ESPN's take on Uncommited Football Prospects (Paywalled article)
Espn recently put out a list of uncommited prospects in the top 150 and where they think they will go. Those predicted to Michigan?
2. Jabrill Peppers (CB)
4. Hand (DE)
55. Alex Bars (OT)
69. McDowell (DT)
75. Corey Holmes (WR)
85. Artavis Scott (WR)
87. Parrker Westphal (CB)
100. Kyron Watson (OLB)
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April 30th, 2013 at 12:44 PM ^
The only surprising one to me is Corey Holmes. I haven't heard much information on him. Peppers has sounded strong lately, and Hand gave some pretty good quotes about us recently. McDowell, Bars, and Westphal have seemed to me in the bag, which is why I hope Lawrence Marshall doesn't drop for us (Hand and McDowell). Scott would be great for that 2-year pipeline as well...
April 30th, 2013 at 12:53 PM ^
The Bar's family is kind of all over in their school allegiances so just because older bro is here dont expect us to automatically get him.
This. His dad played at Notre Dame and his other brother goes to Penn State. He isn't a lock by any means.
Have any other siblings gone to ND? I would think he would lean toward ND to fulfill the generational quota. . .
April 30th, 2013 at 12:44 PM ^
That would make a total of 16 commits in the ESPN 150, and 2 of the best 4 players in the country. Yes, please.
Even if (slash when) we don't actually get a class this good, I just want to say how happy I am that Hoke has proven his ability to maintain the recruiting momentum he established in year one. It's not that hard to recruit going into year one at a major program if there's enough positive energy around the team, but to be able to not only keep that up but if anything improve upon the previous year's recruiting class each year has been extremely impressive. In 2 or 3 years we're really going to be seeing the fruits of this, and it's going to come in national championships.
April 30th, 2013 at 12:49 PM ^
year one was right after The Process and cost us a class.
April 30th, 2013 at 12:53 PM ^
First full year, but yes
April 30th, 2013 at 12:47 PM ^
SCHWING!
April 30th, 2013 at 12:48 PM ^
Are we taking 4 WRs this year? For some reason I though the # was at 3, specifically adding Artavious Scott.
April 30th, 2013 at 12:49 PM ^
I think the plan is for 3 WRs but a spot or two for the best available prospects (and a top 100 WR would clearly fit into this mold)
Artavis does not rhyme with Martavious.
April 30th, 2013 at 12:48 PM ^
Who is another DE that we may be in the running for if Hand opts for Va. Tech or another?
Lawrence Marshall, Solomon Thomas...
I think Marshall is a MSU lean as of the moment which is nothing ground breaking because everyone knows that. Howeva, the longer he drags out his recruitment the better chance he has of becoming an option if one of these guys doesn't fall our way. Is it me or does it seem like OSU is slow playing him now as well?
I don't see him dragging it out. He recently said that he wants to make a late spring decision.
If we whiff on Hand, they could turn up the heat on Marshall. If he is committed to elsewhere then its always possible to flip him. We'll see. Hopefully we won't have room because of Hand and McDowell
Lawrence Marshall. 4* out of Michigan.
April 30th, 2013 at 12:48 PM ^
except that would mean we were taking 4 WRs. Don't think that happens, though if Scott or Holmes are willing, 3 is possible. I am thinking of this class as an 18 person class which leaves us 9. Remove a WR, and if we were to ge the above persons I would have to think a D-Tackle and a Running Back would be the focus of the remaining spots.
I wonder if the coaches have decided on how many places to recruit for yet. Last year they were clearly recruiting for more spots than most here expected them to. We always seem to underestimate attrition. Two would be a remarkably low number of players to lose over the next ten months.
April 30th, 2013 at 12:49 PM ^
4. Hand (DE)
55. Alex Bars (OT)
69. McDowell (DT)
75. Corey Holmes (WR)
I don't see us getting all 4 of these guys. I'd be content with getting 2 of the 4 though. The other 4 on the list I think it's just a matter of when they commit to us, not if.
April 30th, 2013 at 12:50 PM ^
That puts Michigan is the ballpark of LSU (with 12 predicted uncommited prospects) and Alabama (with 13 predicted uncommited prospects). Not bad company. By way of comparison, Ohio State is listed with 3 predicted prospects and Michigan State has 1.
Currently, the average position ranking for the seven ESPN 150 commits is 8.4. Pretty sweet.
April 30th, 2013 at 12:54 PM ^
April 30th, 2013 at 12:59 PM ^
i don't remember artavis scott ever giving off the vibe that he has a favorite (much less whether that favorite is michigan). seems like people are assuming he will come here because of Cole and the 2015 guy who likes us?
George Campbell is the 2015 part of that trio.
If those projections actually happen, good God that Alabama class...
April 30th, 2013 at 11:19 PM ^
LSU class would be just as good too.
That seems an incredibly optimistic list. Of that, Peppers, McDowell, and Westphal are by far the best best best. Watson would be, but Winovich may take is spot before Watson has the chance to visit and commit. Hand we're still behind VT, but not out of it. I haven't gotten the vibe Scott loves us (same with Holmes), and neither may have a spot if KJ Williams beats them to the punch. Bars is looking less and less likely as well. I don't think he has a ton of loyalty to UM just because of Blake. His other brother plays for PSU, and his dad played for ND. But if we somehow manage that haul...holy shit that would be EPIC. But I don't think we do.
Lurking a bit tonight; Artavis Scott has a spot in this class regardless of what happens.
Peppers == True
Hand == False (Va Tech)
Bars == False (Domer)
McDowell == True
Holmes == False (??? not UM)
Scott == False (??? not UM)
Westphal == True
Watson == False (Winovich will commit before Watson's scheduled visit on 5/20)
I agree. He still hasn't taken his official visit for UTL2. We should know more that following Monday/Tuesday.
Just so the OP is aware, the feeling on paywalled articles is to basically leave the article itself some value and not to copy and paste large portions or the entire thing. That's where the problems arise.
What you have done here is spot on, I would think, in taking carefully selected portions of the information.
As for these names, it seems unlikely that we land them all, of course, but even half of them would still contribute in a great way to what is looking like an amazing class so far.
EDIT: didn't see link. My bad
but I wouldn't bet the mortgage on it.
My gut says we get them both, and I'm not an outwardly optimistic person.
Wouldn't you want someone else to have the mortgage?
April 30th, 2013 at 11:11 PM ^
the guys on that list Go Blue, it probably isn't happening. Bars and Scott are probably the two least likely to end up here (just a feeling really).