Overview
- Tristan Dare, who told Rivals on Tuesday he has reopened his recruitment, backed off his August 2025 verbal pledge to Michigan.
- The Southlake Carroll interior lineman returned to Ann Arbor earlier in March to gauge Kyle Whittingham’s new staff and had not logged visits to other schools since committing.
- Dare originally pointed to position coach Grant Newsome in choosing Michigan, and new assistant Jim Harding visited him in January as the program restructured.
- He holds roughly 35 offers, with Oklahoma, Stanford and Washington staying in contact and fresh interest coming from Virginia Tech and TCU.
- Michigan’s 2027 class dropped in the 247Sports team rankings from No. 16 to No. 20 after his exit, while linemen Louis Esposito and Sidney Rouleau remain committed.