Overview
- Catchings, a Hartfield Academy (Miss.) three-star, flipped from USF to Michigan on Nov. 11 after an official visit to Ann Arbor for the Nov. 1 Purdue game.
- He is listed around 6-foot-2 and 220 pounds and ranks No. 1,377 overall and No. 109 at linebacker in the 247Sports Composite.
- The flip marks his third commitment after earlier pledges to Liberty and then USF on Oct. 23, with Ole Miss as his only other Power Four offer.
- He told TheWolverine.com Michigan’s linebacker usage and a familiar defensive scheme convinced him he would fit right in.
- Michigan now counts three linebacker pledges in the 2026 cycle and 25 total commits, with recent flips also including LB Aden Reeder and OT Tommy Fraumann.