CB Delonte Hollowell moved to 3 star on Rivals
Hollowell #21 CB 3*
Dallas Crawford #23 CB 3*
Not sure why Hollowell would take a dip to a 3*, Cass Tech is undefeated and a large part of that is from the play of Hollowell.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/Michigan/football/recruiting/rankings/rank-2663
November 11th, 2010 at 2:19 PM ^
Didn't he commit to Michigan almost a year ago? What took them so long?
November 11th, 2010 at 2:19 PM ^
that is odd. hollowell gets nothing throw his way. b/c he blankets his man.
November 11th, 2010 at 2:23 PM ^
you don't notice the good ones b/c nothing happens on their side of the field
this is why morgan trent seemed so ubiquitous
November 11th, 2010 at 2:20 PM ^
Some more Michigan hate. Who cares as long as he red shirts and we get some depth. That is unless he comes in like Woodson and gets in a fight with Stonum in practice after he shuts him down. Then please start.
November 11th, 2010 at 2:26 PM ^
I think, more than anything, his drop occurred because some other player was moved up into four star range. I'm not too worried about him being a solid prospect. What is more surprising to me is that Kellen Jones dropped even though he is having a monster season.
November 11th, 2010 at 3:08 PM ^
He's playing in Texas and putting up monster numbers. He's a ridiculous pass rusher and is perfectly sized to be an ideal MLB in college. Obviously he'll need to put on a couple pounds but he's got the ideal height and frame. Not sure why the dropped. I was expecting a 4th star.
November 11th, 2010 at 6:51 PM ^
He plays in a league with all private schools, and it isn't very good.
November 11th, 2010 at 2:20 PM ^
'cuz the guest-rating-updater was none other than Michael Rosenberg.
November 11th, 2010 at 2:47 PM ^
Rosenberg is turning into the unofficial villain of MGoBlog; you can imagine him cackling gleefully in his dark basement whenever something bad happens to UofM. Actually don't imagine it, because I'm sure that's what actually happens.
November 11th, 2010 at 3:03 PM ^
Name: Michael Rosenberg
Job Title: Official Villain of MGoBlog
Job Description: To orchestrate and cackle gleefully at the misfortunes of one, Rich Rodriguez, and the University of Michigan Football Program.
Experience: Almost 3 years and counting.
References: A bunch of shitty Free Press articles.
Future Goals: To be buried next to Lloyd Carr.
November 11th, 2010 at 3:14 PM ^
Hey now... Leave Lloyd out of this. He won us a national championship after all.
Future Goal: To be buried next to Mark Dantonio.
November 11th, 2010 at 3:24 PM ^
I think the point is that Rosenberg is in a state of eternal mourning for LC. Many of his pieces have the subtext of RR not being as chaste/articulate/competent as LC.
November 11th, 2010 at 3:55 PM ^
Dorothy Mantooth is a saint!!!!
yes that's exactly the point.
November 11th, 2010 at 3:59 PM ^
Skeletor, Dr. Claw, and Cobra Commander all rolled into one, but not nearly as cool.
November 11th, 2010 at 5:25 PM ^
November 11th, 2010 at 7:47 PM ^
Ill get you RICH ROD (while stroking his cat)
November 11th, 2010 at 3:39 PM ^
I do it
November 11th, 2010 at 2:25 PM ^
Eh, saw this coming. Whatever.
November 11th, 2010 at 5:59 PM ^
I didn't. At all. Hollowell has been good this year.
November 11th, 2010 at 2:25 PM ^
All the more chance for the coaching staff to show that they don't need big names to win.
November 11th, 2010 at 3:09 PM ^
Because they have such a great track record of that so far????
November 11th, 2010 at 5:52 PM ^
WVU, Clemson, Tulane, etc
November 11th, 2010 at 2:33 PM ^
What's with Cass Tech consistenly putting out highly rated (and somewhat undersized) corners? Is it Wilcher's coaching or someone on his staff?
I would hate to take WIlcher away from Cass Tech since it's turned into a pretty nice pipeline, but maybe we should get him on Michigan's staff, assuming that he's responsible.
November 11th, 2010 at 3:08 PM ^
If you bring him here, but replace him at Cass with another UM alum or loyalist, then it could be a win-win.
November 11th, 2010 at 2:34 PM ^
I guess he's going to have to make a few more one handed snags to climb back up there. Or commit to ND.
November 11th, 2010 at 2:48 PM ^
Or he can commit to an SEC school and become a five star.
November 11th, 2010 at 3:11 PM ^
That's not at all how it works. Prospects that commit to Michigan that people don't know about are usually given more attention and are usually rated higher later on in the process. It's just prospects from the south that are given higher ratings. If Hollowell were at a high school in Florida, he'd probably be rated higher, not if he chose to go to an SEC school.
November 12th, 2010 at 8:04 AM ^
You're right, but apparently I needed to include this:
/s
November 11th, 2010 at 2:34 PM ^
Nothing wrong with a 3 star corner, thats what Derrelle Revis was rated at coming outta high school and look how that turned out!
November 11th, 2010 at 2:36 PM ^
are strong RR-haters. I wonder if that has something to do with it.
November 11th, 2010 at 3:09 PM ^
Josh Helmholdt from Rivals does contribute to Freep, so there is that connection. I am not sure if he does ratings.
November 11th, 2010 at 5:55 PM ^
They "give their input" which the guys who do their rankings can take into account or chose to ignore.
November 11th, 2010 at 2:37 PM ^
also, good to see where blake countess is rated. hollowell, countess and crawford would be a nice class.
November 11th, 2010 at 2:52 PM ^
What is up with him? I searched the board and found an Oct. 25th post about him having to get a decent score on his SAT. Does anyone know if he did?
November 11th, 2010 at 5:56 PM ^
I don't want to misquote Sam Webb, but I believe he's said that he doesn't expect Kinard in this class.
November 11th, 2010 at 2:55 PM ^
Not sure why Hollowell would take a dip to a 3*, Cass Tech is undefeated and a large part of that is from the play of Hollowell.
It's not a ranking of the best high school players. It's a ranking of the best college prospects. The two aren't necessarily correlated.
November 11th, 2010 at 3:03 PM ^
Isn't it best pro-prospects? If that is the case, then it's surprising to me that Hallowell got up to 4 stars considering his height.
November 11th, 2010 at 5:58 PM ^
I've heard someone from either Scout or Rivals say that the stars are based on a player's projected status as a pro.
November 11th, 2010 at 2:57 PM ^
except for folks obsessing over the weekly recruiting class comparisons "it just doesn't matter"
November 11th, 2010 at 2:59 PM ^
They may have been anticipating him growing. To be an elite corner, he needs to grow at least a couple of inches. Note that there are zero other 5'8" CBs in their top 60 CBs and two 5'9" CBs at #48 and #56.
November 11th, 2010 at 4:36 PM ^
This reportedly is the same reason why Dee Hart hasn't gotten that fifth star... solely due to height/size.
November 11th, 2010 at 7:39 PM ^
How did that whole Arnett is a lock I have inside information thing go?
November 11th, 2010 at 5:33 PM ^
They give passes on prospects with really elite coverage skills
November 11th, 2010 at 3:00 PM ^
Good. I wouldn't want him to feel out of place when the 3* mafia comes calling.
November 11th, 2010 at 3:02 PM ^
is it a function of some kids committing early, being 'taken off the market' as it were, and with decreased competitive recruiting interest, their star ranking falls?
This is something I worried about, for about half the time that it took me to type the subject line.
November 11th, 2010 at 3:16 PM ^
On the plus side, he just became at least 10 times grittier.
November 11th, 2010 at 3:20 PM ^
they would give all his recruits higher star rankings. if they lower a guy and he turns out great, it just makes Coach look better... (or maybe they are not super bright over there)
November 11th, 2010 at 3:21 PM ^
It doesn't make any sense for this to happen, but this happens a lot and the rivals people don't really seem to care about it. And it's not the rivals guys that cover Michigan that make these changes, it's the national guys who rarely see the players play.
Same thing happened to Ricardo Miller.. top250 guy, dropped to four-stars, then to three because of one event. Farrell probably saw Hollowell once and nobody threw at him so he lowered him. It is what it is.
November 11th, 2010 at 3:28 PM ^
Rivals