Hello: Drake Harris
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WiltonSpeight NEWEST MEMBER #TEAM135 @drizzygetbusy01 just committed!! Can't wait to be throwing to this guy #GOBLUE http://t.co/cW60nVWQib 4/14/13 12:57 PM |
As if landing a likely 5 star WR isn't good enough, they also have legitimate interest from Artavis Scott and KJ Williams. Obvious statement but this class is shaping up to be very special.
We got two Drakes on the roster. Sparty got a bunch of Chris Browns.
Thats what I am hearing here in GR.
Sorry for double post was doing it from my phone.
I can honestly say I didn't have that one predicted.
Way to see the light. It will be nice haveing the cannon of Shane Morris and the ablity of Drake Harris.
according to our beloved TomVH. Which is like, awesome.
Just saw this on The Only Colors.
http://www.theonlycolors.com/2013/4/9/4206144/dantonio-vs-john-l-recrui…
Not really too relevant, but the big thing I noticed? We all love to joke about MSU recruiting nationally under Dantonio, but according to this article, John L. Smith was actually a more nationally recruiter than Dantonio.
If Drake is a legit 6'3, Wilton looks to be damn near 6'7.
LINK:https://twitter.com/WiltonSpeight/status/323480213470187520/photo/1
i'm not sure Harris is really 6-3. i walked by him yesterday before the game, i'm 6-1 and he didnt look any taller than me.
Wilton's wearing his pumps in that picture.
April 15th, 2013 at 12:26 AM ^
Speight has looked way tall in every picture I've seen with recruits. He towered over Mason Cole too.
That said, maybe Harris isn't really as tall as is advertised. The fact that he's such a huge bball recruit as a 2-guard would suggest otherwise though. Not a ton of schools drooling over 6'1" shooting guards.
April 15th, 2013 at 12:27 AM ^
Speight has looked way tall in every picture I've seen with recruits. He towered over Mason Cole too.
That said, maybe Harris isn't really as tall as is advertised. The fact that he's such a huge bball recruit as a 2-guard would suggest otherwise though. Not a ton of schools drooling over 6'1" shooting guards.
April 15th, 2013 at 12:34 AM ^
measured in at 6'3" at the Under Armour/Rival/whatever combine he did a few months ago. And he and Drake were the same height in that picture. So 6'3" seems right for Drake.
He's going to have a fun 2 years with a great OLine, and all of this talented youth to lead.
1. I've had the pleasure of watching Harris play football the last 2 seasons, and believe me, he is the real deal. He has the full package and will make an immediate impact. His initial acceleration that gets is absolutely insane. He has a great HS coaching staff that will make sure he's ready once he gets to Michigan
2. Not that he was probably considering MSU too seriously anyways, but Dantonio really blew this. He barely was talking to Drake, and it was actually Izzo that finally got Drake to get in contact with Dantonio last week
2.) Dantonio did not not blow it. He cooled on him after realizing that he isn't a good fit here and that there is better talent out there.
3.) Harris settled for scUM after realizing that he couldn't crack the depth chart at elite programs such as ours, Alabama, FSU, or Oregon.
He looks like Jerry Rice out there. Yeah I said it. Such a graceful athlete. This is a monumental pickup
Things that make you go: "Laquon who?"
Another classic:
Is anybody else getting the feeling that maybe the school down the road is not playing within the rules? Coming off their worse run in decades, they bring in their 3rd or 4th choice for HC and he ends up being the elusive "elephant hunter". I know they have a great brand, but they are beating the elite in cfb, as well as other known cheating schools for recruits left and right. DH grew up a State fan and could go anywhere, but chooses our rival, right after a visit to tOSU? Was he looking for a counter offer? What I do know is that school and fanbase derive their whole identity from the perception that they are a football power, how far would they go to keep that in tact. To compete with the best year in and out (cheating SEC schools, tOSU, USC) you have to get a little dirty.
http://michiganstate.247sports.com/Board/93/Is-anybody-else-getting-the…
Oh yes, who would commit to a program with top knotch facilities, top knotch coaches, top knotch academics, a ton of national TV exposure, the greatest rivalry game in the sport, and 114,000 fans watching you every Saturday?
That sad thing to that rediculous rant is all the replies were almost just as pathetic. I saw only one MSU fan call the OP out on that. All their posts are so pathetic there. It's all "scummy, scum, hoke is fat, walmy, walmarters, f*ck scUM"" language.
April 15th, 2013 at 12:31 AM ^
Of what has been going on behind these scenes recently:
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130414/SPORTS0201/304140329/1131/r…
I found this quote by GRC Head coach Don Fellows interesting:
"As a coach, I'm happy for him. It doesn't matter where he goes. Sure, you want him to stay in the Midwest, stay close to home. During this process we've met a lot of good people, and we've met some not so good. The (schools) he narrowed his choices down to were all good to him."
Harris had narrowed his choices to Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame and Ohio State recently, FYI, it said. I like that Alabama wasn't on that list despite Saban sending a ton of letters to Harris day after day.
April 14th, 2013 at 10:26 PM ^
April 15th, 2013 at 12:32 AM ^
Yeah, recruiting under Carr was still very good, and our class sizes were usually smaller then too, which is why some of those classes were ranked lower despite being very good classes.
And you're also correct that the classes before Rivals were probably better than those after, because we were having more on-field success then.