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As speculated yesterday, the opening of spring practice brought with it news of departures. None are significant in terms of playing time, as they consist of a couple walk-ons and the uber-buried, but one guy was a scholarship player: Kenny Wilkins.
The writing had been on the wall in regards to Wilkins for a long time. He was left off the fall camp roster last year in favor of walk-ons*; my only memory of him is that one time he got destroyed by walk-on OL in Brady Hoke's first spring game, paving the way for the one offensive play of any significance. He was slated to be a redshirt junior this year.
This does open up a scholarship slot. Michigan is currently at 86 players, and may be at 85 depending on just which of the kickers/snappers have scholarship slots this year.
As a recruit, Wilkins was 3/4 star tweener regarded as an athlete that didn't really know how to play football. His recruiting post prediction is not too wince inducing:
General Excitement Level: Moderate. It will take a lot of development to get Wilkins up to a playing weight, and his lack of technique could hold him back. He's a boom or bust (or meh) sort of guy.
At least he gives us another opportunity to regard the wreckage that was Rich Rodriguez's disastrous 2010 recruiting class. Hard hats required for next paragraph entry.
GONE: Cullen Christian, Kenny Wilkins, Demar Dorsey, Austin White, Carvin Johnson, Terry Talbott, Terrence Talbott, Christian Pace, Davion Rogers, Jerald Robinson, Ricardo Miller, Conelius Jones, Stephen Hopkins, DJ Williamson, Antonio Kinard, Ray Vinopal.
HANGING BY THREAD: Will Hagerup
ON TEAM, <10 MEANINGFUL SNAPS: Jordan Paskorz, Josh Furman, Marvin Robinson, Richard Ash
GUYS WHO HAVE PLAYED SOME FOOTBALL: Devin Gardner, Jake Ryan, Jeremy Jackson, Jibreel Black. UPDATE: Courtney Avery and Drew Dileo as well.
Four Six guys out of 27. Good gravy.
*[You are limited to 105 players, IIRC. Obviously not being in the top 105 players is not a great sign for your viability.]
March 14th, 2013 at 1:00 PM | 
What a disaster that '10
What a disaster that '10
March 14th, 2013 at 4:30 PM |
wow
wow
so few contributors remain through the turmoil and they should be the ones providing veteran leadership
"Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem."- Ronald Reagan
March 14th, 2013 at 1:01 PM |
None are significant in terms
None are significant in terms
None are significant in terms of playing time, as they consist of a couple walk-ons and the uber-buried, but one guy was a scholarship player: Kenny Wilkins
I'm curious who the walk-ons and uber-buried are that aren't with the team anymore.
"the Spirit of Michigan...is based on a deathless loyalty to Michigan and all her ways....and a conviction that nowhere is there a better university, in any way, than this Michigan of ours" - Fielding Yost
March 14th, 2013 at 1:14 PM |
Per the linked Tweet
Per the linked Tweet
TE Nate Allspach, S Drew Offerdahl
March 14th, 2013 at 1:01 PM |
RR is gone and this thread need not discuss him...
RR is gone and this thread need not discuss him...
But that Brady Hoke was able to field a capable football team last year when his Junior class provided only one true starter (considering Gardner started due to Danard's injury) is remarkable.
We're gonna play with toughness, we're gonna be responsible and we're gonna play with toughness. This is Michigan.
March 14th, 2013 at 6:31 PM |
Actually
Actually
Gardner started at WR before starting at QB.
March 14th, 2013 at 1:07 PM |
WOTS is that Wilkins lacked
WOTS is that Wilkins lacked
WOTS is that Wilkins lacked the intensity in the weight room and on the field to get much done. He came in looking like a future SDE and ended up the size of a NT, and he didn't carry that extra weight well.
March 14th, 2013 at 1:18 PM |
no matter how good you are in
no matter how good you are in
no matter how good you are in the community, if you are no good in the weight room, you can't cut it in the B1G
2013 resolution - make it onto the 2014 favorite MGoPosters post, not ironically
i wish i would have made my screen name "IT WAS THE CHAIR"
March 14th, 2013 at 1:08 PM |
Good luck, Kenny.
Good luck, Kenny.
Hope you find greener pastures.
March 14th, 2013 at 1:12 PM |
Its too bad about carvin and
Its too bad about carvin and
Its too bad about carvin and demar, I think that they could have been good starting players for us. I know they aren't all-american players right now, in fact I have no idea if either are still playing football, but the athleticism was there for both of them if they had the correct coaching staff to develop them.
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March 14th, 2013 at 1:13 PM |
Avery and Hopkins, too.
Avery and Hopkins, too.
Avery and Hopkins, too.
March 14th, 2013 at 1:16 PM |
What about Avery?
What about Avery?
What about Avery?
March 14th, 2013 at 2:11 PM |
He's alright, that's what.
He's alright, that's what.
He's alright, that's what. And I somehow missed Hopkins left. When did that happen?
March 14th, 2013 at 4:14 PM |
I musta been asleep
I musta been asleep
For Hopkins leaving too.
March 14th, 2013 at 6:28 PM |
Before the bowl game.
Before the bowl game.
Before the bowl game.
March 14th, 2013 at 1:15 PM |
That 2010 class deserves a
That 2010 class deserves a
That 2010 class deserves a "Never Forget" banner of its own. That list truly reaches Charge of the Light Brigade levels of martial tragedy.
Don't quote laws to us. We carry swords.
-Pompeius Magnus
March 14th, 2013 at 1:20 PM |
BACK TO BACK POSTS!
BACK TO BACK POSTS!
WITH WILKINS IN THE TITLE!
mid march will be remembered forever as the time that all Wilkinses left UM
2013 resolution - make it onto the 2014 favorite MGoPosters post, not ironically
i wish i would have made my screen name "IT WAS THE CHAIR"
March 14th, 2013 at 1:17 PM |
:looks at list:
GREAT
:looks at list:
GREAT
:looks at list:
GREAT GOOGILLY MOOGILY
March 14th, 2013 at 1:39 PM |
Frank said "Great googly moogly"
Frank said "Great googly moogly"
Also part of the suite that brought us "Don't you eat that yellow snow". Hail Nanook!
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
March 14th, 2013 at 1:26 PM |
Two nuggets
Two nuggets
First of all, Brian, you forgot that THE THREAT was part of the 2010 class as well. I'd say he's played some football.
Second of all, Rivals ranked this class #20 in the country. Not up to Michigan standards, but certainly not apocalyptic as far as initial rankings go. So did we just get unlucky? Or did RR do a bad job of identifying/recruiting kids that had solid character and wanted to be at Michigan? A coaching change will always lead to attrition, but it doesn't seem like any of these guys showed the potential to contribute before bailing out on the new staff, a la Ryan Mallett.
March 14th, 2013 at 1:43 PM |
rivals does their ranking
rivals does their ranking
on the day after signing day. if you look at guys from that class that actually managed to get on campus, there is a pretty good hit, then look at guys who left during or after the first year, it gets worse.
2013 resolution - make it onto the 2014 favorite MGoPosters post, not ironically
i wish i would have made my screen name "IT WAS THE CHAIR"
March 15th, 2013 at 3:27 PM |
Yes
Yes
Yes, but regardless of when it happened, there were a bunch of guys who we recruited who never made an impact on the field. My question is why the attrition rate was so severe for that class, when on signing day it looked like a halfway decent class.
March 14th, 2013 at 1:26 PM |
As someone
As someone
As someone else mentioned, Avery and Hopkins have both played meaningful snaps, as well as Dileo. That number should be at least 7, not 4.
Practice makes perfect. Unless you're the Buckeyes. Then you have to cheat.
March 14th, 2013 at 1:37 PM |
Hopkins has left the team.
Hopkins has left the team.
Hopkins has left the team.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:27 PM |
Correct
Correct
Although he did play meaningful snaps as well, so he falls in both categories.
Practice makes perfect. Unless you're the Buckeyes. Then you have to cheat.
March 14th, 2013 at 1:31 PM |
FIRE
FIRE
March 14th, 2013 at 2:14 PM |
AND TAKE
AND TAKE
AND TAKE AL BORGES WITH YOU!!
(Because you can't have one without the other??)
March 14th, 2013 at 1:33 PM |
Aren't Courtney Avery and
Aren't Courtney Avery and
Aren't Courtney Avery and Drew Dileo are in that class as well?
Edit: Got beat to the punch!
Chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order because it is better organized.
March 14th, 2013 at 1:36 PM |
Good luck to him, but that
Good luck to him, but that
Good luck to him, but that 2010 class was horrible. Some of them were just extreme misses - Cullen was highly-rated CB, and Dorsey was a top safety who just couldn't make the grade - but man alive were there a bunch of reaches and tweeners who never panned out. I will always think of Rodriguez as an offensive genius who could win with a particular type of player, but as a recruiter he just missed way too much to last here.
March 14th, 2013 at 1:44 PM |
Fixed the Avery/Dileo
Fixed the Avery/Dileo
March 14th, 2013 at 1:46 PM |
Wow-is the 2010 Michigan
Wow-is the 2010 Michigan
Wow-is the 2010 Michigan class the most disasterous of any "bigtime" university in the history of recruiting. Devin Garder was basically an instate gift, make Jake Ryan the only actual recruitment that we can give RR credit for. Truly amazing.
March 14th, 2013 at 11:05 PM |
And at that
And at that
JMFR was low hanging fruit that fell in his lap. It is to Michigan's good fortune that JMFR was a late bloomer.
Dave
March 14th, 2013 at 1:47 PM |
The irony
The irony
We're thanking John Wilkins one day, and saying goodbye to Kenny Wilkins the next.
Bo' Money Bo' Problems
March 14th, 2013 at 2:00 PM |
Credit where credit is due.
Credit where credit is due.
You did forget Lewan as a RR recruit.
March 14th, 2013 at 2:02 PM |
Just kidding
Just kidding
Re: 2010 class
March 14th, 2013 at 2:02 PM |
Lewan was in the class of
Lewan was in the class of
Lewan was in the class of 2009.
All these other guys were in the class of 2010.
March 14th, 2013 at 2:02 PM |
Rich Rod would do great in
Rich Rod would do great in
Rich Rod would do great in the SEC. Recruit guys and keep the best ~20%. Hell, he could field a basketball team after a few years if he was lucky.
~Herm
Stop the uniform changes! Contact Dave Brandon 734-764-9416.
March 14th, 2013 at 2:12 PM |
10 bucks
10 bucks
10 bucks if you can work in some other person named "Wilkins" on tomorrow's front page.
oops, someone already covered that. Still 10 bucks if another person named "Wilkins" leaves Michigan in some form.
March 14th, 2013 at 2:31 PM |
My buddy and I still look
My buddy and I still look
My buddy and I still look back at that 2010 class and laugh and drink and cry, but mostly vomit.
or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing.
March 14th, 2013 at 3:31 PM |
One really does start to
One really does start to
One really does start to wonder if RichRod can recruit or develop anything but QBs with any kind of consistency.
You look at the classes and it's wreckage. Except for the QB.
His most recent AZ class has one 4 star--a QB.
Good thing for him because he can do a great deal with a good QB but golly.
Give it to Wheatley!
March 14th, 2013 at 4:09 PM |
Wish Kenny good luck
Wish Kenny good luck
Hope he gets a degree and finds non-football success.
As for 2010 class, it's even scarier as the recruiting classes were dropping in rankings each year. Another year or two and the program would have been void of talent.
"Everybody wants to be a hero, so to speak. But it takes everybody." - Charles Woodson
March 14th, 2013 at 4:18 PM |
Like a car
Like a car
Four year (mostly) players, four tires. Can't win many races in a car with three wheels, and a Josh Groban cd...
March 15th, 2013 at 10:32 AM |
Why does Hoke drive off the players RR recruited?
Why does Hoke drive off the players RR recruited?
:-)
What a disaster that '10 class has been. Just 6 guys out of 27 who actually play football (I am including Marvin Robinson in this number still), only three of whom are legitimate starter caliber for a team that expects to compete for Big Ten championships (that three includes Hagerup). This is why I don't have very high hopes for 2013. You can't take what is essentially a year off from recruiting and not have it come back to haunt you.
I can't wait to see where we are in 2014/2015 time frame though.