5* ATH "blown away" by visit to Maryland; Mich still a leader
DMV-area ATH(TE/DE) Nyckoles Harbor could have a significant impact on the 2023 Michigan recruiting class. According to Steve Wiltfong of 247, leaders are Michigan and Maryland, with the other finalists being South Carolina, LSU, and UGA. More at the links (if you are a 247 subscriber).
Official visit to #Maryland blows away five-star ATH Nyckoles Harbor and his family, a trip that included time spent with the university president, AD and one of the top orthopedic surgeons in the country. Story here: https://t.co/g7uKPj6CUh @Jeff_Ermann
— Steve Wiltfong (@SWiltfong247) December 12, 2022
December 12th, 2022 at 12:31 PM ^
College Park or Ann Arbor?
I’ve made up my mind…
December 12th, 2022 at 12:56 PM ^
I live in NW DC, and often golf at the U of Maryland. I cannot possibly fathom what a recruit experienced there. The campus is a hideous expression of red-brick nightmares, and reminds of an army base perhaps built in the 20's-30's.
The adjoining neighborhoods are austere working-class- not that there's anything wrong with it, one just won't mistake it for an interesting major-college suburb, like Tempe, Austin, or Palo Alto. Seems like a very uninspiring place to go to college.
December 12th, 2022 at 1:18 PM ^
I lived in DC for a while and remember going to the campus. Felt very inner-ring suburb, with noisy boulevards cutting the atmosphere.
December 12th, 2022 at 1:35 PM ^
"Noisy boulevards cutting the atmosphere " , nice...
December 12th, 2022 at 1:23 PM ^
I cannot possibly fathom what a recruit experienced there.
UMD's NIL game >>> U of M's NIL game.
December 12th, 2022 at 1:41 PM ^
Between online classes and living in a sweet apartment with his NIL money, I doubt he's going to spend any time on campus other than where all the athletics stuff is.
December 12th, 2022 at 5:56 PM ^
He goes to Archbishop Carroll which is on the outskirts of Catholic U. I can't believe that he doesn't have a really good idea of what Maryland College Park looks like.
December 12th, 2022 at 8:38 PM ^
For the recruit, hookers and blow.
For the family, guaranteed cash and prizes.
Campus? What campus?
December 12th, 2022 at 2:29 PM ^
It's the worst of both worlds, with none of the charm of a college town and none of the excitement of a city.
December 12th, 2022 at 2:34 PM ^
Yeah. Looks like a real shithole
December 12th, 2022 at 2:59 PM ^
Just like the projects in the Wire
December 12th, 2022 at 3:15 PM ^
The campus is nice. College Park itself is nothing to write home about. Kind of a dump, actually.
December 12th, 2022 at 3:59 PM ^
Okay, maybe I overstated. It's a fine campus.
BUT it doesn't have the ambiance of a college town, like Ann Arbor, and is in a city with LOTS going on, like Columbia or NYU.
December 12th, 2022 at 4:10 PM ^
Having 19 and 21 year old sons, I have stopped questioning anyone’s motives in that age bracket. I try to understand what they are thinking, I like to think I did a halfway decent job shaping them into adults, but end of the day they are gonna do what they want, whether it makes any sense or not.
December 12th, 2022 at 5:26 PM ^
The University of Maryland is a lot of things, but a school with a shitty campus it is not. I’d certainly rank it as one of my favorite campuses to walk before or after a Michigan win.
More important for an athlete is the fact that their training facilities are brand new (I think it opened this year IIRC) and are top-notch.
And yeah, College Park isn’t that exciting once you leave the campus (unless you like IKEA), and overall the area is mostly suburbs, but that is changing fast. Anyway, if you need a ton of excitement, you’re 10 minutes on the metro from downtown DC.
December 12th, 2022 at 12:32 PM ^
When will he be deciding?
December 12th, 2022 at 1:22 PM ^
The 'regular' signing period in February, is what I'm reading.
December 12th, 2022 at 12:32 PM ^
Was just reading Sam Webb's take. No mention of MD, but perhaps that will come in the next update. Good sounding news on Jadyn Davis too.
December 12th, 2022 at 12:33 PM ^
Jadyn comin!
Need a QB, this cycle!
December 12th, 2022 at 12:37 PM ^
Sam's bread and butter is reporting last weeks weather
December 12th, 2022 at 12:32 PM ^
So we hold the bag again?
Any good news?
December 12th, 2022 at 3:13 PM ^
Someday we'll figure out we need to give the bag rather than hold it.
December 12th, 2022 at 12:33 PM ^
If he wants to also be blown away on the field I'd suggest committing to Maryland!
December 12th, 2022 at 1:30 PM ^
I'll always find it a little wild Diggs spent his college years at Maryland. I know it's his hometown team, but the dude could've been a multi All American if he went to a functional football program
December 12th, 2022 at 1:40 PM ^
I seem to remember some issues Diggs had in HS that scared some teams away. Don't remember if it was grades or off field stuff, but it limited his choices a bit
December 12th, 2022 at 2:03 PM ^
I was blown away by the film starting Nicole Eggert and the two Coreys.
December 12th, 2022 at 2:51 PM ^
I hate that I see what you did there.
December 12th, 2022 at 12:33 PM ^
Lock comin
December 12th, 2022 at 12:34 PM ^
Well, did anyone tell him they've gone 19-23 the last 4 years? Are we even sure Locksley will be around 12 months from now?
December 12th, 2022 at 12:40 PM ^
Remains to be seen what Maryland looks like without Taulia, but they're bowl eligible in back to back seasons for the first time since 2008. Locksley is recruiting well so he'll probably be around at least another year or 2.
December 12th, 2022 at 12:42 PM ^
They were actually pretty good this year and are bowling again - Locksley isn't going anywhere. Their path forward, without Taulia Tagavailoa, is somewhat questionable as far as I can tell. But they've been pointed in a good direction for the last couple of years.
December 12th, 2022 at 12:47 PM ^
I would keep him for at least one more year but you could see a scenario where the bottom falls out next year and they go 3-9 or 4-8 next year. There's no gimmies on their schedule next year besides Towson and maybe Northwestern. But the Northwestern game is late October when Maryland tends to fade and the Wildcats start to benefit from Chicago shit storms.
December 12th, 2022 at 1:25 PM ^
Did Taulia announce he is going to the draft? I haven't seen anything but could have missed it.
If not, he still has two years of eligibility remaining.
My biggest issue that I would say about Maryland is that the stadium is half empty on gameday unless they are playing Michigan, OSU or PSU in which case 65% of the crowd is there for the other team.
December 12th, 2022 at 1:40 PM ^
maryland needs to keep locksley. he's doing a good job with what he's got to work with. if they blow him out, who are they going to get?
December 12th, 2022 at 2:10 PM ^
Urban needs a coaching gig.
December 12th, 2022 at 2:18 PM ^
i'm guessing he's already got crabs....
December 12th, 2022 at 4:01 PM ^
There ya go again, making me l out l.
December 12th, 2022 at 12:35 PM ^
Hopefully they can get him back up on an unofficial. Sucks to have an early OV when a kid decides so late.
December 12th, 2022 at 2:16 PM ^
This is the type of kid that Locksley is dying to land, to help them take the next step of beating the upper-tier teams. He can sustain a bowl-eligible program on the good DMV talent, but he's never been able to land one of the elite local talents (along with his predecessors). There are a lot of obstacles to overcome at UMd. I don't know if Harbor will be the first, but one of these days, especially with NIL possibilities, one of them will decide to stay at home, and it seems natural that Locksley would be the coach to do it.
December 12th, 2022 at 12:37 PM ^
I'm not getting my hopes up despite the fact we've been his leader forever.
I believe he will not be committing until the late signing period.
December 12th, 2022 at 1:35 PM ^
Yea drawn out recruitments where where we are the presumed favorites throughout often seem to go go poorly for us.
December 12th, 2022 at 12:38 PM ^
Does Maryland even use a tight end in their offense?
December 12th, 2022 at 1:49 PM ^
Maryland literally put a TE in the NFL last year. The arrogance of some people around this all is fascinating
December 12th, 2022 at 2:00 PM ^
Yes?
Dyches 35 for 449 yds, 3 TDs (12 games)
CJ Dippre 30 for 314 yds, 3 TDs (12 games)
For reference:
Schoon 34 for 386 yds, 3 TDs (11 games)
All (last year) 38 for 437, 2 TDs (12 games)
December 13th, 2022 at 1:20 AM ^
Okonkwo was a serious weapon for them last year (50+ catches), and now plays for the Titans.
December 12th, 2022 at 12:39 PM ^
I never thought we'd ever have to worry about Maryland killing any of our plans. Alas, here we are. Guaranteed NIL money has to be part of the equation, or am I missing some amazing aspects about Maryland itself that puts Michigan to shame?
December 12th, 2022 at 12:41 PM ^
Maryland is backed by UA, so… they do have NIL pull.
December 12th, 2022 at 12:42 PM ^
crab cakes and football
December 12th, 2022 at 12:43 PM ^
Michigan can't touch their crab restaurants.
December 12th, 2022 at 12:49 PM ^
blue crab is overrated. not a fan. but its their "thing" so whatever.