Jayru Campbell to MSU
That's a good get for MSU. He's certainly a dynamic prospect from what I've seen of him.
I will look foolish if he becomes an All-American someday, but I just watched his highlight video and do not see an elite QB prospect. I've seen much better talent in the 2015 class.
If he's bent about not getting a Michigan offer, that's just too bad.
I haven't watched any highlight films of Campbell. Still living in Michigan I have watched some of his games on FSD and the like. In context, I liked what I saw of him.
just to keep him away from MSU. But he probably wouldn't have loved being behind Morris and Speight. Oh well, good day for MSU.
This. Every scholarship in the 2014 and 2015 classes is going to be worth it's weight in gold.
Don't even know if he is a Plan B.
There is a chance Alex Malzone is higher on the board than Campbell.
Looks like recruiting matters to MSU fans now.
...until Michigan gets another big commit. Then it won't matter again.
A Mich offer to play with a lot of his boys might change things.
I hate recruiting now that not getting an offer before your junior year is a slight.
years past with Terry and now Campbell.
Oops. Here is proof that assumptions based on physical appearances can lead to embarrassingly ignorant statements.
Curtis Blackwell, the new recruiting coordinator. We may or may not have offered Campbell, but this is a solid pick up for MSU from a school that has been marked for years with a block M.
We really sound like our rivals when we say "we never offered him"
So you suggest that we say that he has an offer from Michigan.
That would just make us all liars.
I think Campbell would have been offered.
But the 2014 guys we offered had been in close contact with the M staff for months before the offers went out, and the top guys knew who they were. And the next group down were told as much as well. Campbell found himself in (at least) that next group down. That doesn't mean it's 100% sure he wouldn't be offered, but it's very fair to assume he was very unlikely to be offered.
Except that we didn't offer him. This had nothing to do with Blackwell and everything to do with not getting an offer from Michigan.
I thought he would have been a good offer, but the coaches seem to be very careful and deliberate in their approach to offering quarterbacks and that didn't seem to mesh with his timeline. Good luck to him.
I get the feeling that Josh Rosen is so good that the coaches felt like we needed to offer him early.
Wilton Speight got offered on signing day for the 2013 class.
If the same holds true this cycle, we might not see another QB offered until Feb of 2014.
These kids have 2 more years of high school football to play before even getting a dorm room for cripes sakes. There is so much development ahead of them, especially as a QB that I really don't see how any UM fan could be upset we did not offer a kid just to keep him away from MSU.
If this was 1970 and we could take multiple QBs, then sure. Since we only have room for one QB in the 2015 class, why would this be a good offer? I must be missing something after watching his film.
I kind of feel like we just expected to offer and get him since he's a BCS level QB from Cass Tech, but I've never thought he looked like a high-end prospect. He'll probably end up a 3* or a 3/4* tweener and be fine, but I've seen no indication that we ever planned to offer him.
Couldn't get into Michigan and went to Staee instead? He'll fit right in.
Just kidding, wish the kid all the best except against us.
Good player from what I've seen and read and I'm sure they'll be a future Saturday where we regret he's not blue but... I think the lack of an offer (or even clearly demonstrated interest) is telling. The coaches have been very selective with their QB offers and probably could have landed him if they'd made it a priority given all their built-in advantages (Cass Tech pipeline, QB lineage at Michigan, the skill position talent already enrolled / committed that he'd play with, etc.)
but we weren't going to offer him unless we lost all our plan a,plan b and plan c guys. IF we wanted him we would have offered him earlier don't you think.
I've watched some Cass games. He pretty much never scrambles and takes off on his own. Are people just calling him a "dual-threat" because he's black? Not saying he's bad, I'm just saying he's a pro-style all the way unless I'm missing something.
Also state fans are claiming he chose MSU over Alabama and Michigan... I doubt Bama would take him after getting Ricky Town and Michigan didn't offer. But they can believe whatever makes them feel better I guess.
Bama was just letting him know they had interest. They already have two top 5 QBs verbally commited. Jayru isn't in that same neighborhood.
Just so you know, and I'm pretty sure this is well established at this point, but no Alabama QB initial offers are commitable. The initial offer is really an offer, or invitation, to be evaluated in person. I'm guess since it came so early, it was really a "freshman on championship team, get the foot in the door" offer. If Campbell called Bama, even before their last commit, he would not have been able to commit.
http://247sports.com/Season/2015-Football/RecruitRankings?InstitutionGroup=HighSchool&Position=DUAL
I know I posted this link earlier in thread, but I think Campbell's skillset is open to debate. This debate is not necessarily fueled by racism.
Does anyone know if we ever planned to offer him? I had never heard of him before 'OMG MSU owns Michigan recruiting happened'. Seems like the O-linemen we're interested in right now are Sterling Jenkins and maybe Chuma Edoga
He seems like a better prospect than Jayru, but it also sounds like we had no interest in him either. No recent visits from him despite the proximity and no offer.
to visit Jayru? i know he got a bama offer, so that is a pretty good win for sparty.