Branden Jennings flips to Maryland
December 16th, 2020 at 10:30 AM ^
Yup. Add worthy and Somerville to the flip list
December 16th, 2020 at 10:34 AM ^
Worthy is still a flip rumor at this point right?
December 16th, 2020 at 10:37 AM ^
Flip rumor with positive trends that he will stick with Michigan
December 16th, 2020 at 10:43 AM ^
Lol retweeting Bama signing day fluff counts for positive trends? He wants to go to Bama and will have his family’s blessing. I hope I’m wrong bc him, JJ, andrel, and DE could be awesome together.
December 16th, 2020 at 10:50 AM ^
All indications the past few days point to Worthy sticking.
91 is just being his usual ray of sunshine.
December 16th, 2020 at 11:53 AM ^
Worthy is going to be a star. Let’s hope he sticks.
December 16th, 2020 at 10:30 AM ^
It was a great one night stand.
December 16th, 2020 at 10:32 AM ^
Unfortunately, no physical contact. More like a catfish.
December 16th, 2020 at 10:33 AM ^
CC: Manti Te'o
December 16th, 2020 at 10:40 AM ^
Holy shit! I haven't thought about that in years.
Would like to hear a mini-story about that on the Swindled podcast.
December 16th, 2020 at 10:31 AM ^
So i guess i can say this now. As a LB i was not crazy about him. However, as a DE, i think he would have been damn good.
December 16th, 2020 at 10:34 AM ^
The 247 scouting report kind of aligns with this.
Long levered, thick linebacker with bulk to naturally play in the middle and the frame to potentially grow into an edge rusher. Pops on tape with his physicality and violence on contact. One of the hardest hitters in the 2021 recruiting cycle. Plays with great effort and motor. Attacks blockers with physicality. Efforts to re-route receiving threats. Good range between the tackles, thanks in part to wing span. Bends well for a bigger linebacker but does show some stiffness in space. Looks heavy-footed at times and is a long strider that takes some build-up to find a top speed in pursuit. Can get exposed in coverage. Physically imposing inside linebacker that has some projectablility to move down to the line of scrimmage. Power Five starter with NFL Draft upside.
December 16th, 2020 at 10:37 AM ^
Who knows what we will be schematically next year, but if there was a 4-star to lose, it was him. Not great to lose talent but I think we'll be alright.
December 16th, 2020 at 10:55 AM ^
Yeah, he looks slow, and lumbering.
December 16th, 2020 at 11:42 AM ^
Yeah he seems too slow for a LB, too short for a DE. Maybe he would've grown into a DT but that would have made him a real project. It's a loss for sure but I'm much more bummed about losing Jennings.
December 16th, 2020 at 10:31 AM ^
Always sucks to miss out on a BJ. But at least we got a JJ and potentially a DE.
December 16th, 2020 at 10:31 AM ^
Dude....Bro...calm down. Dominick Guidice has signed. We will be totally fine.
December 16th, 2020 at 10:32 AM ^
It seems like Somerville is next. This class isn’t going to be #9 unless there are some unexpected commitments. But as Brian said “Always look on the bright side of life”. The offensive class is strong
December 16th, 2020 at 10:37 AM ^
JJ is a strong recruit on the offensive side of the ball, but so far this class is really lacking in overall skill position recruits.
December 16th, 2020 at 10:39 AM ^
If Donovan Edwards comes, it will offset the loss of Jennings. It'll drop out if Worthy and Somerville flip though.
December 16th, 2020 at 10:41 AM ^
I don’t think the experts are high on Somerville either. Michigan should be fine on the DL with who signed this year and last year.
December 16th, 2020 at 10:44 AM ^
You're being sarcastic...right?
December 16th, 2020 at 10:47 AM ^
I think Somerville was actually a former 5*, 5th overall player of the 2021 class in 2018. He then stopped growing and people thought he might be undersized. Athleticism and talent I think were undeniable though.
December 16th, 2020 at 10:57 AM ^
Yeah, I don't know much about Somerville but re-reading his Hello post you do see a trend of recruiters being a little more suspect of his potential the longer they evaluated him, to the point that he was pegged as "just" a P5 starter toward the end and people wondering about his athleticism. I think he'll be a solid player, but the fact he is apparently going to UCLA does point to him perhaps moving down some boards. Obviously UM would like to have him and I wish him luck, but this doesn't feel like a death blow the way other guys might feel like.
December 16th, 2020 at 10:35 AM ^
Godzilla has turned against us, we must bring in King Ghidorah asap
December 16th, 2020 at 10:35 AM ^
Not a shocker.
This is going to be a rough transition since Harbaugh fell on his face so badly(sucks but it is what it is). One class isn't going to cause the program to succeed or fail as long as they get the big picture right. The story of the program's future is going to play out over the next month and not the next couple of days.
That said, hope the Defensive Ends currently on the roster develop and get ready to ball out.
December 16th, 2020 at 10:39 AM ^
I am excited about Bennett's potential as a WDE. I think Guy can be very good too as a SDE though he may take longer to develop
December 16th, 2020 at 10:43 AM ^
Time is killing the program. Michigan isn’t Wisconsin and doesn’t have time to develop players. Harbaugh is forced to play kids before they are ready.
December 16th, 2020 at 10:45 AM ^
Time? Harbaugh's had six years to develop players and build a program. You're acting like he just arrived on campus yesterday.
December 16th, 2020 at 10:49 AM ^
Also, what kids are playing before they're ready? We had walk-on seniors playing at two different positions on defense the last time we saw the team on the field. If anything, one criticism has been that Harbaugh has been unwilling to give young guys a shot (Mazi, McGregor, Seldon, etc.).
December 16th, 2020 at 11:00 AM ^
I think part of the problem is that guys like Smith haven't really developed; he let Hinton play super-early and has let first-year guys see the field. He tried Smith a couple of times the past 2 years and he's not impressed, which is understandable but also makes sense why he doesn't see the field. And McGregor is coming off a pretty awful injury; my guess is they are all trying to figure out if he's quite ready given recovery times and him having to get back into the flow.
December 16th, 2020 at 11:23 AM ^
McGregor's a stud, no reason to rush him back for this season
December 16th, 2020 at 12:49 PM ^
Yeah, I think he'll be another great defensive end and I 100% understand why the staff wasn't inclined to trot him out this year if they didn't think he was in a great place yet to contribute.
December 16th, 2020 at 10:35 AM ^
Meh, he was only committed for 15 minutes and didn't even visit campus. Would have liked to have him in AA, but it isn't a huge blow.
December 16th, 2020 at 10:41 AM ^
Sure, losing a borderline Top 100 player and Top 10 OLB in the country isn’t a huge blow. I hate this mindset. Have you watched our LBs? There’s no depth. But let’s keep trotting out walk-ons in Year 6...
December 16th, 2020 at 10:49 AM ^
My point is that Michigan appears to have been a reason to back out from FSU. When he committed, everyone and their brother was surprised, so this makes sense.
Obviously I would have liked to have him in the class, but he wasn't a cornerstone decommitment like Somerville appears to be.
December 16th, 2020 at 11:08 AM ^
@MS3. Agreed. Anytime your trying to catch an OSU, you need all the high talent you can get. Stockpile and reallocate as you see fit.
December 16th, 2020 at 10:44 AM ^
Good luck with that. In the long run everything that comes with graduating from UM would be far superior to Maryland, but I can't blame him one bit for not wanting to be a part of the apparent culture mess of this football program.
December 16th, 2020 at 10:49 AM ^
Shocker.
December 16th, 2020 at 11:02 AM ^
Not a knock to the young man but Michigan didn't lose anything because we never had him. Wasn't signed and you can't bank on every verbal.
Hope we can flip a player or 2. Likely because of the pandemic, this recruiting season has been quite.
December 16th, 2020 at 11:11 AM ^
He would of been behind walk ons on the depth chart.
December 16th, 2020 at 11:12 AM ^
That sucks. Kid is going to be a beast.
December 16th, 2020 at 11:15 AM ^
Could this be a sign that Don Brown is gone???
December 16th, 2020 at 11:15 AM ^
How has Maryland been so successful with big time recruits with so little on field success
December 16th, 2020 at 11:23 AM ^
Need to flip a couple of those Maryland coaches
December 16th, 2020 at 11:27 AM ^
Mike Locksley has always been known as a hell of a recruiter so this makes sense in a way.
The question of whether or not he can actually coach his players up is certainly a matter for debate, but the guy can recruit.
December 16th, 2020 at 12:11 PM ^
Locksley seems like the type of guy kids would like playing for.
December 16th, 2020 at 12:06 PM ^
Welcome Jr, way to GoBlue:
December 16th, 2020 at 12:18 PM ^
Why would any of these guys goto Maryland ever? Never on bigtime TV. All BTN!
December 16th, 2020 at 12:40 PM ^
And they only play shitty teams in the plus one games the Big Ten schedules. Feel sorry for Maryland, actually.