Harbaugh adds another Michigan recruit with help from Mother Nature

By Marcus Hartman
Published

On Friday Michigan's recruiting class grew again when Stephen Spanellis announced he had dropped Virginia in favor of the Wolverines. 

Spanellis is a three-star offensive lineman from the Gilman School in Baltimore. 

He had been a member of Virginia's class since June. 

He told Scout.com a visit to Ann Arbor last weekend made him lean toward the Wolverines. 

Virginia might have had a chance to convince him to remain a future Cavalier on an official visit this weekend, but those plans were wiped out by forecasts of heavy snow in the area. 

"I was going to take the official visit [to Virginia] this weekend if it wasn't for the snow, but then I felt like I didn't want to wait until next weekend to take the visit because I was ready to be done with the recruiting process. I was sure that Michigan was the place for me."

Maybe it was meant to be? 

Spanellis made his commitment during a week of major changes in the Michigan recruiting class. 

Three players dropped out while two --Spanellis and California athlete David Long -- joined up. 

As of Friday morning, Scout ranked Michigan's 2016 class No. 4 in the nation, trailing No. 1 Ohio State, No. 2 LSU and No. 3 Florida.