Michigan Thursday: John Beilein Inks One Recruit, Tate Forcier Is Banged Up

So the news on Wednesday was that Tate Forcier was seen on crutches and that John Beilein went .500 in his targeted recruits.

First we will hit basketball: Jon Horford signed his LOI yesterday and faxed it in to Ann Arbor. Here is what Coach Beilein had to say about Jon :

“We are pleased to announce that Jon has become a part of the Michigan basketball family and believe he is a great fit for our program moving forward. At 6'9", 215 he is explosive and highly skilled. I love his length, wingspan, and his ability to rebound the basketball, and as his strength improves he will help us in several areas. He can block shots, he has a nice touch, and he has a huge upside and tremendous hunger and desire to improve.”

Coach Beilein still has some work to do since they have two open scholarships with the loss of Trey Zeigler to Central and Manny Harris heading to the NBA Draft. He could sign one or two more guys to this class or bank them for next year.

Now on to football: Michigan's starting QB Tate Forcier was seen walking in crutches with a cast/boot on his foot attending class on Wednesday. The injury is considered a minor ankle sprain, and Tate was practicing on Wednesday.

• Here is the updated Spring Visitor list courtesy of TomVH at Mgoblog.

• No Trey DePriest for the Spring Game right now. Tough week for Michigan and the Treys they were/are recruiting. Trey is the top LB in the nation out of Ohio and a Michigan fan growing up.

• Michigan is in Demetrius Hart's top four right now with Florida, Auburn, and Alabama. He is visiting this weekend, which will be do or die time for Michigan in his recruitment. Michigan's ace in the hole is Ricardo Miller, who played a few years of high football with Hart in Florida. Hasean Clinton-Dix, a current teammate of Hart, is pushing him to attend Alabama with him.