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Michigan High School Week 1...What To Make Of It All?

Chelsea punched Harper Woods in the mouth. Byron Center ran Hudsonville out of the building. Romeo walked into Michigan Stadium and beat Rochester Adams. Cass City blanked a team that did not lose last year. And down in mid-Michigan, Eaton Rapids, Okemos, and Dansville all posted results that will look a lot bigger in October than they did on a Week 1 box score.

NXTGEN Michigan All-Elite Pre-Season 2nd Team Selections

Class of 2027 Michigan Running Back Pre-Season Rankings

At NXTGEN, our NXTGEN Recruit-ABILITY scores and overall rankings are built from a wide range of factors — social media presence, production, offers, measurable traits, academics, and projectability as a recruit as a whole. Those elements make up our scores that help programs identify guys who check boxes and help predict development potential. They do not always line up with pure talent evaluation: the vision, elusiveness, contact balance, burst, receiving ability, and physicality that separate the best players on film.This list prioritizes pure talent. It is our look at the 2027 Michigan running backs who stand out most for what they can do with the football in their hands, independent of current offer lists or NXTGEN scores.