Programming note: Brian is out for the day and I've got a pretty busy non-blogging day myself. We've got a lot of content ready to go, and I'll be checking in throughout the day, but Friday Recruitin' will either come late this afternoon or will morph into Saturday Recruitin', depending on my schedule.

Everett (MA) OL John Montelus recently earned a place at #214 overall in the Rivals250, making him one of the top prospect for 2013 on the East Coast. Standing at 6'5", 295 pounds, Montelus already has a college-ready body and holds early offers from Michigan, Boston College, UConn, Florida, N.C. State, Rutgers, Syracuse, Virginia, and West Virginia. I caught up with John recently to talk about his recruitment and his interest in the Wolverines:

ACE: Which schools have you been in contact with the most right now?

JOHN: Right now I'm contacting pretty much all the schools that have offered.

ACE: I know you got the Michigan offer relatively recently. Who have you been talking to from Michigan?

JOHN: I've been talking to Coach Funk and Coach Mallory. Both these guys are really good and I can't wait to go down there to make my unofficial visit soon.

ACE: Do you know when you want to visit the school or is that still up in the air right now?

JOHN: It's still up in the air right now, but I'm definitely going to make a visit soon.

ACE: What do you know about Michigan as a program?

JOHN: They have really good academics and they produce a lot of good offensive linemen.

ACE: Looking back at your junior year, how do you think you performed on the field?

JOHN: I played well. I did better than my sophomore year. I got way bigger; my sophomore year I was 245 and my junior year I was 295.

ACE: What would you say are the biggest strengths of your game, and what are you looking to improve to get to that next level?

JOHN: My biggest strength is definitely pass-blocking. I can run-block, but next year we're going to run more. I need to work, basically, on run-blocking.

ACE: You mentioned wanting to visit Michigan. Are there any other schools you want to visit at this point?

JOHN: I'm going down to Florida on my April vacation.

ACE: Do you have an idea of when you want to narrow down your choices?

JOHN: At the end of the summer I'll probably have my top five favorite schools.

ACE: When it comes time to pick a school, what are going to be the main factors that you're looking at?

JOHN: Good academics and a winning team, that's all I want.

ACE: In terms of position, I know you play offensive tackle in high school. Is that where you think you fit best at the college level?

JOHN: I could play offensive tackle in college, but if coaches think I can play guard I'll play guard. It doesn't matter what position.

ACE: Going away from the football field, what's something about you that you think people should know about you?

JOHN: What do I do after football? Mostly I lift in the weight room.

ACE: Always working hard, it sounds like.

JOHN: Yeah.