The Scout Top 100 list for 2010 is up, and one of the new five star recruits is Christian Lombard. He’s an offensive line recruit from Illinois, and has a hefty list of offers already. “I don’t really have a top list yet, I want to do some more research on all of them. The ones that I’ve visited will all be on my list though,” Lombard said. Christian has seen Michigan, Notre Dame, and Iowa. He is now going to start focusing more on recruiting as he goes into his senior year, and said that, “academics is number one, without an education there’s no football, next is the football team in general, and the training program, and third is the campus and everything outside of football.” The training program was one aspect that stuck out to him when he spoke with Mike Barwis. He said, “Coach Barwis is real high energy, I’ve met him a couple times. It was cool, when we were there, Braylon Edwards and Mike Hart were working out. It was cool to see some NFL players with him.” Lombard has a lot of offers from Midwest schools, but told me, “I’m not sure if distance is a factor yet, I’ve talked to the coaches at North Carolina, so we’ll just see how it plays out.” Christian came to Michigan on an unofficial visit, and got to watch the Michigan, Michigan State rivalry first hand. “It was definitely powerful. It was exciting, Michigan State had as many fans there as Michigan. That rivalry is huge, and the tradition there is pretty neat.” His footwork, knowledge of the game, and his strength are what he prides himself on, and uses to his advantage. His high school runs a variety of offensive schemes, and he told me, “We run pretty much everything, primarily a spread. I don’t really prefer a style, but I can run in a spread.” His coach has been helping him with the recruiting process, and it seems like he’ll let us know where he decides when he knows. “I’m just going to see what happens, when I find the school I think I fit into I’ll probably make my decision, why wait?”