DB situation in 2009 and beyond
How does everybody feel about Michigan's situation at DB and, specifically at CB, in 2009 and beyond? We lose Trent, Harrison, Doug Dutch and Charles Stewart. That will leave Michigan with the following in 2009
CBs - Warren (Jr), Cissoko (So), Wollfolk (So)
S - Brown (Sr), Chambers (Jr), Michael Williams (So), Branden Smith (So)
Unclear if CB or S - JT FLoyd (R Fr), Justin Turner (Fr)
May or may not be a DB - James Rogers (Jr) is probably a WR, DeWayne Peace (Fr) is probably a CB, Justin Feagin (R Fr) is looking more and more like a DB, Mike Jones (Fr) and Isaiah Bell (Fr) - at least one of which is probably an OLB.
So, what I'm getting at is this: is anybody else worried about CB in 2009 and 2010?
I know Michigan lists Turner at CB, but it seems both recruiting sites see him as a safety - reasonable for a guy his size. Peace may end up being stellar at CB. If Peace, Turner and Floyd all end up as good corners, maybe we're ok, but isn't it just as possible that only one of those guys ends up being a good corner?
Besides the starters (Cissoko and Warren), who will provide depth in 2009?
If Warren leaves after his junior year, who will start opposite Cissoko in 2010?
Sky isn;t falling or anything, but this seems like an area to address in recruiting this year.
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Which is why we are still listed among the leaders for:
**** CB Branden Smith
**** CB Travis Hawkins
***CB Mike Edwards
****ATH Dennis Thames, who we're recruiting at "DB" (considering he's 5'7", he sounds like CB)
September 25th, 2008 at 1:47 PM ^
Haven't heard much about Branden Smith or Mike Edwards in a long time. Maybe I've missed something.
Sam Webb seems to think we're working uphill for Hawkins and that his visit will need to be a good one.
I've heard Thames discussed as a Safety. To be clear: I'm not worried about bodies at Safety with Brown, Chambers, Williams, Brandon Smith, potentially Floyd and Turner, and at least one of Bell and Jones, plus maybe Thomas Gordon.
And to respond to a question above (below?): Marvin Robinson is a 2010 Safety prospect widely believed to be a 5-star type guy who has Michigan among his leaders.
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Yeah, I don't think Michigan is or isn;t good at recruiting DBs. Nor do I think it's relevant.
When I look at the CB recruiting in the last two classes plus this one, I see two five stars (great recruiting) and little else (an assortment of three stars, 'athletes', position switches and tweeners) that inspires as much confidence as, say, a consistent parade of four star recruits with a five star here and there.
Again, the sky isn't falling, but it seems like a position of need that I think kinda' gets overlooked given the sheer quantity of 'DBs' that we have gotten the last few years.
September 29th, 2008 at 12:52 PM ^
That wasn't a list of who's who of DBs. It was a list of guys we offered, guys who had interest in us, guys we failed to land over the span of a few years (years where DB was one of the big recruiting concerns). I didn't expect to sign the majority of them, but to miss on all was a disappointment. I never said "we recruited poorly," I would call it average, but I think we could have done better. Still, I admitted there were some good pickups. All I was trying to do was temper WolvinLA's outlook: "we seem to get at least one 5 star or near it every year, with a little added depth too." Like I said, we'll be fine, but no one should expect a top 50 type DB every year.
Three of the guys you brought up (Hall, Burgess and Mundy) were part of the good 2003 class. 2004 and 2005 were the leanest years, in 2006 it picked up again somewhat (Mouton and Brown, though they were both safeties and we could have used a "shutdown corner" or two). 2007 is the year that got us back on track (several good players, including Warren right after we discovered we were out of it for RoJo). So yes, for a few years I was a little concerned with the DB recruiting, and so were others I spoke to.
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