Muskegon (Mich.) four-star EDGE Recarder Kitchen has committed to Michigan.

The 6-foot-5, 240-pounder is opting to stay closer to home, choosing the Wolverines over a loaded offer list that also includes the likes of Notre Dame, Penn State, Texas A&M, USC and Tennessee.

Kitchen is the No. 117 overall prospect and No. 18 EDGE in the 2027 cycle, according to the Rivals Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all major recruiting media companies. He’s also the No. 2 junior in Michigan.

Sherrone Moore and the U-M staff have reeled in a big-time early pledge from one of the top pass-rushers in the cycle. Kitchen began trending heavily toward Ann Arbor in October.

“We went to a lot of colleges and, when we got there, it was different,” Kitchen told The Wolverine’s Ethan McDowell in September. “Everybody was huge. They were really hitting out there, really putting in work and it was just different.”

This story will be updated.