Jerald Robinson to stay on Offense

was he always a 4-star or did he get bumped up by Rivals?

http://michigan.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=85102

Good post, it'll be interesting to see who we get to play safety, then. Recruiting gurus, who are we looking at besides Latwan Anderson to play safety? Safety and defensive tackle are my two biggest concerns for the future (it's always safety with Michigan).

For those wondering like I was, those other offers are "Michigan State, Purdue, Illinois, Indiana, Syracuse, Pitt, Cincinnati and a few others." That' a pretty good group. Someone else has mentioned that Ohio State was interested in him early in the process, too

though there's no reason to doubt j-rob, often players get switched to positions of need after they arrive, regardless of what they were told as recruits.

"1) Jerald Robinson has picked up quite a few offers since committing, but nothing for us to really sweat about."

Interesting catch-22 here. We're worried that we're recruiting players no one else good wants, then worried if they get those offers they might decommit. Talk about never being able to be happy.

I'm not directing this at you WTB, just noting the slight cognitive dissonance here.

I wondered why people thought JRob would play S at UM, then I saw his defensive stats in that article: 7 picks is pretty darn good.

Still, considering that he averaged nearly 23 yards per catch with 7 TD's and the staff liked him at camp (I recall Sam Webb waxing poetic about JRob's camp performance as well) I am pretty excited about his potential at SE.

by our lack of depth at slot receiver.

says that jerald is the best receiver in M's recruiting class so far, though ricardo may be more athletic, he says.

I think Robinson will play on the outside maybe? He seems kind of like Stokes, maybe they will both be in the slot and outside as well.

Apparently at camp this year, according to Sam Webb, Robinson was dominant at wide receiver. Sam Webb also stated that he made Cullen Christian, the #3 CB recruit in the nation, look silly more often than not. Webb has stated a few times that he thinks Robinson is most likely a better receiving prospect than (gasp) Ricardo Miller. He stays on offense for sure.

As for M. Rob, yes he is one of the best safeties in the nation, but the staff is looking at him with OLB in mind. We will see when he gets on campus, but either way he is such a freak athlete that having the luxury to decide where he plays is not the worst thing in the world.

He could be a Troy Brown and play both.

It just seems like other teams have good safeties, but yet when we try to recruit safeties, they turn into linebackers. How does this keep happening?