Ohio State fans are well aware how much Michigan football needs the state of Ohio to prosper. Benny Friedman, an outstanding quarterback and arguably the first "great" passer in college football, went to Michigan from Cleveland's Glenville High School in 1923. The iconic coach who coined the term "Michigan Man" (and won exactly zero national championships), Bo Schembechler, was from Barberton. Two of Michigan's three Heisman winners—Desmond Howard and Charles Woodson—were from Cleveland and Fremont.

This is not confined to Michigan's distant past either. Twenty-two players on the roster came to Michigan from Ohio, a fact that will be repeated through Saturday's broadcast. After all, a "Michigan Man" is little more than an apostate Ohioan, a fact that Brady Hoke essentially confirmed when he took the head coaching job in 2011.

What about the Michigan expats to whom Ohio State provided sanctuary from life in the Wolverine State? It's easy to forget that Michigan has served Ohio State football well when Michigan needs Ohio talent more than Ohio State needs players from Michigan.

Below, we compiled a list of every recruit from Michigan that signed with Ohio State from high school. Where possible, we provide a summary of what that player provided to the rich history of Ohio State football.

A History of Michiganders and Ohio State Football, 1970-2015 Year Name Position City High School Accomplishments 1973 Bruce Ruhl DB Southfield 4x letterwinner (1973-76) 1974 Douglas Bargerstock FB Taylor 1x letterwinner (1974) 1974 Joseph Dixon DL Trenton 3x letterwinner (1975-77) 1976 Greg Castignola QB Trenton Trenton 3x letterwinner (1977-79), prominent back-up to Rod Gerald in infamous 1977 Oklahoma game 1978 Tony Greene FB Detroit Kettering 1978 Jerome Foster DL Detroit Kettering Graduated ninth in tackles and first in TFLs (now 15th and 7th, respectively) 1979 Steven Simpson OL Temperance Bedford 3x letterwinner (1980-82) 1979 Avery Barton Taylor LB Detroit Northern 1982 Thomas "Pepper" Johnson LB Detroit Mackenzie All-American (1985), 5x Super Bowl winner (as player and coach) 1983 Ray Holliman DL Holland West Ottawa 3x letterwinner (1984-85, 1987) 1984 Dino Dawson WR Detroit Cooley 1x letterwinner (1984) 1986 Orlando Craig LB Detroit Mackenzie 3x letterwinner (1987-89) 1990 Randall Brown LB Detroit Cooley 3x letterwinner (1992-94) 1992 Ryan Miller LB Allen Park Allen Park 4x letterwinner, 1997 Rose Bowl champion 1993 Larry Waldon OL Detroit Mackenzie 2x letterwinner (1996-97), 1997 Rose Bowl champion 1993 James Ross LB Detroit Mackenzie 1994 Dan Gibbons DL Birmingham Brother Rice 1995 Charlie Sanders RB Rochester Hills Adams 1999 Craig Krenzel QB Utica Henry Ford II National champion QB; molecular genetics major 2000 Marco Cooper LB Detroit Cass Tech 2x letterwinner (2000-01) 2004 Vernon Gholston LB Detroit Cass Tech 2x letterwinner (2006-07), All-Big Ten (2007), 21.5 career sacks (fifth all-time) 2006 Aaron Gant RB Orchard Lake St. Mary's 4x letterwinner (2006-08, 2010) 2007 Taurian Washington WR Orchard Lake St. Mary's 3x letterwinner (2008-10), spring game legend/folk hero 2009 Reid Fragel TE Grosse Pointe Grosse Pointe South 4x letterwinner (2009-2012), converted to RT for undefeated 2012 season 2009 James Jackson WR Grand Ledge Grand Ledge 2010 Johnathan Hankins DL Detroit Southeastern 3x letterwinner (2010-12), All-Big Ten (2012) 2014 Damon Webb DB Detroit Cass Tech Current nickelback on the defense 2015 Josh Alabi DL Detroit Cass Tech Redshirting as true freshman 2015 Michael Weber RB Detroit Cass Tech Likely redshirt as true freshman

We thank these noble men from the "Mitten" who took sanctuary in Columbus after high school for their contributions to Ohio State's rich football lore.