Source: U-M flips CB Taylor from Notre Dame

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterJul 8, 2024, 06:21 PM ET

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Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World.Michigan flipped the dedication of four-star cornerback Ivan Taylor from Notre Dame on Monday afternoon, a source verified to ESPN, scoring a huge recruiting success for coach Sherrone Moore and the Wolverines.Taylor, No. 41 in the ESPN 300 and the fifth-ranked cornerback in this cycle, had actually been vowed to the Combating Irish because Dec. 1, 2023 and ranked as the highest-rated possibility devoted to Notre Dame in 2025. The 6-foot, 175-pound protective back now stands as the top player devoted to Michigan in Moore’s inaugural finalizing class in charge of the Wolverines.Taylor, the boy of former Pittsburgh Steelers defensive back and two-time Super Bowl champion Ike Taylor, is a standout cornerback at West Orange High School in Winter Garden, Florida. He made 45 total deals with, consisting of six for loss, with one interception as a junior last fall.Taylor took four visits to Notre Dame before committing to the Fighting Irish late in 2015 over heavy interest from Florida State, Tennessee, Wisconsin

and Louisville. Eight months later on, following June visits to Alabama, Notre Dame and Michigan, Taylor’s flip to the Wolverines plants him as the centerpiece of the program’s incoming class.Taylor joins top-100 protectors Kainoa Winston (No. 4 safety in 2025)and Nathaniel Marshall (No. 4 protective tackle) as the leading defensive potential customers committed to the Wolverines in 2025. Shortly after Taylor’s flip Monday, Michigan landed a commitment from four-star tight end Andrew Olesh, who now ranks as the highest rated offending skill vowed to the program this cycle.Without Taylor, Notre Dame’s fourth-ranked class still includes 10 ESPN 300 prospects, consisting of No. 2 dual-threat quarterback Deuce Knight, offensive tackle Will Black(No. 99 in ESPN 300)and tight end James Flanigan(No. 145

). The news was first reported by On3.com.