Mel Kiper on Michigan prospects; Your 2017 draft predictions
In a teleconference on Tuesday Mel Kiper spoke about the 2016 Michigan draft prospects, even mentioning Mario Ojemudia as a sleeper. I won't link the article on Mario as it is from the Freep.
Kiper also got into the 2017 draft going as far as mentioning Jourdan Lewis the 2nd best corner behind Adoree Jackson at USC (remember him?).
What are your predictions, based on round, for the 2017 draft? How many players get drafted? Would love to have some fun with this. I'll post my prediction shortly.
April 20th, 2016 at 10:51 AM ^
I want to hear about 2021 bracketology.
April 20th, 2016 at 10:52 AM ^
We are an underrated 5 seed.
April 20th, 2016 at 10:57 AM ^
Damn it, man. You ruined the surprise.
April 20th, 2016 at 12:51 PM ^
i'd say YOU ruined the surprise.
April 20th, 2016 at 10:52 AM ^
after a 57 sack, 135 tackle, 13 FF season. Jabrill goes second, fresh off a 37 INT, 62 PBU, 100 tackle season. Jehu Chesson comes in at 3rd with his 2,900 yard 45 TD season fresh in everyones mind.
April 20th, 2016 at 11:06 AM ^
April 20th, 2016 at 11:13 AM ^
Yes but only because he doesn't have Peppers's gaudy numbers, due to the fact that he is literally never thrown at once, all season.
April 20th, 2016 at 11:13 AM ^
No. He is taken before the draft in the newly minted pre-draft draft that only players of his level can be drafted after his 54 INT, 54TD and 127 tackles for loss.
April 20th, 2016 at 11:43 AM ^
54 INT, 54TD
So every INT is also a pick six? That's just as impressive as his 54 INT's.
Maybe someone should raise the difficulty level on their NCAA Football game.
April 20th, 2016 at 11:49 AM ^
He scored on fumble returns and kick returns as well.
Hell, he even scored multiple TD's on respective picks...inventing the 12 point score.
April 20th, 2016 at 11:47 AM ^
after being ruled "Just too good" by the NFL, which is just as well since he is now the head of a budding religion based soley on the quality of his highlights. Jourdanism quickly spreads to all seven continents since "As Jourdan covered the football fields, so we must cover the world."
Recency bias clearly in Jehu's favor there
April 20th, 2016 at 10:53 AM ^
April 20th, 2016 at 11:34 AM ^
April 20th, 2016 at 10:54 AM ^
Peppers: top-10 (frowny or happy?)
Lewis: top-15
Glasgow: 4th round
Charlton: 4th round
Thomas: 5th round
Kalis: 6th round
Overall, probably the strongest class we've had in a long time. Lewis is awesome, but not quite a prototype NFL corner, Peppers is just uber-talented, ideal size, and will be really productive. I think Kalis puts it all together this year and is drafted.
Oh yeah, forgot about Wormley. He's an early 2nd round pick. Chesson probably goes in the 4th or so.
April 20th, 2016 at 11:02 AM ^
Definitely frowny for us, but good for him. If he has another great season this year, he will definitely declare for the draft. As long as he helps us win a lot, I'd be alright with that, but still upset because I want him to play for Michigan as long as possible.
April 20th, 2016 at 11:48 AM ^
I'm greedy. It would be awesome to see that.
April 20th, 2016 at 12:22 PM ^
It could still happen. Jabrill said he won't leave without his degree, which is great, but he can graduate early. I'm sure he has been taking summer classes in order to do that.
April 20th, 2016 at 11:05 AM ^
And that doesn't even include our All-American tight end.
April 20th, 2016 at 11:18 AM ^
Someone might also take a chance on Jeremy Clark due to his size
April 20th, 2016 at 10:59 AM ^
and it shits on Goodell's head. All fans unite and cheer together like never before!
April 20th, 2016 at 12:48 PM ^
And Patriots nation celebrates the horse taking a dump on a complete horse's ass!
April 20th, 2016 at 11:00 AM ^
April 20th, 2016 at 11:05 AM ^
Peppers - Middle of 1st round (if he goes)
Lewis - late first round due to size
Butt - Middle 2nd round
Wormley - 3rd round on par with Mike Martin
Chesson - 3rd round - seems on par with Chris Conley of UGA in 2015
Taco - late 5th round
Kalis - late 5th round, NFL will love 3 year starter in Harbaugh offense with NFL bloodlines
Darboh - 6th round due to speed
Dymonte - 6th round if he can run well at Pro Day (which I expect)
Stribling/Clark - 7th round flyer
**Also think De'Veon, Delano, Braden, and Magnuson will get a shot at camp.** That would put us 1st or 2nd in the 2015 draft of most picked players. It should be fun to see the Michigan brand flashed all over the place once again after all these years.
April 20th, 2016 at 11:14 AM ^
April 20th, 2016 at 11:28 AM ^
Is Darboh fast for a WR? I think strength is his greatest attribute. I could see him move up after a good season, same with one of Stribling/Clark. I expect every senior who sees much time to be signed for an NFL camp. Gedeon and Glasgow.will for sure, could easily see Glasgow going in a late round.
April 20th, 2016 at 11:32 AM ^
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I should have been able to figure that out.
Not fast but neither was Jason Avant and he had a nice NFL career
April 20th, 2016 at 11:34 AM ^
I tend to disagree on Lewis if he has another year similiar to 2015. Vernon Hargreaves is expected to be a top 10 pick and he's only 5'10".
April 20th, 2016 at 12:24 PM ^
Chesson burned Hargreaves. Therefore, Chesson will go number one in the draft.
I went back and forth on that. I think if JD can run in the 4.5 range he has a shot. If he is closer to 4.6+ then he will be late first rounder. Would love to see him go 4.45 range, but we will just have to wait and see.
That would put us close to the most players picked ever. OSU is going to be close to breaking that this year also.
edit: Forgot OSU had 14 guys taken in 2004. Breaking that will be hard.
April 20th, 2016 at 11:05 AM ^
2016 draft- He's not as high on Glasgow as other people are. Therefore his opinion means nothing to me.
April 20th, 2016 at 11:16 AM ^
We all know Harbaugh will go to the NFL sometime soon. Dont believe me? Just ask any STAEE fan.
April 20th, 2016 at 11:20 AM ^
All these guys came in under Hoke. He was a good recruiter. As happy as I am to have Harbaugh, Hoke was not a bad guy, and brought in some solid talent. It at least allowed Harbaugh to hit the ground running and not have to build the program up from nothing. You can see how Carr slacked off at the end, and how RR was recruiting differently, by the number of guys from Michigan who went on to the NFL.
April 20th, 2016 at 12:02 PM ^
If Mallett would have stayed or if we were stacked at QB like other years under Carr (Griese/ Driesbach/Brady or Henson/Navarre or Henne/Gutierrez), RR's first team is likely bowl bound. We probably beat at least three of Utah, Toledo, MSU, Purdue and Northwestern with Mallet or another good QB. The cupboard was not bare.
I think all of our coaches have done a decent enough job of leaving enough talent for the next coach to be successful in year one. But if you look at the first years of Moeller, Carr, RR, Hoke and Harbaugh, you'll see that the teams with experienced QBs did really well. Those without struggled.
April 20th, 2016 at 12:37 PM ^
Was the #9 QB in the 2006 recruiting class. He had a QB.
April 20th, 2016 at 12:47 PM ^
got that ranking very wrong
April 20th, 2016 at 12:44 PM ^
We would have been a bowl team. The square pin in a round hole that was continuously hammered on even though it clearly wasn't working was a travesty of the coaching profession,
What were those strengths?
- our inexperienced and undersized OL?
- 2 time transferee at QB or the walk on?
He still probably should have eked out another win or two but they weren't going to go much better than 6-6 no matter who was coach.
Exactly. Our defense should have been fine that year but it turned to crap after the Purdue game. Terrance Taylor, Will Johnson, Brandon Graham, Obi Ezeh, Jonas Mouton, Stevie Brown. All those guys could have been studs with proper coaching.
Offense had Greg Matthews, Martavious Odoms, Junior Hemmingway, Darryl Stonum, Brandon Minor. That was not and should not have been a 3 win team. Maybe a ceiling of 8 or 9 wins, but come on.
had a walk-on QB or a freshman QB, and the line consisted of:
http://cfn.scout.com/2/751995.html
LT 71 Mark Ortmann 6-7 294 Jr.
69 Bryant Nowicki 6-9 326 So.
LG 62 Tim McAvoy 6-6 288 Jr.
72 Mark Huyge 6-6 292 RFr.
C 60 David Moosman 6-5 292 Jr.
50 David Molk 6-2 282 RFr.
RG 75 Cory Zirbel 6-5 292 Jr.
72 Mark Huyge 6-6 292 RFr.
RT 52 Stephen Schilling 6-5 295 So.
79 Perry Dorrestein 6-7 308 So.
Schilling and Molk were good. Dorrestein and Ortmann were OK. Moosman was a better guard than he was a center (and Molk took the job from him as a RS Fr.)
Almost all of those guys are sub-300 pounds. Rich Rod wanted quick, slim offensive linemen. That didn't work so well the first year. Combine that with a QB with my arm strength and you get an historically bad offense. Look at what Carr left Rich Rod to work with: Ortmann, McAvoy, Moosman, Zirbel, and Schilling (I'm not counting the frosh because you never should rely on freshman linemen starting.) Combine that with Rich Rod teaching them a new offense, and yeah, you get a 3 win season.
You can have all the great skill position players you want, but if you don't have a line to open holes for them, or a QB to get them the ball, you aren't going to succeed.
April 21st, 2016 at 12:34 PM ^
because Lloyd left the cupboard bare at QB. Nick Sheridan and/or RS Frosh Steven Threet aren't taking a team to a bowl game behind that offensive line when we can't afford a major mistake against Toledo. So you're making my point for me. I don't know what else to tell you.