2013 OL David Dawson Blowing Up
http://alabama.247sports.com/Article/Dawson-lands-Tide-offer-61410
David Dawson, a 2013 OL who just moved back to Michigan and will be attending Cass Tech, just got offered by Alabama. He is now reporting offers from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida State, Missouri, Oklahoma State, and Texas A&M. Considering Michigan is going to take 4-5 OL for the 2013 class, and Dawson is attending Cass Tech, a major Michigan pipeline school, so it seems like an offer should be forthcoming soon. With all the OL offers Michigan has sent, any reason why we haven't offered him yet?
Dawson is also #199 in latest release of Rivals Top 250 list
http://rivals.yahoo.com/michigan/football/recruiting/player-David-Dawso…
February 14th, 2012 at 7:21 PM ^
He'll be offered on his visit this weekend.
It was only a matter of time until this guy blew up. He's totally legit. If he improves his footwork in the pass blocking aspect of his game, he could move up the rankings quickly.
February 14th, 2012 at 9:56 PM ^
One would imagine that if he intended to play college ball in Texas he probably would have found a way to stay down there another year. If you wanted to attend school her, you might well come back and try to enroll early.
February 15th, 2012 at 12:41 AM ^
.. aquaman I am having some difficulties with your last statement. I have an issue with literally every sentence. I just thought i would let you know this, because normally I am a fan of your work and think your a nice spark to a down site #nohomo.
February 15th, 2012 at 10:08 AM ^
It was conversation bait. Thanks for blocking it out, I guess I will explain myself:
"He'll be offered on his visit this weekend." [assumption, lacks reasoning (although highly likely, yes)]
"It was only a matter of time until this guy blew up." [Assumption]
"He is totally legit." [Reasoning for assumption. I hope U of M gets all of the totally legit players for 2013.]
If he improves his footwork & pass blocking aspect of his game. [Thanks, These are (generally) the two areas of improvement for every OL prospect, even more so for juniors]
He could shoot up the rankings. [Rankings? These are the earliest released rankings, ever. Rankings are usually influenced by their offers sheet and most of these kids don't have half of the number offers they will have by the start of summer.
Since when is posting one's thoughts flamebait. Nothing I wrote was irrerational. We (myself included) spend a lot of time praising aquaman for his work. But sorry for expecting slightly more insightful posts from someone who has one on one interaction with the recruits. Again, I am a fan aquaman and enjoy watching you "build your rep."
February 18th, 2012 at 2:33 PM ^
Perhaps if you had explained this in the original comment it wouldn't have been tagged as flamebait. Generally, when you're calling someone out on something, it's a good idea to explain why.
February 14th, 2012 at 7:23 PM ^
Hopefully Jourdan Lewis can get in his ear about going Blue. Another Cass Tech duo would be very nice, and that one would rival the 2012 addition.
February 14th, 2012 at 7:40 PM ^
That requires a commitment from Jourdan first. Is there something I don't know about? Don't hide this info from me! Its Valentines Day, I'm still at work, I'm single, this is my date! Feed me recruting info! Please!!!!!
February 14th, 2012 at 7:41 PM ^
No inside info, but more believe that Lewis is a strong Michigan lean, and could be an early commit. Conventional wisdom agrees with that.
February 14th, 2012 at 7:32 PM ^
February 14th, 2012 at 7:37 PM ^
what position does he project to play in college?
February 14th, 2012 at 7:40 PM ^
Although Rivals lists seemingly every offensive lineman as an OT, I think he looks more like a guard than a tackle to me. He's like Chris Bryant or Kyle Kalis - could play tackle, most likely right tackle, but probably projects best at guard. It might come down to where we need him more, but ideally he's a guard.
Again - this is not from any source, just my take on him.
February 14th, 2012 at 7:56 PM ^
The thing is, most high schools play their best lineman at tackle. So even if they're best suited for guard or even center, these high school kids either think they can play tackle at the next level or Rivals just projects them there because they're lazy or something.
February 14th, 2012 at 7:40 PM ^
im guessing he just hasn't been offered yet due to him previously being in texas and the staff focusing on the midwest
February 14th, 2012 at 7:40 PM ^
My friends in Texas said it was just a matter of time before Texas offered too. That is what made me feel this kid was the real deal.
February 14th, 2012 at 7:41 PM ^
I'm going to go out on a limb and offer him right now. Though I hold no "official" power to make such offer, I'm confident it will hold up when all is said and done.
February 18th, 2012 at 2:25 PM ^
Good move. Thanks for being proactive.
February 14th, 2012 at 8:01 PM ^
That he previously attended Cypress Ridge HS (Houston suburb) previously. I imagine there's a good chance that in spite of the Cass Tech pipeline, that the Texas schools will be major players in his recruitment.
February 14th, 2012 at 8:46 PM ^
lived in Texas for one year. The Texas ties are not too strong.
http://espn.go.com/blog/colleges/michigan/post/_/id/2305/dawson-back-at-cass-tech
February 15th, 2012 at 1:22 AM ^
I would've presumed him a mortal lock for Texas the way they recruit in-state kids.
February 14th, 2012 at 9:26 PM ^
A lot of schools are interested in him. He had a pretty good offer sheet before Bama, but that definitely helps put him in an elite group. We're certainly going to offer, apparently (going off of what was said above) Texas is too. That's pretty much all I need to know about this kid to know that I want him to go blue, especially since he's a Cass Tech kid. Our O-line is going to be an immovable force for years to come if we continue to pull in talent like this. LTT and Dawson would be an alright start for 2013 O-line class. Just alright.
February 14th, 2012 at 11:45 PM ^
we say he is a LOCK?
February 15th, 2012 at 3:14 PM ^
But only if you want to screw UM's chances of landing him. You don't want to be that guy right up there with BKFinest do you?
February 15th, 2012 at 12:33 AM ^
Any chance he could play C? Our OL would be totally stacked and massive if he could hold down the middle and have LTT play LT along with the recruits we pulled in this year and players like Chris Bryant. LTT Kalis Dawson Bryant Magnuson/Braden sounds like it would be one hell of a unit if we could get them on the field together.
February 15th, 2012 at 11:38 AM ^
he will be a right tackle because "Sugar" Shane Morris is a South Paw
February 15th, 2012 at 8:20 AM ^
Dawson's highlights from last year against good Houston competition are..... Tremendous! Great quickness, footwork and power. Hope Aquaman is right that we offer this weekend - would love to sew up the Cass tech Troika of Lewis, Dawson and Gibbs.
Don't know if these were already posted: