A few minor recruiting notes

Submitted by Gobluegr on
This weekend was a very positive weekend for Michigan and their recruitment of Yuri Wright and Jordan Payton. Yuri Wright had previously stated that his top two were Colorado and Michigan and it seems as if his official to Colorado did not go well. He tweeted this about his visit "Yeah last night was the worst night man (people) aint do (stuff) and that was my last night here...." the words in parenthesis are my replacement for not so nice words he used. Rivals had a good article about his recruitment and his plans to visit Michigan in January http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1304704... Jordan Payton visited Cal this weekend and it seems as if the Cal coaches are not confident that they will land him. Greg Biggins tweeted "Hearing WR Chris Harper was offered by #Cal on his visit, don't be surprised to see a quick commitment" this would be their fourth reciever in this class, and it does not seem as if Cal would take a fifth. They were in Payton's top three with Michigan and Notre Dame, so it looks like Michigan still has a good shot at him.
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MichiganMan_24_

December 11th, 2011 at 4:53 PM ^

My two cents..Dunn is a solid RB..not elite IMO..i think its 50/50 right now for his services..Yuri Wright and Armani Reeves are both being recruited heavily by UM and i think Yuri is very likely to end up in this class and Armani will at least give us a visit.

Payton will not be a Wolverine

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JimLahey

December 11th, 2011 at 5:50 PM ^

I will get negged for this but our obsession with Dunn on this board is getting out of control. He is not Adrian Peterson. I would love to have him but if he goes to the buckeyes then so be it, we have a proven stud in Fitz for another year or two and there are some decent runners behind him.

Justice Hayes was ranked by Rivals significantly higher as an RB last year than Dunn is this year. If Dunn goes to OSU then he can have fun learning the difference between what Urban Meyer says about RBs in his system and what actually occurs with RBs in his system. 

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jmblue

December 11th, 2011 at 10:20 PM ^

I don't care who is ranked where by Rivals, Scout, or whatever.  It's pretty clear that our coaching staff greatly wants Dunn.  That's all the information I need. 

You can never have enough tailback depth.  Toussaint will be a redshirt junior next year.  If he rushes for 1,000 yards again, we can't assume he'll stick around for year 5.   Shaw is gone after this year and Smith will be a senior next year . . . so we could be looking at a completely different running game in 2013.   Maybe someone already on the roster will be able to fill the void, but that's far from certain.

 

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aiglick

December 11th, 2011 at 6:08 PM ^

There are many ways to skin a cat. With the o line we are bringing in this year plus a stud qb in Morris, not to mention the ones we already have on board, I think we'll be able to persuade an elite back in 2013 to come here. Maybe Ty Isaac?

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Indiana Blue

December 11th, 2011 at 6:49 PM ^

before signing day.  Any big negatives from that report can "change the tide".  It appears to me that the NCAA is letting tsio operate in "business as normal" fashion until after the bowls.  Look at USC this year ... the bowl ban had a big impact on their season as they would have played Oregon for the PAC12 title & no bowl game.  Next 3 years are the scholarship reductions ... which will hurt their depth.  No doubt that USC has survived just fine.  I am looking for something along the same line for tsio .... just a waiting period ....

Go Blue!

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NDPhilly

December 11th, 2011 at 10:07 PM ^

Payton looks like he will go to Cal. He tweeted "sraeb lac :)" which meens Cal Bears obviously and that he loves Cali. 

Also Manti Teo just anounced he is coming back. 

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yigit

December 12th, 2011 at 12:19 AM ^

I looked up how a few of the sites rank Payton and Chesson amongst the WRs.

Jordan Payton #14 (Scout), #20 (Rivals), #25 (ESPN)

Jehu Chesson #77 (Scout), #90 (Rivals), #51 (ESPN)

 

So, we'll take Chesson and be done and miss out on Payton, the "better" prospect of the two?

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BrownJuggernaut

December 12th, 2011 at 2:10 AM ^

From his scout profile:

 

STRENGTHS
 Competitiveness
 Hands and Concentration
 Toughness
AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT
 Elusiveness with Catch
 Strength
Tall, lanky receiver who can go up and get the ball. Snatches it easily out of the air, but lets too many underneath passes get into his body. Great natural athlete with good leaping ability and straight line speed, but is not an elusive guy after the catch. Must add some bulk and strength, but is tough and willing to go over the middle and make catches. - Allen Trieu

Those seem like all things that he can work on once he goes to college. His strengths are things you can't really teach but you need in a wide out. He's a bit of a sleeper, and I'll take his strengths on my team any day. I'm pretty sure Brady Hoke will too.

(I understand the ranking. I just don't think the ranking means everything)

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