Brady Hoke has returned Michigan to its perch as one of the country's most powerful recruiters, evidenced by consecutive top-10 classes to begin his tenure. And his 2014 class is on pace to be his best yet.

Jabrill Peppers has supercharged those efforts.

Da'Shawn Hand, the No. 1 player in America per Rivals, has a persistent recruiter from Michigan. And it's not a coach. Or even a current player.

The Wolverines' star cornerback commit, ranked No. 1 at his position by Rivals and ESPN -- and the No. 3 player overall -- has actively recruited other top players to Ann Arbor, including defensive end Da'Shawn Hand and tailback Leonard Fournette.

Hand is the nation's top overall player, per Rivals. Fournette is No. 3, and No. 1 per Scout. And in a USA Today blog published Wednesday, Peppers offered an assurance that he would woo both to Ann Arbor.

"I'm a really confident person so I feel pretty good about it," Peppers wrote in the blog. "Definitely about DaShawn because of our relationship and the type of defense that we run.

"Leonard will be a little tougher, but they call me the commissioner so I'm gonna put it out there right here on my blog: I'm bringing both of them."

Hand is a 6-foot-5, 262-pound defensive end from Woodbridge, Va. He is ranked No. 1 overall by Rivals, No. 4 by ESPN and No. 11 by Scout.

He visited Ann Arbor during the opening weekend of spring camp, and it's widely believed the Wolverines are in the lead for his services. Florida and Alabama round out his top three.

"I always tell him that we can make each other better," Peppers wrote in his USA Today blog. "We can really feed off of each other because we're both playing on defense. We'll put the clamps on the receivers and he'll pressure the quarterback. It's the perfect compliment (sic) with both of us on the field at the same time."

Fournette, a 6-1, 225-pound tailback from New Orleans, is considered more of a long shot to choose Michigan. He's widely believed to wind up staying in Louisiana with LSU, although he's talked more about Michigan in recent weeks and could visit Ann Arbor this weekend while on a trip to the Midwest.

One obstacle could be the notion that if he were to choose the Wolverines, he would be stuck behind Derrick Green, the nation's No. 1 tailback from the 2013 class. But Peppers actually is using that as a selling point.

"With Leonard I'm trying to stress to him the importance of us having Derrick Green," Peppers wrote. "Derrick is one of the best young running backs in the country and with him taking reps along with Leonard they could be the best 1-2 punch in the country.

"The best part is that it would preserve him more because he's not gonna have to take on the whole load by himself. He'll get a blow and we won't lose productivity on the field. Getting those breaks will allow him to have a longer career than most running backs.

"It's a win-win. Plus Leonard really understands how big a Michigan degree would be for him so I feel good about him."

Peppers is doing his best to woo Hand and Fournette to Ann Arbor, which would give Michigan the top three recruits in the country per 247's composite rankings. But he adds: "Whatever they decide to do they've got a fan in me, but hopefully they'll come join Team 135 and we can all start our legacies together and bring Michigan back where I know it's supposed to be."

Michigan currently has room for just one more player in its 2014 class, which numbers 14 players, but could land up to five or six more with a normal amount of attrition between now and signing day in February.

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