Jim Harbaugh’s hiring drew nationwide headlines. He was treated like a conquering hero by the student body. The national media has canonized his arrival.

The bold move by Michigan, however, got the attention of more than just columnists, talking heads and the college football world. Prospective recruits noticed it, too.

At the Under Armour All-America Game in Florida, Harbaugh making his new coaching home in Ann Arbor, Mich., was the big news of the week, overshadowing the inaugural four-team playoff.

“There’s not one kid who doesn’t know who Jim Harbaugh is, who doesn’t know Jim Harbaugh is going to Michigan,” said Rivals.com national recruiting analyst Mike Farrell, who was at Under Armour practices all week. “When Jim McElwain was hired [at Florida], there was a lot of, ‘Jim who?’ A lot of hires this year kids don’t know. They certainly know Jim Harbaugh.

“He’s a big name kids are going to want to play for. He is front page college news.”

Harbaugh will have to adjust to the times. Social media wasn’t what it now is when he was head coach at Stanford. Kids have become even more high maintenance, advisors and hangers-on are more prevalent.

Harbaugh has his work cut out for him. Michigan has just six verbal commits — the fewest among any school in one of the power five conferences. The program is in bad shape, in need of a drastic makeover.

But Harbaugh has been here before.

Before he got to Stanford, the school was a football wasteland, with one win the season before he got there. Four years later, the Cardinal finished fourth in the final Associated Press rankings. He recruited well — his intensity and background as an NFL quarterback drew kids to Palo Alto, Calif. — and as he began to win, top-echelon recruits joined him. When he landed a commitment from Andrew Luck, Harbaugh was cited as the main reason by Luck’s father, Oliver. Harbaugh routinely landed top 25 classes.

Unlike Stanford, Michigan doesn’t have impossible academic qualifications to get around. Harbaugh now has the added the cachet of his success as an NFL head coach with the 49ers, as he reached the Super Bowl two years ago and the NFC Championship Game in each of his first three seasons.

Because it’s so late in the process — National Signing Day is a month away — Farrell doesn’t expect Harbaugh to put together a big class.

“2016 is where he is going to make his mark,” Farrell predicted.

There could be a few surprises, though.

Farrell said he believes Michigan has a shot at uncommitted California cornerback Iman Marshall, ranked as the fourth-best prospect in the country by Rivals. Highly regarded Detroit running back Mike Weber, who has committed to Ohio State, said this week there has been contact with the Michigan staff. Five-star tight end Chris Clark of Connecticut, who de-committed from Michigan in early December, called Harbaugh the “LeBron James of coaching,” and plans to take an official visit to Ann Arbor this month.

Harbaugh is already The King at Michigan and prospects are ready to join his realm.

Basketball

Florida guard Antonio Blakeney committed to LSU on Friday, which in a circuitous way helps St. John’s in its pursuit of Louisiana shooting guard Brandon Sampson, ranked in the top of 50 of this year’s senior recruiting class. Sampson is considering St. John’s, LSU, California, USC and UCLA.

Cardozo junior guard Rashond Salnave added a scholarship offer from Monmouth on Tuesday. St. John’s, Seton Hall and Rutgers are at the forefront of his recruitment.

Unique McLean, a junior guard from Brooklyn who attends The MacDuffie School is Granby, Mass., will visit Iona and Fordham on Saturday.