Annarbor.com just posted this article: http://www.annarbor.com/sports/um-football/safety-recruit-carvin-johnson...
Sounds like another young man with a good work ethic. The staff seems to be great at finding these types of players.
Thanks for posting this
C. Johnson is one of the recruits I'm most excited about
Can't wait to see what this kid can do for us.
Christ in me arise and dispel all the darkness.
I know...
He definately is one of those finds that make you look back in four years and say, "Mike Hart was a 3 star recruit...". In other words kids that work hard and persevere can easily "overachieve" the rankings given to them by the recruiting experts. I really am pumped for a number of these recruits this year. What they might lack in star ratings, etc they seem to make up in intangibles (work ethic, "nose for the football", etc) as mentioned by their high school coaches and in articles. Really should be something to see in 3-4 years when these kids reach upper classmen status and become leaders of this team.
RE:the term ballhawk
There will only be one ballhawk, and that is Ed Reed. Water covers two thirds of the Earth, Ed Reed covers the other third.
Defensive Player of the Year
I remember Charles Woodson saying the same thing when he was at Michigan. Strange.
I remember watching Charles
I remember watching Charles Woodson play and thinking it.
I remember the Deion Sanders
I remember the Deion Sanders poster from the mid 1990s saying the same.
No way
buddy NEON DION covers the world go look at the poster lol
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We will have our vengeance- Michigan football 2010
Carvin Johnson
Not a man of many words
Not a man of many words Geaux_Blue? I can respect that...
Florida Wolverines have dreadlocks...
You know what they say, "Big Hands....
Big gloves".... lol... The thing I like about his coaches comments is his aggressiveness and the ability to come up on run support..... Like to see him on the kickoff team next year so he can blowup a few return guys as well....
“Oh Yeah, what he said forgodsakes...” - -
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Carvin's not here yet, is he?
Is he EE?
Even more important to me, than the number of wins next year, is to see how kids like Carvin, Dileo and Vinopal, just to pick some names (not fair, really, to pick on three names out of 25 or so) progress. These kids will give us a window into RR's judgment of the kinds of kids, apart from 5-stars, that will be essential to the future of this team.
If Michigan wins just 6 games (a ridiculously modest goal in the world of sports punditry), and these kids progress well, then I'll be damned if anybody should be taking this job away from RR. As I say, I'll judge the next football season on these kinds of kids, and not on any predetermined number of wins.
[Edit. - Although I don't expect it, I suppose it is possible, given their respective positions, that Carvin, Dileo and Vinopal could all be redshirted next year. And if that is the case, I hope and expect that it means that the team, espcially the defense, has found some guys who can play and are not inclined to give up 400 yards a game.]
All EE are on the offensive
All EE are on the offensive side of the ball: Jackson, Miller, Robinson, Pace, White, and Hopkins.
2010 = Year of Justification and Redemption!
safety spot
which safety spot is he projected to play? from reading that article, it seems he does well in run support, so FS?
From the article:
Johnson said he expects to play free safety at Michigan, where the Wolverines flimsy depth chart “played a significant role” in his commitment. Walk-on Jordan Kovacs and the underachieving Mike Williams started at free safety last year.
Secondary Depth
Isn't it great to talk about depth in the secondary...it seems so refreshing.
If the haters don't hate you then you're doing something wrong. - David Cone
Love seeing positive news about the program period. Nice to see the term "ballhawk" in regards to a safety/DB as well. If this defense could have created a few more turnovers and left the offense with a little shorter field in a couple games we could have been bowling.