BIG TEN
Jim Harbaugh
Opinion: Jim Harbaugh must change narrative or Michigan's recruiting will take more hits
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Detroit Free Press
The interest was real and the intrigue enduring. Sebastian Cheeks gave a hard look at the Michigan football program.
He liked the academic profile of the university. He enjoyed his interactions with the players and was intrigued by the new defense implemented this offseason, with concepts that came straight from the NFL.
The proximity of Ann Arbor was also appealing for a kid raised in the middle of Big Ten country, where an afternoon car ride would transport him from home in Evanston, Illinois, to the doorstep of the Big House.