Denzel Ward has spoken to coaches about taking visits elsewhere

At least he's doing it now and not closer to signing day when people we've turned away for his spot are commited elsewhere. Kid should definitely have a chance to explore his options if he feels he didn't adequately do so before he commited.

It is literally over a year from now until the 2014 class even signs....not too worried about it, especially considering our OL depth in this class and the last.

Seriously ... this has to be a typo.   They don't even have a coach ... do they?  Maybe Gene Keady will try football now ... hair still looks the same ... hahahaha

Go Blue!

Here's hoping he'll return to the nest.

The Mayans were right.....

/sss

I'm not surprised by this.   Given that he's new to HS football, he probably wasn't expecting all of the interest that he's getting.   He was probably shocked when he got the Michigan offer and just jumped on it.    Now that other schools are recruiting him, of course, he's interested in seeing what's out there.   It's different from other early commit guys like Michael Ferns or Shane Morris who had interest from a number of schools early on and had a much better understanding of their options before committing early.

It's a long way till 2014, if he's going to look around, it's best for everyone that he do it now as opposed to waiting until later in the process like Conley or Brown did.  

He told reporters at the UA game that he wanted to find the best place for him, and a place where he could play the earliest. Coming from a kid that is 110% headed for a redshirt, followed by heavy work just to get into the rotation, I found this comment weird. Honestly, Michigan's recent O-Line classes will most likely prevent Ward from seeing the field soon. He hasn't been playing football for that long, so people around him pushing the idea that he needs to play early are ridiculous.

Purdue is snake oiling us and they don't  even have a coach yet. I'll be out on the ledge!

/s

bologna

Purdue? UCLA? AState? I mean come on. I'm kinda hurt. If he wanted to visit Bama, or Oregon, or Texas maybe I'd feel better, but Purdue?!

If someone panics about a commit thinking about taking visits 13 months from signing day they are an idiot and you should ignore them.

Considering the 2012 and 2013 o-line classes, getting top notch o-linemen in 2014 could be a problem. I hate even thinking it, but I can already see tranfers in the future, especially if they take 6 this year. A1 o-linemen may have to wait again until 2015.

aren't on that list it does not bother me at this point.

(Am i forgetting somebody?........Where's the threat?)

Completely natural and normal...once he takes a look at those other schools it'll only reassure him that Michigan is the best place for him.

It certainly cuts against Michigan, because we would lose a commitment. However, it also cuts against Ward. How? I believe Ward has been offered more on his potential than on his actual performance to date. It could be the case that should he decommits, Michigan evaluates his film, and decides not to make another offer to him. Right now he is guaranteed a spot. Once that spot opens to others, there might not be another space open to him.

In the long run, this could help Michigan. Suppose someone who is 90% committed to Michigan decommits in order to look around and go on official visits. While they are taking these visits and looking around, the spot is given to another recruit of approximately equal ability, and there is no longer space available for the once-committed recruit. If the word gets around that spots won't sit open indefinitely, future recruits would start to think about whether or not it is worth decommitting.

Ward tweeted this 14 minutes ago (around 3:15):

Just got done working hard and I come back to tweets and threads about me and my Michigan status, tell the fam and Coach Hoke I'm All Blue!