{"id":722201,"date":"2026-02-01T20:44:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T20:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/722201\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T20:44:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T20:44:18","slug":"2026-lb-ndi-etta-commits-to-michigan-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/722201\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 LB Ndi Etta commits to Michigan Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Announced on his social media on Sunday afternoon following a successful official visit, 2026 linebacker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/ndi-etta-259642\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ndi Etta<\/a> has committed to the Michigan Wolverines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The 6-foot-1, 215-pounder is the younger brother of Michigan defensive lineman Enow Etta. He plays high school ball at Liberty Christian in Argyle, Texas and compiled 68 tackles, 17 tackles for loss, 10.5 sacks, four pass breakups, two forced fumbles and 20+ quarterback pressures as a senior this past year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Etta is the second prospect to commit to Michigan\u2019s 2026 class following the hire of new head coach Kyle Whittingham, joining three-star defensive back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maizenbrew.com\/michigan-football-recruiting\/104090\/michigan-football-recruiting-ernest-nunley-commits-tyler-stockton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ernest Nunley<\/a>, who committed back on Jan. 20. Both of Michigan\u2019s latest commitments are expected to sign on Wednesday during the February signing period for 2026 class members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Interestingly enough, the former coaching staff at Michigan offered him in December, so the new coaching staff must have liked what they saw out of him to continue recruiting him. Per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/michigan-wolverines\/news\/new-rivals-prediction-for-michigan-to-land-a-26-defender\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">On3\u2019s Ethan McDowell<\/a>, Michigan recruited Etta to play outside linebacker\/defensive end, so it appears the Wolverines were able to secure a versatile defensive prospect right before signing day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Wolverines now have 23 recruits committed to their 2026 class, with 21 already signed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Announced on his social media on Sunday afternoon following a successful official visit, 2026 linebacker Ndi Etta has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":722202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,10671,10672,49,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-722201","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-michigan-football-recruiting","10":"tag-michigan-football-recruiting-news","11":"tag-ncaa","12":"tag-ncaa-football"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115997328619079645","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=722201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/722202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}