Ben VanSumeren Commits To Michigan
Three days after receiving a Michigan offer, Essexville (MI) Garber FB/HB/LB Ben VanSumeren flipped his commitment from Iowa to the Wolverines.
HAIL pic.twitter.com/ZAqp2Zr5mI
— Ben VanSumeren (@primetimedunkin) December 17, 2017
VanSumeren is a three-star ranked 11th in the state on the 247 Composite. As a potential fullback, H-back, or linebacker, he is a very Harbaugh recruit. He's the 17th commit in the 2018 class, which ranks 12th nationally.
I'll have a full Hello post tomorrow.
December 17th, 2017 at 3:54 PM ^
December 17th, 2017 at 3:55 PM ^
Between him and Mason, linebackers won't stand a chance.
December 17th, 2017 at 3:58 PM ^
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December 18th, 2017 at 9:06 AM ^
December 17th, 2017 at 4:00 PM ^
To add another stud from the Wolverine state to the
MEEEEEchigan Wolverines. Good luck kid.
December 17th, 2017 at 4:00 PM ^
Does he wear #20 or Shea?
December 17th, 2017 at 4:15 PM ^
December 17th, 2017 at 7:39 PM ^
December 17th, 2017 at 8:29 PM ^
December 17th, 2017 at 4:05 PM ^
I'll predict Ben is going to be a key program contributor and fan favorite who will be remembered long past his time at Michigan.
Diligent, passionate work does move mountains in life.
A Harbaugh kind of player to the core.
As a Bay Cityan, Michigan fan, and an admirer of his family: I am personally thrilled these two great things are going to be connected going forward.
December 17th, 2017 at 4:33 PM ^
December 17th, 2017 at 6:08 PM ^
"Guy is going to be a stud."
How many foals are you expecting him to produce? Is this going to be a naturally occurring process between him & whatever mares he hooks up with or will the recruiting department be procuring them and running this thing somewhere in the bowels or loins of Yost's old barn?
December 18th, 2017 at 12:35 AM ^
Why do you admire his family?
December 18th, 2017 at 4:29 AM ^
Great people. Had the pleasure to know them through youth sports here locally.
December 18th, 2017 at 10:32 AM ^
The young man passes the eyeball test. Dude is yoked and already looks like a college football player
December 18th, 2017 at 1:23 PM ^
with high potential. From a smaller/lesser known school that probably isn't highly scouted/recruited so lower early rankings make sense. And he's clearly very athletic. All the makings of a fairly high ceiling, true sleeper-type guy. That he's from Michigan and is a lifelong fan only makes it better, IMO. Should provide good leadership and passion to the rivalries, etc.
Gald to have this kid aboard.
December 17th, 2017 at 4:05 PM ^
Welcome Ben. This makes me happy.
December 17th, 2017 at 4:09 PM ^
December 18th, 2017 at 11:34 AM ^
Wisconsin thrive on. Under-recruited, underrated, athletic, and smart athletes who they develop into All Big Ten players. With his smarts, I can definitely see him playing LB at Iowa. But, evidently he opted for the Michigan Difference and the opportunity to play offense. As you say, he has a much better chance to see the field sooner on offense compared to defense.
Welcome aboard Mr. Vansumeren! You have chosen wisely.
December 17th, 2017 at 4:10 PM ^
I love these stories!
December 17th, 2017 at 4:19 PM ^
December 17th, 2017 at 4:19 PM ^
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December 17th, 2017 at 4:45 PM ^
December 17th, 2017 at 5:03 PM ^
the last two years and had we even had a average QB the outcome would have been different, that seems to have been fixed, now the offensive line. I have much more confidence in our NFL coaches' evaluation of talent.
December 17th, 2017 at 5:20 PM ^
I guess if moral victories/close losses should make us happy, then Michigan is technically a combined 5-2 against Ohio State between the Hoke and Harbaugh era. Nice!
December 17th, 2017 at 5:43 PM ^
we win those games. When your QB is throwing two or more passes directly to the Buckeyes and/or can't even make one simple 20 yd connection to a receiver down field, well, that's just not Michigan football and apparently that has been rememdied.
Meanwhile, all their five stars and they weren't any better on the field but they didn't have a QB making critical mistakes. Oh and Clemson hasn't had a top five recruiting class in a while, certainly not any of their current upperclassmen, the last three years they've averaged 9th in the rankings
December 17th, 2017 at 6:40 PM ^
December 17th, 2017 at 7:01 PM ^
yeah, if our safety had just had the fourth f'n star...
/s
December 17th, 2017 at 7:05 PM ^
December 17th, 2017 at 7:57 PM ^
no, giving him an extra star wouldn't have made a difference. However he was a 3 star for a reason and there is also a reason many people, including Harbaugh, really wanted Anderson to transfer here.
December 17th, 2017 at 7:03 PM ^
December 17th, 2017 at 9:39 PM ^
But at some point Michigan needs to take advantage of "outplaying" OSU. The fact of the matter is Michigan needs to get a win over them. This is exactly why Harbaugh reached out to Patterson once he heard that Wilton was transfering out. Wanting to get better across the board. It was refreshing to hear his criticisms of the team, saying they needed to get stronger and weren't good enough.
December 18th, 2017 at 11:42 AM ^
I'd argue that OSU underperforms given the incredible level of their recruiting classes. If you just take into account star ratings, they should be blowing out EVERYONE on their schedule by 3 TD's or more. But they don't. In fact they had two losses this year including getting taken to the woodshed by an Iowa team mostly made up of 3 star players. By their recruiting rankings, they should be in the NC game every year. But they aren't. Some highly rated players don't pan out or they don't work as hard or they don't fit in very well with the rest of the team. Whereas you see lower rated guys working their butts off to be starters. I think getting the right kind of players for the system who are either excellent athletes now or have the potential to turn into them, are the key - whatever their star rating is.
December 18th, 2017 at 12:39 PM ^
December 18th, 2017 at 1:34 PM ^
going on. Yes, they recruit at an incredible level, but they also lose a ton of them to early entry, so comparing just recruiting rankings and assuming all else is equal, isn't correct.
Experience and age do matter in college football such that a second or third year 5 star is probably on average going to be equivalent to a fourth or fifth year 4-star or high 3-star (think Chris Wormley being about as valuable last year as Gary was this year). Generally, the higher rated guys will be more athletic and make plays but will also tend to make more mental mistakes, such that it'll sort of even out.
December 17th, 2017 at 5:40 PM ^
December 17th, 2017 at 7:19 PM ^
player award for the next 5 years. Wonder if it should ever end in a tie if they'll let them have a "hit off" to break it. In all seriousness though, imo, this is one hell of a pick up and you can never have enough of these type of players in the locker room. They - both Bens - epitomize what a player at this level should be in terms of committment and dedication.
December 17th, 2017 at 4:31 PM ^
From Madonna to VanSumeren
December 17th, 2017 at 4:32 PM ^
Looking forward to multiple TD's, glad you are staying home.
December 17th, 2017 at 4:49 PM ^
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December 17th, 2017 at 4:58 PM ^
There were more than a few twitter comments about how its okay because Iowa always beats Michigan every year. They can have their fallacy, we get Vansumeren.
December 17th, 2017 at 6:21 PM ^
Well a .283 career batting average is pretty decent in baseball but as a winning percentage in football it might be considered somethingt less than stellar, and although I'm not up on the new math, I'm not sure winning less than one in 3 counts as quite EVERY year, does it?
December 18th, 2017 at 1:41 PM ^
They've won the last two and are 4-1 since 2006 (with our lone win in 2012) buuuuut, yes, not every year though!
December 17th, 2017 at 5:01 PM ^
December 17th, 2017 at 5:05 PM ^
Appears he has offers from the Michigan of the East as well as Columbia and Yale. I'd let him date most of your daughters. Go Blue!
December 17th, 2017 at 5:05 PM ^
these days.
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