Outlook for Michigan Recruiting in 2013 and beyond
Jim Stefani, just posted this great "article" on Michigan recruiting. Very interesting read, I got especially excited that there are alot of legacies including Braylon Edwards brother, Alan Branch's cousin, Craig Roh's brother that are looking like good targets.
The 2012 recruiting cycle has barely started and we're already talking about 2013 and beyond?
2 years in advance is generally as far as this blog goes.
True. I guess I just wasn't ready for it. The 2013 guys haven't even played their junior season yet, so I sometimes question how people can evaluate their athletic abilities based on limited data points. Info starts to trickle in over the summer after some of the camps and to me that is more of an apt time to start talking about those recruits 2 years out.
I don't pretend to know the intricacies of high school recruiting. I generally skim the TomVH posts and leave it at that. Some of the folks on this site get ridiculously into that kind of thing but I feel there is too much drama-queenishness to the whole process for me to invest a large portion of my time and emotional energy into it.
Generally, I think the players who create a lot of buzz as sophomores are still buzz-worthy as seniors. You won't often hear about soon-to-be juniors unless there's a lot of potential.
You have to have a really good headstart and start recruiting young kids if you want him to commit to you.
John Beilein is pretty much done with 2012 recruiting but I suspect that he'll work on recruiting on the remaining uncommitted prospects to fill the last spot once Darius goes pro after next season. They're now concentrating on 2013 prospects but they haven't been formally offered yet.
You do know this post is about football recruiting, not basketball...right?
March 29th, 2011 at 10:33 PM ^
I didn't click on the link. My bad.
wow. there are so many legacy prospects nxt yr. cnt wait.
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Skrepenak's kid! He's 6'8" 350 as a sophomore! Holy shit that's a big kid. He might be 7'0" 400 lbs by the time he comes to Michigan.
Good god, I feel bad for the people that get in his way on the field. Hopefully an ass kicker like his pops and wears the Maize n Blue!
Still the biggest "what if" when it comes to a player I have ever seen. Maybe his brother is just as awesome.
I've always hoped the same thing, but having grown up in Jackson and having watched both play, Amani doesn't have nearly the amount of talent Antonio did. I remember seeing Antonio Bass as a sophomore playing quarterback for Jackson High, and being far and away the best athlete on the field. Needless to say, as a junior and senior, he completely dominated games and was easily the best high school athlete I ever saw in person. I am extremely hopeful that Amani can follow suit, but at the same stage in their high school careers, Antonio was vastly superior to Amani.
I wish I could have seen Bass play in highschool. I know back in the day on The Wolverine message boards local posters on there raved about him. I'm just glad that by all accounts Antiono turned out be as good of a man as he was a player.
Berkley Edwards (Braylon's brother), Brandon Moore (we already have one), Adam Coon (He's a wrestler, not a football player, IMO), Jake Khory (Rocko's cousin), Jake Roh (Craig's brother), Christian Skrepenak (as was mentioned), Desmond Branch (Alan's brother), and even the name Kendrick Mouton, who turned out isn't related to Jonas.
But the name that stuck out was Amani Bass. Might we get from him what we always had hoped to get out of brother Antonio? Got to love the legacy recruiting.
Why do you think Adam Coon is a wrestler and not a football player? It sounds like he has the size to be a solid D1 prospect, and him being such a good wrestler only helps his game, I'm sure. Terrence Taylor and Mike Martin were star wrestlers, and obviously very good DTs as well. What makes you doubt Coon can't do the same?
but the difference is, they were football players who happened to wrestle. Here are the national wrestling rankings at 215 pounds. Keep in mind that Coon is a sophomore:
http://www.intermatwrestle.com/rankings/high_school/215
Also, he went 51-3 and was the 215 state champ as a freshman. This year he went 56-0 and repeated as state champion. That's 107-3 in his first 2 years, and well on his way to being a 4x-state champ, and likely the top recruit in the nation as a senior at his weight class.
What I'm saying is, I think he's always been a wrestler first.
No doubt he's a very good wrestler and could certainly wrestle at a high level in college. However, I've yet to see a kid pass up on playing BCS-conference level football for a non-revenue sport. People talk about this a lot, but it doesn't often happen.
At a major school like Michigan, wrestlers are student athletes and football players are celebrities. Plus there's that whole NFL thing that really drives kids to football.
to be certain of what level of football this kid could reach, even in college, I can tell you one thing. As far as wrestling goes, this kid is gonna be able to go wherever he wants. Needless to say, he's got a ton of future options here.
No doubt he's got options. But he was a first team sophomore all-american, honorable mention all-state as a sophomore and already 6'5" 230, combine that with presumably elite athleticism and leverage and I bet he gets many Big Ten offers. He's a kid who I bet gets a very early offer from Michigan.
as I'm a wrestling coach (state champs!) and as far as HS goes, I pay way more attention to that.
Something tells me he'll go wherever he wants for fooball too. I was on the floor talking to some MAC scout the other day, and he was saying that Bama has been showing interest in Coon.
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Anthony Thompson (RB/DB, 6-1, 175, Deerfield Beach, FLA, Class of 2013): Think Denard can help in possibly luring this future star from his alma-mater to Michigan? As a sophomore he led the team in rushing with 99 carries for 647 yards (6.5ypc) and 5 TDs, and had 6 receptions for 117 yards (19.5 avg) and 2 TDs.
March 29th, 2011 at 10:03 PM ^
That YPC doesn't seem all that remarkable for a HS player. Then again, Denard's own rushing numbers in HS weren't astronomical, either, so I don't know.
March 29th, 2011 at 10:48 PM ^
Since the kid was only a sophomore, I think 6.5 yards per carry is pretty good. As a point of comparison, Stephen Hopkins averaged 4.8 yards per carry as a sophomore.
http://www.umhoops.com/recruiting/2013-watch-list/
Looks like the state of Michigan is loaded with quality Gs. I would expect Michigan to pursue PG and a big in that class.
when we actually recruit to-be mother's, not juniors and sophomors. That's called investing in the future.
Skrepenak blocking for Bass! Wow, this is like fantasy UM Football... Go Blue!!
Alex Korhorn from Grand Rapids Christain, he's started on varsity as a freshmen. hes 6'2" 285 as a sophmore. and started on the team that lost to East Grand Rapids by 1 in the playoffs this past year.
This kid is a younger Taylor Lewan, nasty mean streak.
March 29th, 2011 at 10:35 PM ^
Jim Stefani is one of the best in the business. All of the top colleges use his service (which is an awesome recruiting database). I think he went to Michigan, but LSU, Auburn, Bama, all the big boys are on his site daily looking at prospects.
Makes me sad to see a kid sign with Ohio State (Jeff Heuerman) while his dad played at Michigan...
March 30th, 2011 at 10:09 PM ^
I did not realize that. That sux.