was it all a crazy plot to get what he wanted? "A way to exceed expectations is to manage them [laughs]. We were in a situation where it was absolutely unclear what the ultimate decision was going to be and I wanted to make that known that it was unclear and the fan reaction was very helpful and very important."
Hello: Ricardo Miller (2010)
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Michigan's first commitment for the class of 2010, is no surprise: it's FL WR Ricardo Miller, the strapping kid from spectacularly named Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando. Miller is a junior, so information on him is a little sparse, but what exists follows.
GURU RATINGS & CHATTER
There aren't any yet, but a friend of the blog who works for Florida Football Magazine conveniently brought Miller up apropos of nothing in an IM conversation yesterday. The oracle spake thusly:
As you'll see in the magazine we're really high on Ricardo Miller. Like super high. Like best receiver in the class of 2010 high.
It's not clear whether he meant "in Florida" or "in the universe" but those two things aren't often that different. The magazine itself ranks Miller the #2 player in Florida's the class of 2010, saying this:
Big, strong, and fast, Miller could be playing for a major college right now but he's only a junior. He was the star of many off-season 7-on-7 tournaments.
Miller's an outside receiver at 6'2" or 6'3" and between 180 and 205 pounds.
OTHER SUITORS
Miller has an impressive suite of offers for a junior: Florida, Tennessee, South Florida, Central Florida, and Stanford. Also Michigan, obviously.
STATS
I couldn't find any from his sophomore year; I know he's been targeted heavily so far this season.
FAKE 40 TIME
Miller's 40 time is actually in the vaguely plausible range, as he's reportedly run a 4.47. This is still probably fake since he's a big guy and that was run when he was just as sophomore, but it only gets one FAKE, not three.
VIDEO
You know a kid is an impressive prospect if he's got freely available sophomore video, yes?
Mmmmm, "tight end" end around. Tight end around?
There's also a touchdown catch from his junior year here.
PREDICTION BASED ON FLIMSY EVIDENCE
The evidence is flimsier than normal this time, but as we saw with Will Campbell the kind of guys who get offered this early by a wide array of schools are often OMG shirtless sorts. Given the buzz emanating from Florida this seems a likely outcome for Miller; he should be a slam dunk for top 100 lists next year and has a chance at five stars.
Side note: Miller carries a 3.8 GPA and is considering early enrollment.
UPSHOT FOR THE REST OF THE (2010) CLASS
Miller's a hell of a start to the 2010 class; it's fortunate that Michigan lucked into a kid who needed zero convincing of where he wanted to go in a year that otherwise might have been a tough sell with freshman quarterbacks and Threet and whatnot. With Stonum, McNeal, and Miller, Michigan will have three elite outside WR recruits in consecutive years with some attractive options (Roundtree, Peace, whoever comes in with Miller in 2010) waiting in the wings should the headliners fail to live up to their billing.
If MI WR Jeremy Jackson—son of RB coach Fred Jackson—decides to stay home, Michigan could lock up a monster 2010 WR class faster than you can say something that doesn't take very long to say.
Etc.: If you hate your eyes, here's Miller's myspace page; an August article from AthleteVault.com; commit article from Rivals; get your I love Ricardo Miller t-shirt.
Wow, his team has like 12 different uniforms.
I kept looking at the wrong team. That may explain why he kept tackling the other players.
M'Dog
October 1st, 2008 at 12:53 PM
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USC's problem
I'd take that problem anyday. They're still awesome and I would pick them to win the National championship game still if they make it. I think its overconfidence. They lose to teams that know them best because they play them year in and year out. The only loss against a non conference opponent in years was against a Vince Young explosion that no team could stop.
USC recievers
i was looking at recruiting classes a bit ago and its seems weird that SC isnt more explosive on offense. Honestly, theyve been good, but with the star-caliber guys they are getting it seems they should be better. Some of them dont seem to be panning out.
Patrick Turner - 5* seems to be a bust.
Derrick Jones - 4* - bust
Vidal Hazelton - 5* solid but not great
David Ausberry - 4* - hasnt seen the field too much
Jamere Holland - 4* i think he transferred
Rojo is seeing the field and is a legit deep threat and ARK transfer Damian Williams has been good. I know its kinda off topic, but it seems Petey and co. are missing on a lot of guys and i know that rankings aren't everything. But based on some of the guys theyve gotten in the past few years, it seems they should be able to go 4 or 5 wide and absolutely slaughter you, but instead Stanley Havili sees a ton of snaps.
USC's diminished dominance offensively seems to be because of overrated recruits at least in part, no?
Look At Stats
Thru 25 Sept. for USC
Avg points per game = 36
Avg passing per game =254 with 11 TDs
Attempts/Compl/Int = 97/64/3
against Oregon State: 227 passing, 18/29/1, Avg per completion = 12.6
Methnks the problem at SC is defense -- the O is still pretty awesome.
Yeah, that is my license plate.
I'd say one of the biggest
I'd say one of the biggest causes of SC's offense coming down to earth was the loss of Norm Chow. Play calling hasn't been as good; USC's offense has alot of ups and downs. The recruits might be slightly overrated, but with such a logjam of receivers and running backs, there will be quite a few players who don't do much/stuck at 3rd and 4th string and thus are labelled busts. On the majority of other teams, those guys would be the #1 men. Look at Emmanuel Moody, a RB who wasn't getting playing time he wanted; when he announced he was transferrring from USC, everybody was fighting for him. That says alot when teams like Florida are fighting for USC's scraps. Talent is definitely there, just not being utilized as best as possible.
It's just a step to the right...
After practice he is going to The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Seriously, I cannot look at that picture any more. Those lips mesmorize me with their impenetrable freakiness. I keep moving my face closer and closer to the monitor trying to figure them out.
Give it to Wheatley!
It might have to to with the
It might have to to with the fact that he is Fred Jackson's son, and lives right in the area. I know when I was picking schools, I didn't apply to any within 50 miles of home since I didn't want to be so close. Also, it might be tough having to play under your father in college. Since his father is a Michigan coach, I would assume he won't go to OSU or MSU, but I don't think that garauntees that he comes here.
Jeremy Jackson? Yes
Jeremy Jackson? Yes please. If you have a Friday night free, go out to a Huron football game and watch him play.
Anyway, I love that Michigan is still picking up top wide receivers. This is encouraging.
Sportscenter.com raves: Sgt. Wolverine, "Michigan's biggest fan"!
Pass first mentality transition
Here's the thing I want. In WVU, RR built the O around PW's running
skills ( and the fact he can't throw well). We've got Forcier coming up
and these superb WRs. Hopefully he increases the passing playbook and
uses pass to set up the run. With these personnel, we could put up
points real quick.
i agree with your thinking
i agree with your thinking and it gets me extremely pumped for things we might see in the future. If we have a potent pass attack w/ the depth of recievers and lightning slot guys, behind the arm of forcier and/or beaver. Coupled w/ their ability to move and run (more so than any QB in recent mich. history) you set up the run w/ McGuffie and Co. to hit the big play on the ground. Maintain steller recruiting on Defense and open up our on USC esque dynasty sending ND, Sparty and Brutus into another depression fueled by frustration.
