The former quarterback of Michigan, Tate Forcier has signed on to play for Miami according to a statement released by the school on Wednesday.

Both ESPN.com and The Palm Beach Post first announced that Forcier had indicated his intention to play for the Hurricanes.

Forcier spoke with ESPN.com and stated, “I really want to be a part of the rebirth at Miami.”

When Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez was let go and Brady Hoke was hired, Forcier made the decision to play for another college.

Forcier was going to visit several different colleges, with Washington being one of them, but the quarterback situation in Miami presented a unique opportunity for him in Coral Gables, FL.

According to NCAA transfer regulations, though, Forcier will not be allowed to play in 2011 and will have to wait until 2012 before he can get on the field for Miami.

Not too long after it was made public that Les Miles had turned down the Michigan head coach position and would come back to LSU, where he has been for 6 years, Michigan named a new head coach.

On Tuesday, it was released that Brady Hoke, coach at San Diego State, would be hired as the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines, making him the 19th head coach in the 131 years the football program has been in existence.

The athletic director of Michigan said in a statement, “We are pleased to announce the hiring of Brady. He is a terrific coach and will be a great ambassador and leader for our football program. We look forward to having him build a championship program on the field and in the classroom.”

Hoke was once an assistant coach at Michigan, but has been at Ball State and San Diego State for the past eight years in the head coaching position. Following San Diego State’s 9-4 season, Hoke was bestowed with the coach of the year honor in the Mountain West conference.

On Wednesday, at 1 p.m. ET, Michigan will hold a press conference to introduce Hoke.

Hoke will take over for Rich Rodriguez who was fired as head coach of the Wolverines a week ago after only his third year of a six-year contract. Rodriguez was unable to coach the team to a victory over rivals Michigan State or Ohio State in any of his seasons and finished a disappointing 15-22 during that time.

Across the nation game day visits for recruits are becoming events that are primarily geared towards junior prospects and senior class committed prospects, since most large university college commitments occur before fall. This is the situation at Michigan where the 2010 class has 18 prospects that already have pledged for Rich Rodriguez and his coaching staff.

On Saturday Michigan hosted their opening game for the season, beating Mid American Conference rival Western Michigan 31-7. Over 50 recruits sat in the stands, most of them from the 2011 class, watching the Wolverines’ victory.

Institutions that are NCAA members were last week first allowed to start sending out official scholarship offers to 2011 class prospects. Five of the juniors who received Michigan offers last week attended the game on Saturday. Among those in attendance were cornerback Greg Brown from Fremont, Ohio, who made his commitment immediately to Michigan upon receiving his offer, and cornerback Doran Grant of St. Vincent St Mary in Akron, Ohio.

Grant said that they overall looked like a much better team and that he thought they had done a good job in coming back after last season. Last week Grant had offers from places like Notre Dame, Georgia and Ohio State. He added that it seemed that early on their rhythm clicked on offense and that the defense had made some very good stops. I liked how their defense moved and were always in good position, he said.

Some of the leading juniors who are from Michigan and attended the game on Saturday included Delonte Hollowell, cornerback from Cass Tech, Ryan Griffin, defensive back from Ann Arbor Pioneer, Justice Hayes, running back from Grand Blanc, and Anthony Zettel, offensive lineman from Ogemaw Heights. The most notable uncommitted at the game on Saturday from the 2010 class was Dior Mathis, cornerback from Cass Tech. Mathis was accompanied by his parents, several teammates and his head coach. The 175 pound 5’9″ Mathis is rated as a four star player by Rivals.com and Michigan has sent him an offer.

Mathis said they loved the visit experience and he loved both the defense and offense. He added that he had paid close attention to how the defense played the corners. They made plays, were coming up and made tackles and got interceptions.

Other in-state 2010 class members that attended Saturday’s game included brothers Nathan and Daniel Lindsey from Inkster, Garret Davis, the offensive guard from Ypsilanti Willow Run, Baquer Sayed, wide receiver from Dearborn Fordson, Mason Krysinski, kicker from Utica Eisenhower, Matt Rea, linebacker from Rochester Adams, Chris Robinson, running back from Ovid-Elsie, and Taurean Jackson, quarterback from Lansing Sexton.

Several of the 2010 class commitments for Michigan also were at the game to watch their future team. Devin Gardner, quarterback from Inkster, Austin White, running back from Livonia Stevenson, Ricardo Miller, wide receiver from Ann Arbor Pioneer, Courtney Avery, cornerback from Lexington, Ohio, Ken Wilkins, linebacker from Washington, PA and Jeremy Jackson, wide receiver from Ann Arbor Huron were all at the game on Saturday.