army all-americans

With the first High School All-American game scheduled for this weekend and most of the games having their practices start next week, I thought I would start a thread to discuss our recruits and prospects to watch this coming week.

Offense Defense All-American Bowl - Sunday, December 30th, 7pm ET, Comcast SportsNet, Reliant Stadium, Houston, TX

http://bowl.o-d.com/

No Michigan commits.

Other prospects to watch

Red Team:

• Jon Reschke LB - MSU

Blue Team:

• Dan Skipper OT - Tennessee

Under Armour All-American Game - Friday, January 4th, 5pm ET, ESPN, Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL

http://www.intersportnet.com/uaallamerica-football/

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/recruiting/football/story/_/id/8718149/2013-armour-game-rosters

Michigan commits

White team (Nitro):

• Mike McCray II LB  (assuming he will not play after shoulder surgery)
• Shane Morris QB
• Henry Poggi DT
• David Dawson OG
• Patrick Kugler OG
• Logan Tuley-Tillman OT

Other prospects to watch

White Team (Nitro):

• Laquon Treadwell WR
• Cameron Hunt OT - California

Black Team (Highlight):

• Leon McQuay III S

Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl - Friday, January 4th, 9pm ET, NFL Network, Home Depot Center, Carson, CA

http://www.semperfidelisfootball.com/

Michigan commits

East Team:

• Ross Douglas CB
• Maurice Hurst Jr. DT

Reported to be participating (not on official rosters):

• Kyle Bosch OL
• Taco Charlton DE
• Wyatt Shallman ATH
• Channing Stribling DB

U.S. Army All-American Bowl  - Saturday, January 5th, 1pm ET, NBC, Alamodome, San Antonio, TX

http://www.usarmyallamericanbowl.com/

Michigan commits

East Team:

• Jake Butt TE #87
• Dymonte Thomas DB #14

West Team:

• Chris Fox OL #73
• Jourdan Lewis CB #27

Other prospects to watch

East Team:

• Derrick Green RB #27

International Bowl - Tuesday, February 5th, 9pm ET, Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex, Austin, TX

http://usafootball.com/teamusa

Michigan commits

Team USA:

• Jourdan Lewis DB #1
• Khalid Hill TE #32
• Ben Gedeon LB #40
• David Dawson OL #51

I just got this press release in my inbox from the Detroit Lions. Looks like Dior Mathis to me...

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U.S. ARMY ALL-AMERICAN BOWL TO SELECT CASS TECH HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STAR
2010 SELECTION TOUR ANNOUNCES ROSTER FOR 10TH ANNIVERSARY GAME

Wharton, NJ - The 2009 U.S. Army All-American Bowl Selection Tour will visit Cass Tech High School on 11/17/09 to select a student-athlete to the U.S. Army All-American Bowl. Cass Tech High School will honor its student-athlete before his teammates, classmates, fans and family during a press conference.

The five U.S. Army All-American Bowl Selection Tour teams travel across the country from late September to early December to announce all 90 players and 97 marching musicians to the U.S. Army All-American Bowl and log a combined 30,000 miles.

Selection Tour Event Details:

Who:
U.S. Army All-American

Where:
Cass Tech High School
2501 2nd Ave
Detroit, MI 48201

When:
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Event Start Time:
10:00 AM

Media Set-Up Time:
9:30 AM (Please arrive 30 minutes prior to event start time)

Photo/Interview Op:
Several, Including Official Bowl Jersey Presentation

Special Appearance:
Derrick Williams, Detroit Lions Wide Receiver and 2005 U.S. Army All-American

Television:
The 2010 U.S. Army All-American Bowl will be televised live on NBC, from the Alamodome on Saturday, January 9, 2010, at 12:00 NOON (CST)

I thought I'd run down the All-American game rosters to compare teams total number of players in both the Army and Under Armour games. I thought maybe some other people would be interested in this too.

Top All-American Teams:

1. Texas - 12
2. USC - 10
3. Ohio State - 10
6. Georgia - 9
***5. Michigan - 8***
6. Florida - 8
7. Notre Dame - 7
8. Oklahoma - 6
9. North Carolina - 6
10. Miami (FL) - 6

* Alabama, Clemson, Florida State, and LSU all have 5

Here's the full list of schools who have recruits playing in either All-American game, in alphabetical order. The list works like this:
School - (Total # of All-Americans) # of Army/# of Under Armour

Alabama - (5) 4/1
Arkansas - (1) 1/0
Arizona State - (1) 1/0
Cal - (3) 1/2
Clemson - (5) 3/2
Florida - (8) 4/4
Florida State - (5) 1/4
Georgia - (9) 3/6
Illinois - (3) 2/1
Iowa - (1) 0/1
LSU - (5) 2/3
Maryland - (1) 0/1
Miami(FL) - (6) 2/4
*****Michigan - (8) 5/3*****
Michigan State - (2) 2/0
Minnesota - (2) 0/2
Mississippi State - (2) 1/1
Missouri - (1) 1/0
North Carolina - (6) 5/1
Notre Dame - (7) 6/1
Ohio State - (10) 5/5
Oklahoma - (6) 3/3
Oklahoma State - (1) 1/0
Oregon - (1) 1/0
Penn State - (3) 1/2
Rutgers - (1) 1/0
South Carolina - (3) 0/3
South Florida - (2) 0/2
Stanford - (4) 1/3
Tennessee - (1) 1/0
Texas - (12) 7/5
Texas A&M - (1) 1/0
UCLA - (3) 0/3
USC - (10) 6/4
Virginia Tech - (1) 1/0
Wake Forest - (1) 0/1
West Virginia - (2) 1/1

So what does this all mean? Nothing we didn't know already really. Getting Will Campbell obviously helped us out alot. It's good to see with all the decommits we still rank among the top classes. If we had kept Newsome/Beaver/Mcneal we'd have an elite class. Hopefully we can fill those spots in with some high quality recruits and end up somewhere in or near the top 5 classes. North Carolina really surprised me here, especially once they picked up Brennan Williams during the game. Texas dominated everyone but there could possibly be a slight bias to Texas high-schoolers selected for this game seeing as the game is played in San Antonio. Florida nabbed two commits during the game, placing them near the top of the list.

All-Americans by conference:

SEC - 34
Big Ten - 29
ACC - 25
Pac-10 - 22 (10 from USC)
Big 12 - 21 (18 combined from Texas and Oklahoma)

..this is sad for the Big East more than anything else...

I-A Independents (Notre Dame) - 7
Big East - 5

So some unbalance in the Pac-10 and ridiculous amount in the Big 12. These numbers give hope to the Big Ten coming back soon, and point to a possible demise of the Big East. All in all, 14 different schools have as many or more all-americans than the entire Big East (including us!).

Important to remember that players don't have to attend an All-American game or even perform well in that game to be good in college.

You really have to be proud of Rodriguez and our recruiting class right now. Just trying to keep hopes up for next year :)

Update - 1/5/09:
-Added 6 commits from UA game, updating top ten and conference totals

Notes:
-This list is derived from rosters on Rivals.com, from these links:
-http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?SID=880&CID=866621
-http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?SID=880&CID=893928
-Updated the list during the Army game with the recruits who committed during the broadcast, plan to update tomorrow after Under Armour game as well