Josh Furman, Richard Ash, and Thomas Rawls granted releases
Not a huge surprise as Richard Ash and Josh Furman were both redshirt juniors. Hopefully they both get their degrees this spring and find a place to play next year like Michael Cox.
Nick Baumgardner @nickbaumgardner 1m
Michigan spokesman says Josh Furman, Richard Ash and Thomas Rawls have all been granted transfer releases.
January 25th, 2014 at 4:01 PM ^
Josh Furman is a great example of why not to get too excited about recruiting or any recruit. An average 3 star recruit who seemed like an under the radar prospect with 4.35 speed. Was a guy with the size and athletism to be a big time performer. Generated a fair amount of excitement on the board but hardly even saw the field.
Hope he and the others got there degrees and find greener pastures elsewhere.
January 25th, 2014 at 4:49 PM ^
According to Rivals, Furman was 3-star but Ash was 4-star.
Regardless, your point is a good one—if you tried to make a living betting on which HS recruits were going to be difference-makers, you'd probably end up in the poorhouse pretty quickly.
January 25th, 2014 at 4:02 PM ^
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January 25th, 2014 at 4:04 PM ^
Furman and Ash could've helped for Depth purposes since we like to substitute every two plays for no reason.
January 25th, 2014 at 4:06 PM ^
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January 25th, 2014 at 4:31 PM ^
That 2010 class gave UM Devin Gardner. After that, here are the Scout 4 stars that were brought in.
Cullen Christian, Josh Furman, Austin White, Jibreel Black, Marvin Robinson, Demar Dorsey, Ricardo Miller, Jerald Robinson.
WHAT?!
Drew Dileo was nothing special. Jake Ryan is.
And the 2011 class isn't much better. Geez Louise.
January 25th, 2014 at 4:37 PM ^
January 25th, 2014 at 6:14 PM ^
2010 wasn't a transition hybrid class. RR was in his second year when that class was signed.
January 25th, 2014 at 6:46 PM ^
...with rumors of Rodriguez being fired.
January 26th, 2014 at 2:00 AM ^
and yet you lament those days?
January 27th, 2014 at 12:13 AM ^
And I think if we're going to bother with the postmortems, it's important to distinguish between (1) transition costs and (2) costs imposed by the condition the transition was intended to remedy.
January 25th, 2014 at 5:50 PM ^
January 26th, 2014 at 10:17 AM ^
How low have the expectations fallen?!
As a football player, Drew Dileo was and is nothing special. He was an undersized, slow, WR who came to UM at a time when that skillset was enough to get on the field due to injury and lack of depth at the position. He made an incredible, "headsy" play at Northwestern, had the big game and last catch to set up the win over MSU in '12, but sheesh. He got all the hype for his "hands" and I think we all remember the 4th down pass that went right through them against Nebraska. What exactly is special about a 5'9 guy who if hell froze over and received an invite to the Combine in Indy would run in the 4.6-4.7 range? By all accounts he's a great guy, great teammate, hard worker, etc.
I don't want to bash the kid, but come on, as a WR, he is and was nothing special.
January 26th, 2014 at 9:01 PM ^
Dileo was a great all-around player. He could do a little bit of everything. I think it's rare that you find someone who can do the various things he has done (hold, return, catch the ball, run fake field goals, etc.), but you're right that he's not a great athlete by "measurable" standards.
January 25th, 2014 at 7:01 PM ^
January 25th, 2014 at 4:13 PM ^
Good luck to all three in their respective futures. Their leaving definitely makes sense from a playing time perspective.
January 25th, 2014 at 4:31 PM ^
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January 25th, 2014 at 4:36 PM ^
Always sad to see people leave the program, but as others have said, at least Ash and Furman were redshirt juniors so hopefully they get their degrees this spring and find a place not only to play but further their education. I had thought Rawls' eligibility was simply junior, but if he finished as well, then that's great and we have given the world three more Michigan graduates. Best of luck to all three of them in their future.
January 25th, 2014 at 5:23 PM ^
Not sure if someone else has noted this elsewhere, but Rawls will be graduating in May, so he's also a grad transfer and can play at CMU right away.
U-M RB Thomas Rawls says he's transferring to Central Michigan. He will graduate in May from U-M so it'll be a grad transfer.
— Mark Snyder (@Mark__Snyder) January 25, 2014
January 25th, 2014 at 4:43 PM ^
January 25th, 2014 at 4:46 PM ^
Has anyone heard of his progress?
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January 25th, 2014 at 5:31 PM ^
Not that Furman was a great player but wow that safety spot is getting scary. Have to wrap Wilson in bubble wrap and them you are looking at a whole bunch of other guys who have either zero or little playing experience. I know Countess and Taylor are undersized but one still wonders if one of them will be slated to move there simply from an experience standpoint.
January 25th, 2014 at 6:15 PM ^
I know that's harsh, and I really wish him all the best...I hope he can land on his feet and play one year of quality ball. I'd recommend he go to Towson, they're coming off a national championship appearance and it's close to home.
I always thought from day 1 he was best bulking up and playing WLB.
Anyway, I don't think this changes a thing at safety. I think he was the 3rd option at SS going into next season behind Dymonte Thomas (starter) and Delano Hill (backup).
FS
1. Wilson
2. Clark
SS
1. Thomas
2. Hill
Ash is the only one that could've plays meaningful snaps IMO.
January 25th, 2014 at 6:56 PM ^
January 25th, 2014 at 6:17 PM ^
How many available scholarships do we have for THIS (2014) class???
January 26th, 2014 at 7:53 AM ^
There are 19 spots currently, depending on how you view guys like Kerridge and Graham Glasgow. Sixteen if you think those guys are just walk-ons.
January 25th, 2014 at 6:57 PM ^
January 25th, 2014 at 8:27 PM ^
them all the best.
January 25th, 2014 at 9:50 PM ^
January 25th, 2014 at 10:15 PM ^
NOOOOOO!! I now must change my avatar and picture
January 25th, 2014 at 11:39 PM ^
Good luck to the guys.
-Ash always seems to me to be carrying a lot of bad pounds.
-Furman seemed like a good kid that never blossomed.
-Rawls I think was the kid that took the ACT several times to get enrolled. Congrats to him for getting his degree and good luck at CMU. .