2022 S D'Arco Perkins-McAllister, profile. Is the battle for him over?
Now that a crystal ball from a very reputable crystal ball-er is in for D'Arco Perkins-McAllister to Michigan I looked into him a little. The more I looked the more I got an uncertain feeling his choice of where to go was over. Though certainly, Steve Wiltfong has an excellent track record:
Here is some profile on D'Arco Perkins-McAllister:
His 40 time, if it's correct here, is very impressive:
Here's some video on him. Has a solid body, hits hard. Loves the pick--will make QBs that don't pay enough attention to the safety pay. Can tackle well in the open field.
https://www.hudl.com/video/3/13232509/5f8cc62b9680360a98cc8f36
So now onto why I'm not feeling certain. I found Rivals has him 100% to LSU:
And his "Final 7" from April 2 doesn't even have Michigan in it:
And here, in this interview, he talks about all the new offers that keep coming in, and how he's overwhelmed:
The dust still isn't settling for him. Everything is still a blur. And offers haven't stopped. The crystal ball from Wiltfong shows he has changed from his "Final 7". Things could change again.
Here's the current list of offers:
The National Letter of Intent signing dates are still a long way off:
A lot can happen between now and then. And, as the NCAA football world is seeing, even when that letter is signed things can change.
I have a huge amount of respect for Steve Wiltfong. He is right with his predictions way more often than he is wrong. It seems the landscape of recruiting has changed pretty quickly in recent years.
I really like how D'Arco Perkins-McAllister plays. And I like the changes I see happening in Michigan's defense. D Line and LB play was weak last year. I don't even know where LB play went. Up until last season LBs had the most exciting thing on Michigan's defense the past few seasons. It's looks like Michigan is headed toward a bigger, faster, and more physical defense. Perkins-McAllister is a physical player. He would fit in with the direction it seems Michigan Defense is going. I hope Steve Wiltfong is right. Odds are that he is right.
I hope D'Arco Perkins-McAllister is playing at Michigan!
GO BLUE!!
Did you really put this much time and effort into a message board post about where some high school kid will go to college?
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All based a crystal ball, at that. Having said that, Connor Jones is calling Michigan home.
Looks like he really loves AA
Yeah no kidding, a +1 for you EC for the effort you put into this OP.
McAllister looks like a player we'd want for sure!
I can only imagine the effort that would go into a Perkins-McAllister commitment post.
Dear Diary, …
Is his name pronounced like Darko? Might not portend good things for a Michigan team
…that we are about to win the championship and fall agonizingly short of the repeat?
This is where I choose to go with the speculation.
Weird
This is the most paranoid post I’ve seen in over 10 years.
Avoid, the NOID!!!!
You clearly feel pretty strongly about this!!
6/10 confidence, so not very
Bruh...
“So now onto why I'm not feeling certain. I found Rivals has him 100% to LSU”
Yeah, so he’s “100% to LSU,” because there’s 1 futurecast prediction in for him currently... from February... from some guy named Sam Spiegelman who has an 81% accuracy rate.
So while this kid may not end up at Michigan in the end, I’d think the recent crystal balls from reputable sources outweighs a four month old prediction by some random regional recruiting analyst that doesn’t even cover this kid’s home state. So not really sure why that one old prediction or a two month old top 7 would concern you in the face of more recent information.
Concern that there’s a long way to go is legitimate. Concern because of what the tea leaves said a few months ago, irrelevant
This is exactly why I don’t follow a player’s career until their name is on the back of a Michigan jersey.
These recruiting visits must not be making it easy on you then.
I love that picture! May it happen!
I hope that is not our chances of getting Nolen! A big boy like that should have a 99 on his jersey.
Shouldn't be putting what looks like the block O on Michigan jerseys. Looks gross.
Billy, when you can play like Nolen, then I'll care even a little bit about whether you think a zero looks like an O
But til then......?
And when you can do the same, I'll care about your opinion on it? It looks like a block O. Harbaugh should ban that Jersey and make any player that's being punished or shamed wear that thing on the sideline.
I hope he's right too, but regardless of who commits in the next few months none of it is going to matter until they see how this season plays out.
Do we even know who is advising him?
I’m more concerned with who is advising the OP
I’m more concerned with who may be paying D’Arco.
Holy. Fucking. Shit.
10.1.1This one should go to eleven...
11.1.1
Yea, but why not just make 10 louder?
10.1.1You've made it to double digits. What a ride it has been.
I knew it was a post by the Creatures of Ezekiel even before finishing reading the title.
His OP's are easier to spot than the thread titles of anyone I can think of other than WD and XM.
And if the title didn't give it away you could just scroll as hard as possible to confirm there are an embarrassment of images.
This post is really... uh... impressive? Thorough? I just feel like there are better ways to spend time lol.
+1 just for the embed/formatting skills.
So TL;DR:
you aren’t sure if an early crystal ball (meant to be nothing more than a best guess) from a single analyst on a single site is an ironclad guarantee that a highly rated and much sought after kid will commit, stick with a commitment, and enroll, all with several months still before the early signing date.
well…..I’m not either? Because why would you be?
this post clearly took some time and effort to draft up but like….wut?
You’ll be happier if you just do what I do: assume that it’s very unlikely an elite-level kid from below the Mason-Dixon line will enroll at Michigan. If he does, it’s a nice surprise. If he doesn’t, you didn’t spend any time torturing yourself with what-if scenarios.
Don, I can go you one better - assume NO elite player is playing for Michigan until they actually take the field!
The Worthy situation showed that even an NLI isn't enough reason to get excited anymore!
This post is genius and anyone who doesn't understand tongue in cheek optimism can go learn how to embed things half as well and write a rebuttal that's as well-prepared as this. Bravo.
YOURE NOT MY COAL MINE SUPERVISOR
A Darker Blue Canary?
Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
I would think fans of Michigan sports teams wouldn't want a guy with a name pronounced Darko.
/ ducks
/ too soon?
I need moar of this kind of content. Now that Ace is off crying in his cereal, you should step in as the new paranoid recruiting guru