Anthony Gordon - Senior Quarterback Tera Nova California
It amazes me how deep into recruiting Michigan is given the short period of time the coaches have had to get organized and contact the top players. According to this Mercury News story, Anthony Gordon's coach walked into his office and saw he had a voice mail. It was from Jay Harbaugh and he said he had watched Anthony's Hudl video and wanted to come watch him workout. This guy had no interest from anyone despite being the California medium schools player of the year. He had 4,899 yards passing and 49 touchdowns.
Jay met with him yesterday and according to the follow up Mercury News story he had him throw and filmed him. His main concern was arm strength to play at the next level. They were on the field for an hour and talked for another half hour.
It will be interesting to see if he gets offered. I would guess he would jump at a walk on offer given that he has heard from no one. I'd be interested in what the coaches on the board think of this kid.
Jay is literally sweeping the country to find potential stars.
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January 21st, 2015 at 8:49 PM ^
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January 21st, 2015 at 9:10 PM ^
What exactly is going on here? Is he sweeping off the table after finishing a meal?
January 21st, 2015 at 9:25 PM ^
Did you read OP? He's sweeping the country, looking for recruits, trying to pull players out of the woodwork.
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But that's about the extent of it. He seems to only have on trajectory, and still the ball hangs quite a bit and takes a while to get to the receiver. I don't like how he throws when rolling to the right (basically jump throws), and I just don't see the arm there to get an offer.
I wasn't high on the kid from Texas, but I'd offer him before I'd offer Gordon from what I see on film. But maybe they saw something different in person.
January 21st, 2015 at 9:58 PM ^
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January 21st, 2015 at 9:29 PM ^
Seems like Gordon and Carter (the Texas kid) would be likely preferred walk-on offers if the higher rated guys who are all already committed somewhere fall through.
January 21st, 2015 at 9:38 PM ^
January 21st, 2015 at 9:54 PM ^
There's an interesting article that suggests Gentry might be re-thinking his commitment to Texas:
http://www.abqjournal.com/529755/sports/unhooked-horn-michigans-harbaug…
January 21st, 2015 at 9:53 PM ^
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January 22nd, 2015 at 5:47 AM ^
I've read somewhere that JH only had offers from Stanford and Michigan.
January 21st, 2015 at 9:57 PM ^
is nice to get, but pretty darn expensive for an out-of-state kid.
January 21st, 2015 at 10:00 PM ^
His parents are probably thrilled.
January 21st, 2015 at 10:11 PM ^
He would still be in school in either state. California colleges are actually quite well subsidized for in-state students. Michigan is, of course, one of the most expensive public colleges in America. For example, Michigan's out-of-state tuition and fees (not room and board) is just shy of $42,000 a year. In-state tuition at UCSB (the first public school I looked up) is $13,700. I suspect UCLA would be a bit more expensive, but nothing like out-of-state tuition. That's almost a $30K difference--per year.
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January 21st, 2015 at 11:45 PM ^
That isn't how recruiting works. If Jay is contacting him it's because the offensive staff have discussed him as a group.
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January 21st, 2015 at 11:02 PM ^
Wasn't Brian Griese a walk on?
January 21st, 2015 at 11:25 PM ^
That was a lot different situation.
January 21st, 2015 at 11:46 PM ^
Griese had offers from Power Five schools but he could afford to go just about anywhere. So he came to UM.
January 21st, 2015 at 11:09 PM ^
I imagine there is probably a decent amount of documentation lying around for who Michigan was going after with Hoke. So, I can't believe it is starting from scratch. However, even with all of that, I am really impressed they've covered all the guys people know about, discovered a few new committed guys to go after, and then happened to find a guy that's flying so far under the radar that no one else has given him an offer.
That's some mad Harbaugh, dude. Love it!