Hello - Channing Stribling CB 2013

until NSD and our class is nearly full of verbal commits. Welcome to Michigan Channing.

Wait what? This is surprising

He is listed as a 3 star on 247, and his user rating on rivals is a perfect 5 star

I guess he only had an offer from NC state and Hampton.  Weird.

are belong to us. In June.

Goodbye, McQuay...may your jams in Nashville be ever groovin'.

I think this would be a fine choice definitely if the coaches think he deserves an offer to come play at THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. If we only have two spots left I would rather them go to McQuay and Bailey that would be a great little package. I know everyone is like what about Treadwell? but if we were to get bailey and already have Dukes, York we should be fine for next season. The 2014 class is going to produce some great receivers and we are in on some BIG names like Cory Holmes, Damon Webb, and Drake Harris and I'm sure there is more who will want to come play with sugar shane!

Good size frame and looks pretty fluid in his movements.  So if I understand this correctly, he camped at Michigan and then we offered him?

This is interesting. I really can't wait until we get some more info about him. As of now all I know is what's been in the recruiting post yesterday and what a quick google search came up with.

Can't we hold on the spots to those 4/5 stars?

Welcome Mr. Stribling. I'm confident the offer was earned and look forward to see him suit up in the maize and blue. Let 's not become ND and base our greatness on the number of stars in our class. I have a feeling Stribling brings some major weapons to Ann Arbor.

• I am absolutely thrilled with this committment for a number of reasons... 1. the kid must be something special (or at least comparable to other prospects) if he is offered a scholarship in light of the fact that we still have other highly ranked kids on the board...2. the kid came up and earned his scholarship in person.. in front of the coaches. There was no 'hype' surrounding the kid... he just came up and played football...3. he is a 6'2" corner that joins the number 1 class in the nation...

   

  Congrats Channing Stribling...you'll be a player I personally root for in the years to come.

   

   

   

   

The kid looks like a playmaker. He also plays wide receiver and can return kicks and punts. He reminds me a lot like Steve Breaston.

So no LM3?

... another Hello post needs it some writin'.

now. We are all super happy for him, he's been talking to reporters all night :)

Congrats to Channing!

Good for him and good for us. It would be nice to get in with Butler High School...lots of solid prospects every year.

Welcome to Michigan Channing!  I hope you put all of those rating services to shame after you become an All Big10 corner!

See you in the Big House.

Everybody chill on the non-4-5 star whining.  The coaches have the inside track on all these recruits and they wanted him - the kid would have blown way up down the line, and he obviously really wants to play for UM.  Great addition.

For comparison's sake--not sure if the coaches see LMIII and Stribling as an either/or proposition--here's some video from each:

Stribling - http://www.hudl.com/athlete/911009/highlights/8492375

McQuay - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZXcgrZpsCw

I think that's junior video for each, but I'm not absolutely positive.  Apply salt grains liberally.

The McQuay video doesn't really give you much idea how well he can run in open space until the end, but I think he's probably faster/more fluid than Stribling.  Stribling on the other hand is clearly playing corner; McQuay is more of a box safety in the highlights.  Stribling is obviously much rawer, but they're both definitely in the vein of the bigger corners like Conley and Standifer.  Not too hard to guess Hoke wants some size in his boundary corner.

He shows a lot of burst speed in those highlights (Stribling), especially bursting off the line of scrimmage. He also makes defenders look silly in one-on-one coverage. None of his highlights for cornerback were anything spectactular (he looked really gassed on one of the attempted INT returns) , but what was spectacular was his athletic ability. A lot of those CB highlights showed him losing sometimes up to 2 or 3 steps and recovering back for the PBU. He'll need a lot of technical refinement, but the speed and athleticism is there.

MOAR gerunds.

I think this class is going to get up to 26. Maybe more.

Young Mr. Stribling has tremendous potential.  A 6'2 player with agility and speed like his is a rare combo.  He will fit into Mattison's defense perfectly.  Plus I'm sure Hoke has vetted him for high character.

Welcome young man!

Tall, lanky kids who may develop on either side of the ball.  Really smart recruiting. I think the staff will find the best position to employ each kid's skill set.

or does remind of one Randy Moss!

aboard Channing.

Apparently the staff cares about Michigan's camp beyond just next year's recruits. Go figure. It's possible the staff is making this offer to encourage rising seniors to keep attending, but obviously they see ability there as well. Whether this guy ends up a star or a benchwarmer, his (along with Jeremy Clark's) commitment will be scrutinized intensively, and unfairly given the smaple size, by the fanbase as future camps roll through.

Ball State and NC State... that was the competition per 24/7. Not exactly surprising he leapt on the offer like he did. I don't understand the hurry to take whoever wants to commit first regardless of skill set. McQuay was just talking about coming up to visit again with Bailey. Why take a sleeper if you can get an acknowledged stud? At least let things play out... they have until February.

Good to have him aboard. I don't exactly understand it, but I am going to support it anyways...

....even if it jeopardizes my silly and mostly unimportant dream of having the nation's #1 recruiting class this year.

Tall corner that the coaches offered after seeing under a microscope for three days sounds good to me. Recent history has shown us that you can never have too many good defensive backs. Never Forget.

Welcome to Michigan, Channing!

It seems like the coaches definitely going for the tall  CBs - Gareon Conley is almost the same in terms of height and weight, I believe. I do like that they seem to have a specific vision at every position.

Congratulations  to Tremendous for breaking this one as well. Good work!

Given that coaches know McQuay/Bailey are coming up for visits and LT is still highly favoring Michigan.

The LS scholarship I can get people questioning, because that's such a specific task and not usually a scholarship player. But with Stribling I'm not questioning anything. This kid has been camping her for 3 days now. If the coaches think he's good enough to earn an offer and accept his commitment, than so do I.

I'm with the coaching staff on this one - if they think he's good enough to earn and offer and accept his commitment, then he's no different from a 5* decorated CB in my eyes. Especially given the fact that he camped and they accepted his commitment in this near full recruiting class, it says alot.

Also, I dont know if this has been touched upon, but I'm pretty certain that Matthews HS in Charlotte is a strong football school that sends multiple D1 players to BCS schools annually. Jamar Adams alma mater?

In any case, I think this a great offer and a good segway into building a pipeline into Matthews.

Congrats to the kid but he needs to get faster if he ever wants to see the field..Mcquay, Bailey, and Treadwell was my last 3 wish list. That is out the window..

Most positions I would say film is better than camp drills: QB, RB, OL, DL, LB.  S is a tossup.  But WR and CB might be the two positions where I'd believe my eyes based on camp drills over game film.   Corner is really tough to judge by looking at game film unless you're in a league that really tests the CBs in a meaningful way.  You can easily play corner and go a whole game without a meaningful challenge that highlights your skills.  You can go a whole season without much showing up, for that matter, other than run support.

That said, I'm a little surprised that we didn't hear anything in the twice-daily feeds from camp on Rivals (or here) noting his performance in the drills.  They usually dig fairly deep into possible sleepers and he never came up to my recollection. 

Anyway, welcome to the kid-- he passed the eye test of some seriously knowledgeable eyeballs.

I am sure the coaches know a lot more about this stuff than we do.  This is why it's always a surprise to the people who follow recruiting when something like this happens.  I for one could care less about class rankings and more about bringing in kids who want to play for the University of Michigan.  If the coaches have to "beg" kids to come and play here, my guess is we don't want them!

FWIW, neither Bailey or McQuay were ever going to commit to Michigan.  Those who think that are delusional...it would be a long shot at best.

Welcome to Michigan: Where you are only accepted (by some fans) if you are a 4* or 5*

Stribling plays both CB and WR fairly well according to what I heard (and he has no stated preference for either).  So I wonder if McQuay can still commit and if he did Stribling's future would likely be at WR.  Plus as others have said, attrition will open doors.  

I know the coaches said they wanted him as a DB, but if some other 5* falls out of a tree, that option is still open.  Personally 3* (which means starter in a BCS conference on the star) and  6' 2" sounds good to me.  

Welcome to the greatest University in the world Channing! You will be a multi-champion here! Go Blue!

We've got a class brimming with 4 and 5 stars, one that will finish close to #1 in the nation, a better recruiting class than Michigan has had in years, and people are upset that the coaches offered a kid who they saw play with their own eyes, at a Michigan camp, and desperately wants to come here over some kid they haven't seen who a group of semi-professional talent evaluators said is good, who only maybe sorta wants to come here.

You people are turning into Bama. Seriously. "We don't want them unless they're a five star, and we're cool with screwing over anybody else for the next great five star flash in the pan."

All you people saying he's slow - You do realize that cutting to the side to avoid a tackle slows you down, right? I can count 8 or 9 instances on that film where he avoids the first defender with a juke to the side, but then is swarmed by 4 others. The only way you can make a comment about his SPEED is if he's running FREE in the OPEN FIELD, which he only does when he's running his routes, and if you look, he plays SLOT RECEIVER and so most of his routes are 7 yard posts, out routes, slants, CORNERS, AND WHEELS. Therefore, looking at his corner/wheel route is the best and only way to evaluate his SPEED from that film. And, if you look at his corner/wheel routes, he runs them with a LOT of burst and completely blows past the defenders.

Other than this, there is no way that you can judge his speed because there are always 7 unblocked defenders surrounding him.

Congrats young man.

So the coaches got a verbal from a kid they like football wise, and not only that, from what I understand, Channing is a pretty boi.

Channing ‏@Prettyboi_Strib

If his highlight film is a representation of how he played at the camp, then the coaches probably want him for how well he plays deep downfield throws. He's 6'2 and does a good job of timing his path to the ball, putting him in good position to make a play on it. Looking back to the Ohio State and Virginia Tech games, Mattison has decided to leave the corners on their own and load the box versus run heavy teams. Va Tech and OSU then countered by throwing a parade of deep balls at JT and Blake. While we managed to not get killed on them, it was clear we had some issues tracking guys down field. I think Stribling was made to defend against those.

I put on Stribling's highlight reel and expected to see a Jareth Glanda clone, (god bless Jareth Glanda), but instead I saw a goht damn veritable touchdown machine. Hoke is a genius.

People who are concerned about his highlight tape need to keep in mind that they offered him as a corner, not as a WR. The defensive highlights are scant, but he seems to show some pretty good hips and a willingness to hit. Plus he's 6'2", which is helpful.

we can still get McQuay. Many scouts love Lewis at wide receiver. We get the desired number of receivers and DBs.

Interesting, Caleb Day just committed to Illinois as well. He's a 4 Star athlete (according to rivals) from Hillard Darby who was also at Michigan's camp and was attempting to earn an offer. Which means that the coaches obviously thought Stribling was a better prospect.

All the interesting above comments aside, it's tomorrow.  Have we heard an official announcement from the kid???

Is there any chance this could be a grey shirt?

He got some looks from Auburn and Bama early on, and was mentioned as a person to keep an eye on last year by Dave Hooker (ESPN) and labeled him a sleeper 

If you want the best kids coming to your camps, you have to have a "scholarship" prize or two for the winners.  This assures you of seeing all of the late bloomers.

You get to assess a kids work habits, ability to compete, character etc.  I think it is brilliant.  Go Stribling!

Your data set: Fuzzy youtube video and a number assigned by "experts" that assign numbers to thousands of HS kids by watching fuzzy youtube videos.

Coachs' data set: watching the kid over three days of camp, talking to the kid in person. Talking to all his coaches, parents, etc. Probably a lot more higher quality film. Knowing where we stand with other recruits. Knowing actual attrition situation. Oh yeah, and you know, actually knowing enough about football that people are willing to pay you large sums of money.

Welcome to the family Channing, may you wear the maize and blue with pride.

Congrats Channing on earning your schollie!!!

I would have probably waited it out a little bit, let him know we are interested, but want to see a few more things out of him during his senior season....but what do I know...I mean I've only won 5 consecutive BCS titles in NCAA 12..

Concering the whole "too slow, but decent game speed" argument. I had a friend in HS, who wasn't highly touted, he had some mild interest from D1 schools, including Syracuse. He wasn't offered any full rides at 1A level however he had loads of offers from 1AA. He (Terrell Whitehead) ended up at Norfolk State, ended up a 3 year All American, and Fresman All American. Went on to make the Jaguars squad, and is currently on their practice squad. Not too bad for a kid that people thought was too slow, and could never make it.