2016 QB Messiah deWeaver offered by Michigan

Submitted by BlueCube on

I'm not saying to buckle up but 5 Crystal Ball predictions on 247 sports have been entered for Michigan since noon.

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He received the offer at Michigan's camp today.

He is a 4star on 247 Sports. Ranked the #9 pro style quarterback and #13 composite.

LSAClassOf2000

June 18th, 2014 at 2:04 PM ^

DeWeaver's Hudl highlights are - HERE - if anyone is interested.

From the highlights they use, he looks rather good - DeWeaver can definitely go for distance, if you will, when the time calls for a long throw and he looks pretty accurate to boot. 

As a word of warning, the highlight reel is on the long side, so unless you can leave it running while you do other things like I can here, it might be better home viewing. 

Raoul

June 18th, 2014 at 3:25 PM ^

Also covered by MLive: Michigan offers RB Elijah Holyfield, son of boxer Evander Holyfield

Also worth noting:

Lorenz says he grew up a fan of both U-M and Georgia; the latter would probably have the edge if they offer.

MGoManBall

June 18th, 2014 at 2:29 PM ^

Comes from the same high school as Roundtree, Michael Shaw, Brandon Moore, and now Reon Dawson. And being from that area, I can tell you that Trotwood kids can play some ball. Obviously a good pipeline to pull from.

I wouldn't be upset if some of those receivers on deWeaver's highlight film got an offer as well. They looked pretty decent.

Space Coyote

June 18th, 2014 at 2:30 PM ^

Seems very much in the mold of a Borges-type QB (similar to Speight), but wasn't expecting Nuss to offer him this early, so this feels more like a staff-wide offer and potentially gets a QB early in the class, which is nice for recruiting purposes.

As a player, he's an interesting prospect. He doesn't really have a naturally strong arm, and you see that with how he throws outs and bench routes. But he does get really good rotation on the ball, and the ball cuts through the air better than it does for most QBs, and drops down well on his deep ball. But with the way he kind of pushes the ball from his shoulder and probably throws with the ball a little too flat (tough to tell on the tape, but the trajectory and push lead me to this conclusion), the ball acts a bit like a split-finger fastball, in that it kind of drifts down and back to the throwing hand (in this case right). In this way, despite his good ball rotation and having the ball really split through the air, he's also constantly fighting his arm to get the ball to it's target (when he loads up and goes deep, he gets the front tip of the ball up and he doesn't have to fight it as much), and this could lead to some intermediate accuracy issues, especially if he's pressured. His throws on out routes don't really have that pop because they kind of loop. He's capable of making the throw without lofting it, but it's a minor concern as well.

Seems like an accurate passer, nice deep ball, drops the ball down nice. In those ways similar to Speight. Still fights his natural arm (note difference between arm strength and throwing strength) with mechanics, and that can be the cause for some concern when pressured. Overall, a good prospect that would be a good pick up (again, in the mold of Speight), but I do think there is a gap between him and the other 2016 offered QBs.

Space Coyote

June 18th, 2014 at 2:54 PM ^

I think they look to take one QB a class from here on out. By 2016 they should have at least three on campus. deWeaver would be a forth. You'd probably like one more than that, but it's not a necessity and unless it is, it's probably not optimal to take multiple QBs in a class. Though if one of the other top targets were interested, they would be hard to turn away.

BlueFront89

June 18th, 2014 at 3:15 PM ^

son of Evander ... yes, THAT Evander.  played on my sons youth football team for two seasons at the age of 11/12 and has blown up into a man in HS.  shows the instincts, power and speed to not only survive in the B1G, but to excel.   M is a little late on him, but i will point out that he was going to Wiscy and then Ohio camps and then decided to hit the M camp in between and got the offer.