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There is a chance that Dee and HaSean end up at the same school...it just won't be Michigan. If RR is axed, there is a chance that Dee and HaSean could wind up at Florida.

...how Rawls views the principles of social justice? 

I don't think Rawls has even been offered and I don't see why he would get an offer with Hayes and Hart committed.

I read into Tom's comments that Taylor is not a silent commit.  When he says "Michigan probably leads.." thats not a ringing endorsement for silent commitment.  Still promising though.

My guess for silent commits are Frost and Bryant, with Flowers as my 3rd guess.

I agree - it should be an interesting month.  I can't wait to see how this all ends up.

Please tell me what year you're referring to.  Very rarely did we have more than one 5 star defensive recruit, and many years we had none.  If we get the guys we're in on (Frost, Zettel, Lyons or Royster, Barnes or Cooper) that would give us six 4-star recruits on defense, plus highly sought after 3-stars such as Crawford, Kellen Jones and Delonte Hollowell.  Based on his performance of late, don't be surprised if Frost gets a fifth star, he's very close already.

Look through the Lloyd classes on Rivals and tell me which class was so much better than this.  I bet you'll find one or two, but this is on par with Michigan recruiting pre-RR. 

EDIT:  OK I did some homework for you.  I looked through Lloyd's last six classes, 2002-2007, the only ones on Rivals.  I looked at how many 4 star defensive recruits we had each year, and what 5 stars, if any, we had.  Here is what I came up with:

2002 - two 4 stars, one 5 star (Gabe Watson)

2003 - five 4 stars, two 5 stars (Woodley and Burgess)

2004 - five 4 stars, no 5 stars.

2005 - four 4 stars, no 5 stars

2006 - five 4 stars, one 5 star (Brandon Graham)

2007 - three 4 stars, one 5 star (Donovan Warren)

That's four 4 stars per year, and less than one 5 star per year.  2003 was a very good year for recruiting defensively, but this year looks to be better than 2002, 2004, 2005, and 2007.   

I completely agree that D-line is a position of dire need, but missing Kenny Wilkins DE, Richard Ash DT, and Quinton Washington. And those are just freshman with a few older prospects as well.

Quinten Washington - DT, Richard Ash - DT, Kenny Wilkins - DE/DT, Jordan Paskorz - DE.

QW is a RS frosh and the other three redshirted this year.  Roh will be a DE the next two years, I would absolutely count him there.  Plus this recruiting class already has Brennen Beyer (4 star DE who will need a redshirt) and Chris Rock (3 star DE/DT who will as well) for the future. 

I agree with you that DL, specifically DT, is thin, but not as thin as you suggest.

RVB is serviceable.

Stat lines for two Big 10 DE's (one is RVB, obviously):

• 30 total tackles, 8.5 TFL, 4.0 sacks, 1 PBU, 4 QB hurries
• 42 total tackles, 9.5 TFL, 2.5 sacks, 1 INT, 1 QB hurry, 1 fumble recovery

The first guy is "serviceable" Ryan Van Bergen, the second guy is "ZOMG! Awesome!" Cameron Heyward.

Conclusion: Having a famous father who played in the NFL and playing on a good team defense sure goes a loooong way towards how a player is perceived.



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If you're saying that Zettel and Cooper (the primary defensive line prospects) are the most important players left on the board, I'd be inclined to agree with you. The exception being Royster.

Assuming either Zettel or Barnes (but not both), the difference between a good defensive class and a great one will come down to Cooper and Royster on signing day.

For me, the priorities would be the following:

• DE: Zettel/Barnes
• DT: Cooper
• OL: Bryant
• FS: Royster
• WR: Lucien

I really like Lucien, but mainly I just think they need another wide receiver -- any of the others would be fine. I'd like to see another guy would could play linebacker if need be, so Frost or Clark seem good for the 6th remaining spot after that. After watching Brady shred the NFL with tight ends downfield, maybe Clark is a good idea.