Every signing class is a little different. Michigan signed a program record three recruits from New Jersey, while its two signatures from Florida are the most since 2000 and the seven Ohioans a high during the last 20 years. What other interesting factoids have we discovered? Here is a look Class of 2008's unique characteristics …

• Luckily for Florida quarterback Justin Feagin's family, the Maize and Blue appear on television every week. Feagin is one of two Sunshine State recruits that have to travel a great distance to arrive in Ann Arbor. His home in Deerfield is 1,336.67 miles from Michigan's campus – the longest trip for any incoming freshman.

Wide receiver Darryl Stonum's family must travel 1,316.89 miles from Stafford, Texas, to Ann Arbor, tailback Sam McGuffie's inner circle must canvass 1,315.30 miles from Cypress, Texas, while offensive lineman Ricky Barnum's friends and relatives have a 1,166.19-mile jaunt from their homes in Lakeland to visit The Big House during the fall.

• Tailback Mike Cox will be the first Wolverine in program history to hail from Avon, Conn., and the first Connecticut recruit overall since offensive lineman Todd Mossa arrived at Michigan in 1997.

Also representing their hometowns for the first time are: linebacker J.B. Fitzgerald from Princeton Junction, N.J.; McGuffie from Cypress, Texas; tight end Brandon Moore, tailback Michael Shaw and wideout Roy Roundtree from Trotwood, Ohio; cornerback J.T. Floyd from Greenville, S.C.; offensive lineman Kurt Wermers from Crown Point, Ind.; linebacker Marcus Witherspoon from Absecon, N.J.; Feagin from Deerfield, Fla., and Barnum from Lakeland, Fla.

• With a majority of their high school games on Friday nights and a relatively short drive, Detroit cornerback Boubacar Cissoko and Moore each attended five games during the fall. Wauseon, Ohio, offensive lineman Elliott Mealer did them one better, though, showing up for six U-M games – Oregon, Notre Dame, Penn State, Purdue, Minnesota and Ohio State. He only missed U-M's loss to Appalachian State and its win over Eastern Michigan.

• Michigan failed to land a five-star recruit for the first time since Rivals.com began ranking players in such a fashion beginning in 2002. However, the Wolverines' 17 four-star recruits are their most during the past seven years, surpassing the 12 prospects awarded four stars by Rivals.com for the Class of 2004.

• Offensive lineman Patrick Omameh is Michigan's first two-star prospect since kicker Bryan Wright in 2006 and the Wolverines' first non-specialist two-star recruit since fullback Andre Criswell in 2005.

• With commitments from three Lone Star state natives –McGuffie, Stonum and wide receiver Terrence Robinson -- Michigan has signed three or more recruits from Texas in back-to-back years for the first time since 1995-96.

In 1995 the Wolverines inked Kingwood offensive lineman Steve Frazier, Longview defensive back Daydrion Taylor and Houston defensive lineman Josh Williams. A year later, U-M signed Dallas linebacker Grady Brooks, Arlington defensive back LeAundre Brown, Houston defensive back Tommy Hendricks, Houston offensive lineman Paul Tannous and Highland Village wide receiver Aaron Wright.

• With the Signing Day announcement of Detroit defensive end Nick Perry to Southern Cal, the Maize and Blue have now missed out on The Detroit News No. 1 in-state prospect in back-to-back years. In the Class of 2007, Detroit five-star defensive tackle Joseph Barksdale signed with LSU. The Wolverines had signed The News top Michigan recruit in each of the six years preceding the Class of 2007.

• U-M landed at least five recruits from its own state for the seventh time in eight years. The Maize and Blue signed just four recruits from the Great Lakes State in 2006.

• Moore and offensive lineman Kurt Wermers were the only Michigan commitments to verbal on the same day before four U-M recruits announced their intentions on Signing Day. Moore and Wermers each told the U-M coaches of their decision on May, 18.

• The decisions of Feagin, Shaw, Roundtree and Barnum to announce on Signing Day, meanwhile, represents the first time since the Class of 2003 that at least three recruits committed on the first day letters of intent may be signed and faxed. In 2003, linebacker Shawn Crable, defensive end LaMarr Woodley and running back Jerome Jackson all announced for the Wolverines at school press conferences.

• Beginning in February 2007, Michigan received at least one verbal commitment in 11 of the past 13 months. The Wolverines did not receive a commitment in October 2007 and December 2007. They received a high of six in February 2008.