Could be a potential plan B candidate if UM strikes out on McQuay, who I think Michigan has a good shot at BTW. Looks like Crawford is really climbing up the UM coaches board, and they like him a lot. They've been on him for a while, but he has really exploded throughout his Senior season. Here's a very recent tweet from him....
THE_FIELD_GENERAL @ james7crawford “ @ PowellBp4 : I hope my dawg @ james7crawford get that Michigan offer” I hope so bra they coming Friday to see me"
Also, here's his Senior
Florida State's defensive
Florida State's defensive coordinator left for Kentucky so the recruitment of Mcquay might not be over.
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Highlights
Highlights. EDIT: Whoops I'm slow and kinda redundant. But it's his hudl profile so it has a longer version of the highlights if you're interested.
And Tremendous did a story on him just the other day.
James said he isn't sure if an offer is coming, but he is hopeful he will land an offer. The coaches told him they are waiting on Leon McQuay, but they also told him "they want to come see me in person before they make a move"
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I say yes to setting up a St.
I say yes to setting up a St. Thomas Aquinas pipeline.
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Agreed
The timing is great for a STA pipeline, too. It's not like Miami's "fence" around STA is going to work for the next 5 or 10 years.
Him and McQuay are boys too.
Him and McQuay are boys too. And my fault about the video link!
Him and McQuay are boys
Him and McQuay are boys too
Good. I saw this hanging outside 'Fort' Schembechler the other day.
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Interesting
Interesting
go16blue doesn't like the idea that Charles Woodson's nephew
is interested in coming here. I wonder why any true UM fan would be opposed to that possibility.
Maybe
Maybe go16blue is the nephew of Todd Shultz.
I negged for the title. I'm
I negged for the title. I'm generally opposed to all titles that end in "..." when it could just as easily have some actual information as opposed to just a cliffhanger. Like if this one ended with "a potential target."
No problem with Charles Woodson's nephew, obviously, and the post generally is fine.
COYS and lets go Detroit FC!
I totally agree with you.
I totally agree with you. It's like people think they get paid the more clicks they get.
The point here is to be informational, not enticing. Let me decide if I want to click on your link, not bait me into it with a cliffhanger headline. What would have been wrong with "Michigan interested in James Crawford, Woodson's nephew." Or even "New prospect: James Crawford" and then tell us in the post he's Woodson's nephew.
I negged for the title.
I have no issue with you and WolvinLA's critique of the OP's title; it can and should be better. He probably hasn't posted very much, and a drive-by negging without any explanation doesn't clue him in to how he could improve his posts.
Kids tape looks awesome,
Kids tape looks awesome, Could be another Stribling esque sleeper
Northwestern and Umass want
Northwestern and Umass want him, so we can add him to the brain trust. He and Thomas look like they could both play either safety spot.
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Es Bueno
Es Bueno
"The goal, the expectation of this program is the Big Ten Championship"
While we are talking relatives of players
Courtney Averys brother Tre'Von looks solid, QB / CB for 2015 from Grand Blanc
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Crawford looks like a future
Crawford looks like a future linebacker to me. I don't think he has the speed or change-of-direction skills to play in the secondary.
Agree
I can see him adding a tiny bit more height and 30 lbs. You can tell he's had alot of coaching on his hips and also getting low at change of direction time. Interesting.
Quiverfull
The Highlights
The highlight reel looks pretty good - he seems to have his ability to basically be a wide receiver in the secondary, but he also made some good tackles and stopped what looked like potentially big plays, so a bit reminiscent of Kovacs, although he made some Ryan-type tackles in a few clips. My personal favorite is towards the middle of the video, where he brought someone down and they slid horizontally for a good five or six feet. There's some strength there, it seems.
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Magnus, gotta disagree with
Magnus, gotta disagree with your diagnosis about Crawford. He plays in one of the toughest regions in the nation, and is showing plenty of speed to me in that video. Long and lean body type, but still built with some solid muscle at this point it seems like. Covers ground very smoothly and with ease.
When trying to change
When trying to change direction, he looks like Josh Furman...and that's not a good thing.
And considering he plays at a big-time school with lots of exposure but only has offers from UMass and Northwestern, I'm guessing there are plenty of college coaches out there who don't think he can play safety, either.
Hey Magnus have you heard
Hey Magnus have you heard about anything with Joe Mathis? I know the kid seemed to want to commit to every school we visted, but I havent heard anything about him in months.
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I haven't heard anything in
I haven't heard anything in the last week or two, but he's generally considered to be off the radar for good reason. Some schools supposedly stopped recruiting him. Last I heard he was taking a bunch of random trips to Utah and Hawaii and Alabama, and you can't really get much more disparate than those three. I don't really think he's an option for Michigan anymore.
I take it you weren't a big
I take it you weren't a big fan of stribling's abilities either?
Actually, I
Why do you think Stribling
Why do you think Stribling who also plays for a heavily scouted team like Butler fell through the cracks?
Greetings from Bolivia.
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I just think there were some
I just think there were some guys who overshadowed him, who were a little more visible. But that was back in June when he got a big-time offer. Crawford's season is over or will be soon, so he's had his entire senior season to get offers, and he's still sitting on two.
I just re-read your Stribling
I just re-read your Stribling scouting report. I forgot about all those other players. I guess it could be easy to be overlooked when you have that many teammates that will end up going to D1 schools for football.
Greetings from Bolivia.
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You had me at Charles
You had me at Charles Woodson's nephew. Actually being able to run at all is a bonus.
I upvoted...
Because all of these people who neg for titles and similar crap are getting annoying. Who gives a shit if every single person doesn't abide by your rules and format of posting on a message board.
It's just that --- a message board, a blog, not 9th grade English.
Besides, wouldn't it be more informative to create a post telling the orginal poster why his title sucks? Just downvoting and not explaining makes you look like a douche, and the person is just as likely to repeat the "mistake."
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FTR, I posted about it, but
FTR, I posted about it, but didn't neg. And just because it's a blog doesn't mean we shouldn't have high expectations. I just seems like people are thinking "I bet this will get them to click on my thread" rather than "I bet this is the best title for my thread."
On one hand you are right. It
On one hand you are right. It can be annoying when everyone complains about titles and similar stuff. On the other hand, if people stop policing the board in that manner then it will end up being like every other low class, uninformative, crappy site on the internet.
The policing is the lesser of the two evils.
Interesting, we are having an
Interesting, we are having an informal contest of who can come up with the worst thread title of all time. ZoneLeft believes the title "Wolverines" is the current leader while BiSB thinks the title "Sports" would be the victor. OMG chimed in with "Stuf" but my vote goes to another short, sweet one: "News."
Disgruntled former moderator. I got a lot of problems with you people!
How about just "Title". Or
How about just "Title". Or maybe "Title goes here".
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I think he should get an
I think he should get an offer solely due to Charles Woodson being the absolute man..this dude has given so much to the university in both athletics and philanthropy I support hooking his nephew up who is also pretty good at football..just saying
the supreme head butt
You can't run a football
You can't run a football program by giving out scholarships to all the nephews of your former players. Hell, we're not even offering Stan/Braylon Edwards's son/brother who has several BCS offers.
I'm not advocating giving a
I'm not advocating giving a scholarship offer to the nephews of all your ex players. Pretty much Charles Woodson's. Not because of all the things he did while on the field but for all the things did once he left. Anything we can do to keep him as close to the program as possible is worth it in my book.
He is close to the program
He is close to the program regardless. In May they had the Griese Hutchinson Woodson Champions for Childrens' Hearts Weekend. I think he even has a wing of the Mott Childrens Hospital named after him.
Greetings from Bolivia.
"It's special how the real true people hang together. And if you don't support the program you're not a true Michigan guy. It's that simple." - Gary Moeller
If the Michigan tradition is
If the Michigan tradition is that important to the Woodson family, I'd imagine tuition payments would not be that big of a problem. I agree that when we're taking depth guys, legacy guys are an excellent place to look, but when we're short on space in a class you have to go for the talent, not the blood ties. Which is not to imply Crawford lacks the talent, but more as a general rule.
We can haz?
We can haz?
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someone give that man a
someone give that man a scholarship.
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Northwestern and Umass
Northwestern and Umass already have.
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Someone should call and make sure that CW
knows how to contact people at Michigan!
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Love his tape. He has a very
Love his tape. He has a very aggressive streak in him and never quits on a play. He shows this both on defense and also when he is carrying the ball or blocking. This is a natural aggression that makes good players great. He doesnt have the athleticism of Charles...but for a strong safety prospect, he is very very solid. Give him an offer Brady.
safeties who wear number 7 for Aquinas...i have a natural affinity for those brave few
I would agree with Magnus,
I would agree with Magnus, looks more like a linebacker prospect. I was impressed with his ability to be patient and read the play and than accelerate aud go make the tackle. Confused on the last kickoff coverage though 0_o
I appreciate a man who can
I appreciate a man who can look past "the nephew of Charles Woodson."
The hate is strong with this
The hate is strong with this one.
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Also, here's his Senior film....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=udjSMzmilz4