2013 5-star CB Priest Willis Shows Interest
Maybe nothing, but 5-star, top 5 CB Priest Willis told Shane Morris today that Michigan was in his top list, and asked what the scholarship picture was looking like.
Given all the hype around Green and Treadwell, and the fact that I don't believe Willis has ever been on record as being all that interested in Michigan, he has not been "on the radar," and I thought this might make for interesting discussion. Is there a spot for him in this class?
@S_Morris12 how long do you think that last Michigan spot is going to be open ? There in my top
For a CB, that spot is already gone.
Shane saying that he would PM him the contact info for the coaches. That makes me think this is not something that was planned.
Is there a spot? Maybe, if two of Green, Treadwell or someone else doesn't commit before him. I would be extremely surprised to see Willis commit since, like you said, he hasn't seemed to have been on the radar for a while, if ever.
Shane also said we have 2-3 open spots. I'm guessing he's wrong but who knows.
There is interest but I wouldn't get excited.
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closely followed by the misuse of alumnus, alumni, alumna, and alumnae.
Haha, because of the wording, I read it as if abbreviated and pointing out a location; “there (it is, right) in my top.” 8P
It looks like people were wrong about us switching to a 3-4 defense. It looks more like we'll switch to a 0-0-11 defense if this guy commits.
send them to penn state
Boo, I say, Booooo!
a little undersized to play nickelback
or a 3-3-5 ...muahahaha
Pox and locust upon you!
defense win championships
Great players and great coaching wins championships.
SEC teams win championships.
Five cbs in one class?
Willis is thought of as a safety by some. We don't have a free safety in this class.
Magnus, how does he stack up against McQuay III, in your opinion?
Well, they're both pretty good, but it depends on what position you want. I think Willis could actually hack it at cornerback at the next level, whereas McQuay's abilities at corner would be pretty limited. If it were up to me, I'd probably take Willis because he could play anywhere in the defensive backfield.
August 1st, 2012 at 12:51 AM ^
Not to mention Lewis' potential at WR. There are multiple ways to make this work, especially if he is a premier talent.
Seems like any player that could potentially commit down the road would be in substantial enough contact with the coaches to know how many scholarships may be available. Just my thought as of now, obvoiously contact could increase over the many months before NSD.
attrition imo...this guy isn't serious though, just playing games like most 18 year olds do...i'm pretty sure the ship has sailed...if anything I could see something happening on NSD but by then we could have a spot or two left.
Given the choice, I'd take Ross Douglass over Willis after watching their films. If it was up to me, I'd take my chances waiting on Green or McQuay for that "best availible" spot over grabbing Priest Willis.
Priest apparently announced a "Top 15" about three weeks ago:
UCLA
USC
Nebraska
LSU
Michigan
Virginia
Washington
Notre Dame
Florida
Florida State
Cal
Arizona State
Arizona,
Oklahoma
Oregon
Utah
It may be that what really happened here (not that I have any actual info) is that USC was where he was targeting but they are now full (I believe) and he is hunting around for real. Feel bad for the kid if that is true - I think that early committing will continue to be the trend because stories like this are becoming more commonplace.
LSU leads. USC looks full at DB so he probably isn't going there. ND is 2nd or 3rd at this point but he will official for the ND vs Michigan game.
LSU leads. USC looks full at DB so he probably isn't going there. ND is 2nd or 3rd at this point but he will official for the ND vs Michigan game.
USC is full at everything - they have 18 commits.
The bank vault may not be full anymore. They might have to recruit some more cash.
That's Vagtastic!
You know what I'm getting tired of? People asserting that just because a kid doesn't commit super early that he doesn't really want to come here. Would Willis want to be here more than Treadwell if they both committed today? Just because a kid takes his time with his commitment doesn't mean his eventual decision means any less to him than the kids who commit as juniors.
By their logic, Denard didn't want to play at Michigan and never wanted to come here, because he didn't commit until NSD.