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Editor's note: bumped from the diaries for general usefulness and excellent formatting.
EDIT: About an hour into putting this together, Germany Schultz posted a notice in the forums about the same basic thing. Good discussion, with similar info followed before I noticed it. I hope my diary will still be useful, i.e., you didn't already spend a Monday evening culling the new rosters.
So I sat down to put together the Women's Bracket for the Sweet 16 round of the ongoing M Uniform Tournament (which hopefully will continue tomorrow), and as usual with those things, began by opening up the Athletic Department's site.
On there, bright, fresh and new, were the 2009 football rosters, including the numbers assigned to incoming freshmen. NCAA 2010 players rejoice. As for the rest of us, what follows are the new men in maize and blue. As you imagine the Class of '09 winning Big Ten Titles, Heismans, and National Championships, may your imaginations now have proper numeric associations.
Freshman Recruits:
| # | First | Last | Pos | Hometown | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Denard | Robinson | QB | Deerfield Beach, Fla. (Deerfield Beach) | David Cone moved to 17 |
| 5 | Tate | Forcier | QB | San Diego, Calif. (Scripps Ranch) | Spring |
| 2 | Vincent | Smith | RB | Pahokee, Fla. (Pahokee) | Spring |
| 28 | Fitzgerald | Toussaint | RB | Youngstown, Ohio (Liberty) | |
| 84 | Cameron | Gordon | WR | Detroit, Mich. (Inkster) | Listed as a receiver, has a receiver number. For the moment, Gordon's not a safety |
| 6 | Je'Ron | Stokes | WR | Philadelphia, Pa. (Northeast) | Update: changed from 4 to 6 (typo or fastest # change ever?) |
| 14 | Teric | Jones | SR | Detroit, Mich. (Cass Technical) | |
| 29 | Jeremy | Gallon | SR | Apopka, Fla. (Apopka) | |
| 77 | Taylor | Lewan | OL | Scottsdale, Ariz. (Chaparral) | Can hopefully fill Jake Long's jersey. His shoes are another matter. |
| 75 | Michael | Schofield | OL | Orland Park, Ill. (Carl Sandburg) | |
| 76 | Quinton | Washington | OL | St. Stephen, S.C. (Timberland) | |
| 90 | Anthony | LaLota | DE | Princeton, N.J. (The Hun School) | |
| 88 | Craig | Roh | DE | Scottsdale, Ariz. (Chaparral) | Listed as an "OLB" -- ? |
| 73 | William | Campbell | DT | Detroit, Mich. (Cass Technical) | Spring |
| 7 | Brandin | Hawthorne | LB | Pahokee, Fla. (Pahokee) | Spring. Norman Griffith, the Pahokee player who was killed last year, wore 7. |
| 26 | Isaiah | Bell | LB | Youngstown, Ohio (Liberty) | |
| 27 | Mike | Jones | LB | Orlando, Fla. (Edgewater) |
Spring |
| 5 | Vladimir | Emilien | S | Lauderhill, Fla. (Plantation) | Spring |
| 15 | Thomas | Gordon | S | Detroit, Mich. (Cass Technical) | Listed as a safety, has same number as RB Mike Cox (sic). For the moment, Gordon's a safety. |
| 2 | J.T. | Turner | CB | Massillon, Ohio (Washington) | |
| 13 | Adrian | Witty | CB | Deerfield Beach, Fla. (Deerfield Beach) | |
| 34 | Brendan | Gibbons | PK | West Plam Beach, Fla. (Cardinal Newman) |
Walk-Ons:
| # | First | Last | Pos | Hometown | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Nadar | Furrha | QB | Ann Arbor, Mich. (Pioneer) | Same # as Teric Jones, in same class, also on offense. |
| 32 | O'Neil | Swanson | RB | West Bloomfield, Mich. (Detroit Country Day) | |
| 42 | Al | Backey | RB | Ypsilanti, Mich. (Ypsilanti) | |
| 36 | Jonny | Childers | FB | Muskegon, Mich. (Mona Shores) | Requisite Rich-Rod fullback walk-on |
| 27 | Jordan | Owens | SR | Alpharetta, Ga. (Alpharetta) | Slot receiver from Georgia with an open number? Huh? |
| 85 | Joe | Reynolds | WR | Rochester, Mich. (Rochester Adams) | |
| 54 | Jareth | Glanda | OL | Rochester Hills, Mich. (Brother Rice) | |
| 59 | Tom | Lindley | OL | Shirley, N.Y. (William Floyd) | |
| 66 | Christian | Brandt | OL | West Bloomfield, Mich. (Saint Mary's Prep) | |
| 67 | Adam | Barker | OL | Adrian, Mich. (Adrian) | |
| 69 | Erik | Gunderson | OL | Milan, Mich. (Milan) | |
| 94 | Curt | Graman | LS | Cincinnati, Ohio (Elder) | Because Turner Booth doesn't last forever |
| 67 | Nathan | Brink | DE | Holland, Mich. (Holland Christian) | |
| 39 | Eddie | Murray | PK | Royal Oak, Mich. (Royal Oak) | |
| 46 | Seth | Broekhuizen | PK | Holland, Mich. (Holland) | |
| 93 | Kris | Pauloski | PK | Indianapolis, Ind. (Pike) |
Also of Interest:
| # | First | Last | Pos | Hometown | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Kelvin | Grady | SR | Grand Rapids, Mich. (East Grand Rapids) |
Things I'd like to say:
- I love that Hawthorne is gonna wear the number of his teammate (and fellow linebacker), Norman Griffith. He's taking on an awful load. I'm so rooting for this kid!
- Also, note what's happened with No. 7 through the years. Under Bo, it's Option QBs like Rick Leach and the first "Wolf" DE/LB hybrid, Mark Jacoby. Under Moeller it's hard-nosed runner Chris Floyd. Under Carr it's 5-star "stud" QBs Chad Henne and Drew Henson (or Spencer Brinton when you can't get one). And now: a tiny slot receiver (Robinson) and a linebacker from Pahokee, Florida, who wears the digit of his late friend. Could these be any more representative?
- Taylor Lewan: YMRMFSP...we get it.
- Denard Robinson in John Navarre's number: I like my irony served in 16's.
- Why is Craig Roh listed as an outside linebacker? Are they trying to give any fan who reads the DL depth chart a heart attack?
- If wearing No. 2 will make Turner into Woodson, does that mean Vlad Emilien and Thomas Gordon are gonna be Charles Stewart and DeWayne Patmon? NTTAWWT
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