The Michigan coaching staff finally went to Youngstown, Ohio, to recruit a standout defensive back for their upcoming class.

The disappearance of Michigan football in Ohio on signing day is a sore spot.
The scenario that Ted Ginn Sr. envisioned has Jim Harbaugh at the corner store on St. Clair Ave., a major thoroughfare that traverses a working-class neighbourhood in Cleveland. Ginn Sr. is standing at his side, introducing the neighbourhood youngsters to the renowned Michigan football coach, who is being welcomed by them.

According to Ginn Sr., who was still lost in his imagination, “Here goes Jim” was a humorous suggestion.

“I ain’t seen him,” Ginn Sr. muttered as he refocused on reality.

The fact that he hasn’t is both puzzling to him and he has no idea why. While Ginn Sr. oversees one of Ohio’s most prolific football talent pools at Glenville High School, Harbaugh has reportedly not visited the school. Glenville, coached by Ginn, has more active NFL players than any other program in the state. Frank Clark and Willie Henry, two former standouts from Michigan, are among the seven alumni participating on Sundays.

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Coaches used to have to pass through Glenville regardless of their desire, according to Ginn Sr. “It had to be on the agenda….”You must have players from Ohio.

Unfortunately, Michigan has been shopping around for new players in recent years. Not a single one of the 23 players signed by the Wolverines in their most recent recruiting class was from Ohio. Just one of Michigan’s twenty-one commitments, three-star safety Rod Moore of Clayton, a Dayton suburb, is from Ohio, and that’s on the verge of the early signing period starting on Wednesday.

The Wolverines’ roster composition has changed over Harbaugh’s tenure, reflecting an odd recruiting strategy that appears to have downplayed the importance of the state to the south of Michigan. With offensive lineman Zach Carpenter’s recent release, the squad now features just 12 Ohio natives, a decrease of thirteen from 2014, the last season under Brady Hoke’s coaching tenure.