’s anything simple like that. They are texting me and checking in on me. Even when they had a new head coach, they were checking in with me. The new head coach, Sherrone Moore, who was once the offensive coordinator, I wished him a happy birthday. I’d say coach (Sam) Popper is my primary recruiter, though. He’s great.”

At 6-foot-4 and 190 pounds, Blair collected 35 tackles, one interception, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery as a junior this past autumn. He is ranked No. 153 overall, No. 13 at the safety position and No. 5 in the state of North Carolina.