Hello: QB Dan Villari
December 18th, 2019 at 7:28 PM ^
Welcome to the class Dan!
Go Blue!
December 18th, 2019 at 7:28 PM ^
6’4 215lb QB out of NY. Seems to be a decent but not great QB. FWIW, Magnus from TTB thinks he’s a good athlete and could potentially end up going the Zach Gentry route to TE. At the very least it gives us another option at QB if the very worst happens. He may end up being a career backup but still rooting for him in whatever role he ends up playing at Michigan!
December 18th, 2019 at 8:12 PM ^
He certainly will have the height. Either way we can get a QB out of free agency the way the portal works these days
December 18th, 2019 at 9:41 PM ^
For the record, there are currently 12 - 4 Star QB’s in the portal, rated between .9772 and . .8923 before you drop to 3 stars.
December 18th, 2019 at 9:44 PM ^
FWIW, here's my commitment post: LINK
December 19th, 2019 at 10:06 AM ^
I get the competition level arguments, but after watching his tape I have no idea how he hasn't been more highly recruited. Hes's a natural beast of a runner with a cannon for an arm and what appears to be decent touch. Looks like a poor man's Dak Prescott to me. Not sure what teams like BC are doing recruiting wise in the New England but keep it up because the Northeast is providing some nice depth to our classes.
December 18th, 2019 at 7:28 PM ^
Looking forward to TTB's rating because he looks like a white Joe Milton in the exactly 1min49sec of film I watched. Excited to have him on scout team next fall and hope he can contribute after that.
December 18th, 2019 at 7:29 PM ^
Still a grey shirt?
December 18th, 2019 at 7:36 PM ^
He tweeted that he had a scholarship offer about 24 minutes after Stroud picked OSU. Assuming he's a regular recruit.
https://twitter.com/Dan2Villari/status/1207358836740362240?s=20
December 18th, 2019 at 7:47 PM ^
Probably not. Doubtful we go into the season with only 3 scholarship QBs, and that’s assuming the loser of the McCaffrey/Milton battle doesn’t transfer. This kid is probably on scholarship day 1
December 18th, 2019 at 7:55 PM ^
Milton will not transfer, he will back up Dylan this year. In my opinion.
December 18th, 2019 at 8:00 PM ^
That would assume McCaffrey wins the battle. If Milton wins, I certainly don’t expect McCaffrey to stick around. I wouldn’t be shocked if Milton didn’t stick around either though.
At any rate, this commit is at worst an insurance option in case one of them does transfer. Heading into the season with two scholarship QBs would be a disaster.
This year for example, Shea was banged up to start the year, then we had McCaffrey out for a few games with a concussion. In that scenario we had Milton waiting in the wings as a semi-capable backup. If we had two scholarship QBs, we would have been looking at a banged up Shea and a walk-on backup. Let’s just call that... less than ideal.
December 18th, 2019 at 8:14 PM ^
If Milton wins...
It's weird that people think that's a legitimate possibility.
December 18th, 2019 at 9:18 PM ^
Of course it's a legitimate possibility. I like Dylan, but he and Milton are both unproven
December 18th, 2019 at 9:40 PM ^
Zero % chance, unless McCaffrey gets hurt, that Milton will be our starting quarterback. Zero.
December 19th, 2019 at 11:50 AM ^
Not saying you are wrong, but people said that about the Speight-O'Korn battle.
December 19th, 2019 at 11:54 AM ^
And you will have the results of JOK if Milton is our starting QB.
December 19th, 2019 at 9:00 AM ^
McCaffery will be the starter next year and wolverine nation will be thrilled with how good he is
December 18th, 2019 at 8:01 PM ^
I know you’re not Shea, but whenever you post I feel like I’m getting inside info from Shea.
December 18th, 2019 at 9:33 PM ^
^^^another one of mineral kings accounts^^^
December 18th, 2019 at 10:21 PM ^
Yeah, but you're wrong a lot.
December 18th, 2019 at 7:32 PM ^
Yay! I like this kid. He,s a qb version of Sainristil. Basically, a guy whose film you look at and wonder how in the world is he not rated pretty highly.
December 18th, 2019 at 7:40 PM ^
Cool post dude. Real cool. You’re a cool guy.
December 18th, 2019 at 7:43 PM ^
Basically the Michigan Noah Kim.
December 18th, 2019 at 8:43 PM ^
Closer to Kim Jung Un than Noah Kim.
December 18th, 2019 at 7:52 PM ^
But is he cool?
December 18th, 2019 at 7:39 PM ^
Dan the Man! With the master plan! Welcome!
December 18th, 2019 at 7:41 PM ^
One of the least surprising commits today, based on his options. As the fallback to CJ Stroud, his other option was UMass. Someone earlier said he was like a more mobile Wilton Speight. If that's accurate, He won't be too bad as a backup option in the QB room. Wilton, for his lack of 'crootin acclaim, turned out to be a pretty good starter for us in 2016. Its unfortunate that he got his neck broken against Purdue on a shitty late hit.
If we need Dan to play in competitive portions of games, being an on-field doppleganger for Wilt won't be bad...
December 18th, 2019 at 7:46 PM ^
Could be a Gentry-like TE if he gets passed at QB by McCarthy and guys in 2021 class and beyond. Solid pickup in that respect- hope to see him contribute
December 18th, 2019 at 7:49 PM ^
CLOSING THE GAP ON OSU!!!!!!
December 18th, 2019 at 9:15 PM ^
because most of their coeds shop at urban outfitters
December 18th, 2019 at 7:52 PM ^
Great News!! Glad to have him onboard and to see what happens.
December 18th, 2019 at 7:57 PM ^
Well I like the class but then I look at oSU’s signees and realize they have two 4star QBs rated within the top 250. I’m almost surprised Michigan didn’t kick the tires On Martinez or Rompf at QB as both have secondary positions if there isn’t a direct line to playing time. Better hope that Milton bides his time and develops instead of transferring and JJ is the real deal.
December 18th, 2019 at 8:01 PM ^
Volare oh oh ohhhhh oh
December 18th, 2019 at 8:02 PM ^
A QB whose name doesn't start with M? Do not want.
December 18th, 2019 at 8:07 PM ^
Welcome aboard.
also time to kick the tires here.
https://mobile.twitter.com/mzenitz/status/1207460253241098245?s=21
December 18th, 2019 at 8:15 PM ^
That's the best way to get Dylan Joe to transfer out. This guy was the 3rd ranked qb in his class, behind Shea Patterson no less. Dylan was number 5 in the next class. I'd stick with Dylan at this point unless Joe beats him out.
December 18th, 2019 at 8:22 PM ^
What is up with these Stanford transfers this season. Seems like half their starters are moving on.
December 18th, 2019 at 8:12 PM ^
I like this-very exciting. He'll need to adjust to the size and speed of this level-but so does everyone else.
December 18th, 2019 at 8:16 PM ^
Long Island football is way under scouted, in fact the whole Northeast is virtually ignored by the national recruiting sites. Hence his offers from regional colleges.
Paye, Uche, McKeon have all way out-performed their 3-star rankings, so maybe Danny V can some day light up that scoreboard. Go Blue !!!
December 19th, 2019 at 10:53 AM ^
Scouts aren’t riding on horseback to watched these kids play. All the elite QBs travel for camps and Elite 11 type events. Plus they have actual film of kids playing football nowadays. To say the NE is ignored is simply not true.
December 19th, 2019 at 11:52 AM ^
That might be the case, but you’re not factoring in the scarcity of resources (time) that scouts have in watching these tapes.
There are 16,000 high school teams in America. Each of these teams has 22 starters. An average high school highlight tape is 8-12 minutes.
If every high school starter makes a highlight tape (and most do), then that means there’s between 5.37 and 8.34 YEARS worth of high school football highlight tapes per season that would need to be watched to scout every varsity football player in America.
Theres just no conceivable way to do this, so the recruiting services are reliant on prospects attending their summer camps. Unfortunately, judging a prospect at a 3-day summer camp versus what they do in 4-5 months of high school football leaves margin of error.
More significant is the thousands of prospects who don’t (or can’t) attend one of those camps. When there’s 5.37-8.34 years (or 46,933.33 to 70,400 hours) worth of highlights tapes to watch per high school football season, there’s a very high likelihood of talented players who don’t attempt summer camps slipping through the cracks.
December 18th, 2019 at 8:30 PM ^
Pretty hard to get a high level QB in just a months time. Just unfortunate and sad news regarding JD Johnson.
1 QB is better than no QB in the class no matter their recruiting website ranking. We need the added safety net at that position.
Congrats to Dan. He was slated to go to UMass before Michigan came calling. That's a hell of an upgrade.
December 18th, 2019 at 8:30 PM ^
We getting the sloppy seconds now that OSU is taking all the 5* players.
December 18th, 2019 at 8:35 PM ^
Mac Jones, the qb we will face in the Citrus was 399th in the nation. Jack Coan from Wisconsin was in the 400's and Sean Clifford from Penn St was 196th. I know Taylor is who beat us but Coan was 13/16 in the game. Clifford was 14/25 with 3 td's. Dont yet know how Mac will play against us but my point is that these guys are good qb's that weren't highly ranked playing for successful teams. This kid appears to have good film and could always play tight end down the road if qb doesnt work out. I'm good with this.
December 18th, 2019 at 8:44 PM ^
You're trying to compare guys who were 4*s and high 3*s to a kid who is ranked #1106 in the composite. I'm optimistic about this kid and hope he provides depth, but your comparison is laughable
December 18th, 2019 at 8:55 PM ^
How about Ian Book in the high 500's, Justin Herbert in the high 600's, Charlie Brewer in the 800's and Kyle Trask at 2399. Less laughable?
I'm not arguing this kid is gonna bring us a national title but neither did the number 1 qb in the 2016 class. He at least provides depth and positional variability
December 18th, 2019 at 9:21 PM ^
Brewer and Trask are definitely more apt comparisons