Wolverine TV: Four-star TE Deakon Tonielli goes in-depth on signing with Michigan
National signing day is officially here.
Several Michigan commits are set to put pen to paper and officially become Wolverines. Four-star Oswego (Ill.) High tight end Deakon Tonielli submitted his National Letter of Intent this morning and is ready to be in Ann Arbor.
The Wolverine’s EJ Holland caught up with Tonielli to discuss signing with U-M, why he stayed solid with the Wolverines throughout the process and more.
Watch the exclusive Q&A below.
Tonielli committed to Michigan over offers from Cincinnati, Illinois, Michigan State, Tennessee, West Virginia and others over the summer.
Tonielli has an On3 NIL Valuation of $18.1K with 1,100 combined followers on Instagram and Twitter. The On3 NIL Valuation is an index that looks to set the standard market value for both high school and college-level athletes. The NIL valuation does not act as a tracker of the value of NIL deals an athlete has completed to date. It rather signifies an athlete’s value at a certain moment in time.
At 6-foot-6, 215 pounds, Tonielli is ranked as the No. 22 tight end and No. 378 overall prospect nationally, per the On3 Consensus. He is also ranked as the No. 6 overall prospect in the state of Michigan.
Michigan has 21 commits in its 2023 recruiting class — On300 offensive lineman Nathan Efobi, On300 offensive tackle Evan Link, On300 EDGE Enow Etta, consensus four-star offensive lineman Amir Herring, four-star running back Cole Cabana, four-star linebacker Semaj Bridgeman, four-star tight end Deakon Tonielli, three-star wide receivers Semaj Morgan and Fredrick Moore, three-star defensive linemen Brooks Bahr and Roderick Pierce, three-star running back Benjamin Hall, three-star EDGE Aymeric Koumba, three-star tight end Zack Marshall, three-star athletes Kendrick Bell, Breeon Ishmail and Jason Hewlett, three-star defensive backs Cameron Calhoun and D’Juan Waller, three-star linebacker Hayden Moore and three-star kicker Adam Samaha.
