Michigan's football recruits in 2002 vs. 2001, 2000 and 1999:
(Rivals vs. Insiders Rankings of players)

QB
#5/#8 Matt Gutierrez
#10 Spencer Brinton (1997-transfer from San Diego St.)
#27 Andy Mingery
#33 John Navarre
#51 Jermaine Gonzalez
#80 Sean Cassidy

RB
#3 Kelly Baraka
#10 Charles Drake (moved to safety)
#13 Chris Perry
#16/#95 Pierre Rembert
#18 David Underwood
#23 Brent Cummings (quit)
#35 Reggie Benton (eligibility problems, then Purdue, then quit)
#40 Ryan Beard (grade problems)
#66 BJ Askew (Defensive End)
UR Jonathan Shaw (moved to safety)
UR Sean Sanderson
UR Timmy Bracken
UR Phil Brackins (Linebacker)
UR Kevin Dudley

WR
#5 Tim Massaquoi
#12/#11 Jason Avant
#29/#28 Carl Tabb
#23 Ron Bellamy
#39 Tyrece Butler
#49 Braylon Edwards
#65 Calvin Bell
#75 James Taylor (#3 in 2002 as a transfer)

TE
#9 Tyler Ecker
#21 Kyle Ealey
#23 Jim Fisher
#28/#15 Kevin Murphy

OL
#5 Tony Pape
#9/#10 Mike Kolodziej
#20 Adam Stenavich
#23 Dan Simelis
#27 Courtney Morgan
#28 Rueben Riley
#29 David Baas
#30 Jeff Gaston
#40/#55 Mark Bihl
#42 Tom Berishaj
#48 Matt Lentz
#48 Andy Christopfel
#68 Leo Henige
UR Demetrius Solomon

DL
#3/#5 Gabe Watson
#4 Pierre Woods
#6 Pat Massey
#9 Larry Stevens (Safety)
#16/#37 Larry Harrison
#16 David Spytek
#17 Alain Kashama
#17 Norm (Boebert) Heuer
#26 Dave Pearson (Linebacker)
#33 Alex Ofili
#42 Andy Brown (injury problems-quit)
#55 Shantee Orr (Linebacker)
#91 Grant Bowman

LB
#9 Carl Diggs (Defensive End)
#10 Scott McClintock
#23/UR David Harris
#29 Kolby Wells
#34 Zach Kaufman
#42 Lawrence Reid
#53 Joe Sarantos
#69 John Spytek (Defensive End)
UR Emmanuel Casseus
UR Roy Manning

DB
#1 Ernest Shazor
#3 Marlin Jackson
#7/#28 Darnell Hood
#8 Jeremy LeSueur
#14 Quinton McCoy
#16 Markus Curry (wide receiver)
#20 William Cooper
#39 Jacob Stewart (eligibility problems)
#50 Zia Combs
UR Greg Brooks (Transferred to Southern Mississippi)
UR Brandon Williams

PK
#9 Adam Finley

5th Year Players recruited in 1998: (9)
Julius Curry
Joe Denay
Dietan Dubuc
Victor Hobson
Ben Joppru
Cato June
Shawn Lazarus
Dave Petruziello
Dan Rumishek

P.S. The 1998 Class had 19 recruits. Larry Foote and Marquis Walker stood out; other stellar members included Hayden Epstein and Todd Howard. Justin Fargas, David Terrell amd Drew Henson left early. Evan Coleman, Dave Armstrong and Walter Cross never lived up their potential.