Gregg Henson: QB Josh Rosen, Rivals #1 Overall, to M?

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In his latest post, Henson says that QB Josh Rosen, Rivals' #1 overall recruit for 2015, will decommit from UCLA and join Michigan if Harbaugh is hired:

I got another interesting text from a good source that Josh Rosen “is in” if Jim is indeed named the next Head Coach at Michigan.  Rosen is a California kid who is committed to UCLA, but sources say he will more than likely be a Wolverine once the search is resolved next week.  That is a bit of a surprise to me as Michigan already has a nice prospect in the class, Alex Malzone from Birmingham Brother Rice.  I’ll admit, I know next to nothing about recruits, I’m just passing it along from a solid source.
Here's Rosen's Rivals profile:
 
 
Rosen has a very interesting background. His dad went to Penn, his mother to Princeton, and he is descended from the founder of the Wharton business school and also from the former CEO of publishing house J.B. Lippincott:
 
 
B/R: Which NFL QB do you try to watch the most on a weekly basis?
JR: Year in, year out, Peyton Manning above all else, but I'm a huge Andrew Luck fan as of recently. I love what he did at Stanford, and I think he should get much more recognition than he already does for flipping a team that lost many of their best Pro Bowl  players. He flipped a team from a 2-14 record to a wining playoff team and actually won a playoff game. But year in, year out, probably Manning because he's the best at what he does. Technique, his mind, feet, everything—hands-down he's the best.

UPDATE: Comrade Dubs, in the comments, notes the following tweet indicating that Rosen is denying any interest in decommitting from UCLA:

After talking directly to Josh Rosen yesterday he said the death penalty at UCLA might make him rethink his commitment, that's it.

— Brandon Brown (@BSB_Wolverine) December 28, 2014
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schreibee

December 28th, 2014 at 12:55 AM ^

ok, me again, still sitting in a bar...and now starting to marvel that some of you mgousers are still awake approaching 1 am EST.

I'm actually laughing out loud about Henson posting that Josh Rosen will flip to Michigan - not the derisive kind, the giddy kind.

Still, the delicious irony of us liberal mgousers embarrasedly unfollowing Henson following Ferguson and now feverishly re-following him because we like his football news is God Damn near to a plot from The Good Wife!

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LSAClassOf2000

December 28th, 2014 at 12:16 AM ^

In addition to everything else that seems to be going on at the moment, suddenly attracting the nation's #1 QB recruit by virtue of Harbaugh coming to Ann Arbor (back to Ann Arbor, mind you) would probably start a trend that would leave much of the board - to paraphrase my lovely wife - "all out of evens". I love the idea. 

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MichiganExile

December 28th, 2014 at 12:50 AM ^

It's currently a recruiting dead period. He'd have to be damn sure he 1) still has an offer (he does) and 2) wants to play for a guy he has not established a previous relationship with. It just seems like such a massive long shot at this point, but then again, so did Harbaugh to Michigan a couple months ago. Miracles can come true. 

 

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feanor

December 28th, 2014 at 12:57 AM ^

Just an FYI phone calls and other electronic communication is allowed during a dead period.

During a dead period a college coach may not have face-to-face contact with college-bound student-athletes or their parents, and may not watch student-athletes compete or visit their high schools. Coaches may write and telephone student-athletes or their parents during a dead period.

http://www.ncaa.org/student-athletes/resources/recruiting-calendars

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Jack Daniels

December 28th, 2014 at 12:21 AM ^

Things working against us:
1. Rosen is enrolling on either the 5th or 6th
2. He's neighbors with Jim Mora
3. He's the Malzone of UCLA's class
4. He has not talked to Harbaugh yet
5. Most damning, he most certainly does not want to play in the cold
Things we have going for us
1. He visited for a lengthy visit, so he has experience with the school.
2. Highly academic kid. Closest thing to Andrew Luck in terms of background and skill set. Michigan I hear is a pretty good school
3. Harbaugh
4. Harbaugh
5. HARBAUGH



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Gr1mlock

December 28th, 2014 at 12:21 AM ^

Awesome. I'll take all the elite 5* prospects I can get. Although it would be really unfair to Malzone if he got his offer dropped or otherwise dicked over. Guys been the loyalest guy you can ask for, and strikes me as the kind of person we want on the team.



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