EJ Holland breaks down five key recruits visiting Michigan this weekend, including On300 Chesapeake (Va.) Oscar Smith wide receiver Travis Johnson.Watch the full video at the end of this story. Johnson Recruitment Michigan extended an offer to Johnson during the winter contact period and is making him a top priority at the wide receiver position

According to On3's Industry Rankings, Johnson is considered the No. 145 overall prospect, No. 23 wide receiver and No. 5 player from the state of Virginia in the 2026 recruiting class. The 6-foot-3, 180-pounder has garnered at least 35 scholarship offers, including Penn State, West Virginia, Virginia Tech, Miami, Tennessee and several others.

Michigan has been spending a strong amount of time in Virginia throughout the winter evaluation period, including four staff members being in the state on Tuesday to check on a variety of targets.

During the Buckeyes’ most recent national championship run, at the end of the 2014 season, they made the four-team playoff field with a loss, though it came against Virginia Tech, not Michigan. They made the playoff as its fourth and final team in what ...

Like other states, Michigan is seeing declining revenues due to electric vehicles. It’s pulled a pilot program to try out a fee system based on miles traveled due to lack of funding, which critics call short-sighted.

Michigan has its quarterback of the future (and maybe the present) in five-star Bryce Underwood, however, landing the No. 1 overall prospect in the class of 2025 left the Wolverines' without a committed QB in the 2026 cycle.

The higher rated of the two is 2026 Chesapeake (Va.) Oscar Smith four-star wide receiver Travis Johnson. The 6-foot-3, 165-pound wideout was visited by head coach Sherrone Moore, general manager Sean Magee, offensive coordinator Chip Lindsay, and running backs coach Tony Alford.

The West Virginia Mountaineers have added some more speed to the wide receiver room, announcing the signing of Eastern Michigan transfer Oran Singleton Jr. Singleton played one year at Akron and then made the move to the junior college level to play at Hutchinson Community College.