Once Were Wolverines (at least some of them)
I was looking through Phil Steele's preview of Arkansas yesterday and saw that DeQuinta Jones had a pretty good freshman year. After a "Damn, he could have helped" moment, I wondered about some of other the other recent one-time commits, so collected the updates below. Some are pretty well known (Kevin Newsome, for example), but additional snooping around produced some tidbits I wasn't aware of. I expanded the list to some of the other guys who've left the program in the last few years. Some of these updates have appeared here and there on Michigan blogs over the years, but I wasn't aware of any comprehensive source other than Mike Desimone's site which gives a few comments on post-Michigan activity or lack thereof, but not many.
The list below isn't exhaustive—there are probably kids I don't remember who verbally committed and then went elsewhere. There are a couple of guys who I couldn't find much of anything on other than some message board rumors. If anyone has any updated info on these where-are-they-nows (or players I've missed), I'll add.
All the data comes from either Phil Steele or respective schools' archived statistical data.
UPDATE: Added Dewayne Peace, Christian Wilson, Justin Feagin and Boubacar C. Also, circumstances: departure or decommit. UPDATE: Per comments, added John Weinke and Marquis Maze. Also added Jerimy Finch. UPDATE: Been meaning to add Bryce McNeal for a while. Finally did.
Class |
Player |
School |
Comments |
2009 |
DaQuinta Jones Decommit |
Arkansas |
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AdrianWitty Clearinghouse |
Cincinnati |
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Pearlie Graves Decommit |
TexasTech |
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Jordan Barnes Decommit |
Oklahoma St |
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Kevin Newsome Decommit |
Penn St |
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Shad Beaver Decommit |
Tulsa |
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Anthony Fera Decommit |
Penn St |
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Dewayne Peace Decommit |
Arizona |
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Bryce McNeal Decommit |
Clemson |
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2008 |
Taylor Hill Transfer |
YoungstownState |
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Sam McGuffie Transfer |
Rice |
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Dan O'Neill Transfer |
WMU |
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Brandon Smith Transfer |
Temple |
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Kurt Wermers Transfer |
BallState |
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Marcus Witherspoon Transfer |
Rutgers |
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Christian Wilson Decommit |
UNC |
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Justin Feagin Dismissed |
Texas Southern University TSU Nickname: the Tigers TSU Mascot = Pretty Baby II |
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Boubacar Cissoko Suspended/Dismissed |
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John Weinke Decommit |
Iowa |
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2007 |
ZionBabb Dismissed |
Juco? |
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Artis Chambers |
BallState |
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Toney Clemons Transfer |
Colorado |
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Marell Evans Transfer |
Hampton |
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Vince Helmuth Left Team |
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Avery Horn Left team |
Juco? Reedley College HT: Magnus in comments |
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Ryan Mallett Transfer |
Arkansas |
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Marques Slocum Left team |
Eastern Arizona CC The Gila Monsters ... sweet mascot |
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Steven Threet Transfer |
Arizona State |
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Marquis Maze Decommit |
Alabama |
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Jeremy Finch Decommit |
Florida àIndiana |
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2006 |
Justin Boren Transfer |
OSU |
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Jason Kates Left team |
?? |
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Cobrani Mixon Transfer |
Kent St |
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Quintin Patilla Transfer |
GrandValley |
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Quintin Woods Transfer |
JC then to Kansas |
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Jai Eugene Decommit |
LSU |
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2005 |
Jason Forcier Transfer |
Stanford |
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Eugene Germany Dismissed |
JC / then to ASU |
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James McKinney Transfer |
Louisville |
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Chris Richards Dismissed |
Stony Brook |
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Justin Schifano Left Team |
? |
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Johnny Sears Dismissed |
EMU |
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Mister Simpson Dismissed |
Cincinnati |
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PFP this was some fantastic content. Considering our Special Teams situation this year (really scared this might cost us one or two games and be the difference between 9-3 or 7-5) we might have caught a break here.
boards with same rumblings when I was trying to figure out where he was. Some speculation out of Stillwater is/was that Roosevelt's pursuit of Dez was the primary reason Jordan ended up at Okie St to begin with. Who knows.
Yeah, his dad going that far sounds a little unrealistic, but who knows.
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