Reaction: Michigan Football Flips 4-Star S Ivan Taylor From Notre Dame

The Wolverines broke a mini recruiting draught by flipping a Top 60-caliber defensive player from the Fighting Irish...

Matt Lounsberry | Jul 8, 2024

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BOOM!

After something of a mini recruiting draught following a hot month in June, Michigan Football started it's July on the trail with a bang. The Wolverines have completed the flip of four-star Winter Garden (Fla.) West Orange safety Ivan Taylor from Notre Dame, giving U-M two of the top safeties in the 2025 class. Taylor, the No. 54 overall player in the cycle (247Sports Composite) joins fellow four-star Washington (D.C.) Gonzaga safety Kainoa Winston (No. 91 overall).

Immediately after news broke that Michigan had excuted the flip of Taylor, social media lit up with reactions to the Wolverines' big win on the recruiting trail. Here's some of the most notable:

Top Michigan Linebacker Target Nathaniel Owusu-Boateng

😳 https://t.co/ZRrq0G1DVu
— Nathaniel Owusu-Boateng (@_nob11) July 8, 2024

This one should be of particular interest of Michigan fans, as Owusu-Boateng has a 'Final Five' which includes both the Wolverines and the Fighting Irish alongside Ohio State, Florida and USC. Michigan has been working double-time to bring the four-star, Top 75 prospect out of IMG Academy into the fold, and flipping Taylor from Notre Dame can only help the Wolverines' chances. The Fighting Irish were long considered the favorite for Owusu-Boateng, but Michigan made up a lot of ground on the linebacker's official visit to Ann Arbor back on June 21.

🤷🏿‍♂️🤷🏿‍♂️🤷🏿‍♂️ https://t.co/HPSUCzvc5y
— Nathaniel Owusu-Boateng (@_nob11) July 8, 2024

Michigan Defensive Coordinator Wink Martindale

#BuckleUp pic.twitter.com/AsWuZukXQd
— Wink Martindale (@CoachWinkUM) July 8, 2024

Michigan Secondary Coach LaMar Morgan

🗣️WHAT UP DOE? (In my @itskaylij Voice) pic.twitter.com/Rt3pRkjMw7
— LaMar Morgan (@CoachLMorgan) July 8, 2024

Michigan Head Coach Sherrone Moore

Yes Sir 🔵🔵 #GoBlue #SMASH👊🏾
— Sherrone Moore (@Coach_SMoore) July 8, 2024

Michigan WR commit Jacob Washington

Let’s Go 🔒#GoBlue https://t.co/Cz4H1IRoUE
— Jacob Washington (@Jwashington1k) July 8, 2024

Michigan IOL commit Kaden Strayhorn

EASE! #GoBlue 〽️〽️〽️ https://t.co/ix3prfSxiV
— Kaden Strayhorn (@kaden_strayhorn) July 8, 2024

Michigan Wolverines On SI's own Trent Knoop

pic.twitter.com/tsp9VU9cOh
— Trent Knoop (@TrentKnoop) July 8, 2024

The Wolverine's Chris Balas

Huge pickup. Always great to steal one from a rival, too. #GoBlue https://t.co/6DSGjYGKGN
— Chris Balas (@Balas_Wolverine) July 8, 2024

The Wolverine's EJ Holland

Michigan just shoved Notre Dame into a locker and flipped its highest ranked defensive commit

Full thoughts on Top 100 DB Ivan Taylor (@ivantay2four1) & what his pledge means for the Wolverines #GoBlue. https://t.co/woLiqdGsvf pic.twitter.com/YW63X5UtKa
— "EJ Holland" (@EJHollandOn3) July 8, 2024

247Sports' Steve Lorenz

#GoBlue flips Top50 safety Ivan Taylor from the #Irish, scoring maybe their biggest recruiting win of the cycle thus far; story via @SamWebb77: https://t.co/8dZOyM1vh2
— Steve Lorenz (@TremendousUM) July 8, 2024

Michigan Assistant Director of Recruiting John Collins

#LetWinkCook pic.twitter.com/dbe2nwLqnM
— John Collins (@jpcollinsjr_) July 8, 2024

Rivals' Josh Henschke

LaMar Morgan gets his flowers here. He did a great job getting flip across the finish line. https://t.co/H4KunqM6GW
— Josh Henschke (@JoshHenschke) July 8, 2024

Swanky Wolverine

Mood pic.twitter.com/21JIyAARYI
— Swanky Wolverine (@swankywolverine) July 8, 2024

BREAKING: 4 ⭐️ and top 10 Safety Ivan Taylor flips to Michigan Football from Notre Dame!

GO BLUE! pic.twitter.com/CJQEyHVywH
— Swanky Wolverine (@swankywolverine) July 8, 2024

The Wolverine's Clayton Sayfie

https://t.co/bmRDxMW2Cs pic.twitter.com/JfYF5XMab6
— Clayton Sayfie (@CSayf23) July 8, 2024

Michigan Director of Player Personnel Albert Karschnia

#BuckleUp #ProcessOverPrize25 @Coach_SMoore @CoachWinkUM @CoachLMorgan 〽️〽️〽️ pic.twitter.com/ntRJZLSMcO
— Albert Karschnia (@AKarsch_UM) July 8, 2024

Inside The Irish

𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: High 4🌟 (54 NATL.) S Ivan Taylor has flipped to Michigan, he announced.

Taylor was Notre Dame’s highest-rated defensive commit in the 2025 class.

He is also the son of former Pittsburgh Steelers all-pro CB Ike Taylor.

Best of luck… pic.twitter.com/hK0G8VMrm4
— Notre Dame Fighting Irish (@Insidetheirish) July 8, 2024

Notre Dame Recruiting

First Michigan recruiting win over Notre Dame since the 2022 class when three-star WR Amorion Walker flipped to the Wolverines.

Big recruiting win for Michigan. A very rare win on the trail over the Irish. https://t.co/jeMDiMroga
— Notre Dame Recruiting (@NDrecruiting01) July 8, 2024

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