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Michigan State Recruiting: 4-star WR Oliver Martin picks Michigan

By Connor Muldowney

Oct 29, 2016; East Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan State Spartans head coach Mark Dantonio (left) shakes hands with Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh after the game at Spartan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 29, 2016; East Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan State Spartans head coach Mark Dantonio (left) shakes hands with Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh after the game at Spartan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports /
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Michigan State recruiting missed on four-star wide out Oliver Martin on Monday, but the 2017 class isn’t complete just yet.

If you haven’t heard the news yet, you may have been busy on Monday night because Oliver Martin’s commitment to Michigan over Michigan State was all over social media. The Wolverines landed yet another elite receiver and their class continues to impress.

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A picture of Jim Harbaugh in a swimming pool with Martin surfaced on Sunday and into Monday from his in-home visit and no one truly knew what that meant. On Monday, a video was revealed of Martin saying he was going to Michigan and then doing a backflip with Harbaugh into the water to celebrate.

Mark Dantonio had been targeting Martin for some time and over the summer it looked like the Spartans may have the lead, but his recruitment blew up after The Opening. He dominated and earned an invite to the Army All-American Game shortly after.

Top programs from around the country started to recruit him heavily and it looked like he was focused on staying in the Midwest. The Iowa City, Iowa, native had a good friend, Rocky Lombardi, committed to Michigan State, but he decided to pledge to the top rival.

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Martin joins Donovan Peoples-Jones as the other top-50 wide receiver currently committed to Michigan in 2017 while the Spartans will look elsewhere for receiver depth.

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