Keyshawn "Pie" Young and why we need him.

Submitted by MichiganMan14 on
https://youtu.be/Dc3I8zG5A-U He has hudl highlights and YouTube films beyond this but this video is pretty valuable in many ways. Michigan lacks explosive athletes and particularly at the WR position. One thing that pops out at watching this video is how fluid Pie is. He gets in and out of his brakes quick and has rapid acceleration. This coupled with his ability to catch with his hands gives him a "play now" skill set. He displayed some "phone booth" in some of the release drills and it's been a while since we had a guy that could really separate at the line. Lastly, Pie is from the crib (Miami) and the skill position competition down here is truly lights out. If you can get a WR/DB or RB from South Florida its generally a really good thing. I hope Pie ends up in a winged helmet soon and love what Coach Harbaugh is doing in the Sunshine State the last 2 recruiting cycles. I endorse the notion down here that a Florida "3 star" is a "4 star" anywhere else.
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turd ferguson

December 17th, 2015 at 1:08 AM ^

I'm a little confused about WR recruiting.  Aren't Ahmir Mitchell, Nate Johnson, Brad Hawkins, and Chris Evans all expected to play WR (and all expected to stay in our 2016 class)?  With Young, Crawford, etc., would we really take 5+ WRs?

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BlueWolverine02

December 17th, 2015 at 1:11 AM ^

I just wonder if his offer is still commitable.  Obviously you can never have enough play makers but we already have Nate Johnson and Chris Evans in this class.  Only so many scholarships to go around. 

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FatGuyTouchdown

December 17th, 2015 at 3:16 AM ^

I'm not the only one on here procrastinating a final paper... I'd love to have Pie, because if we take 5 well regarded receivers, there's a very good chance we end up with an explosive playmaker, if not 2 or 3. The ability to stretch the field would allow Kareem Walker to be the first person ever to run for 3,000 yards in a season during our stretch of 4 straight National Championships*. 

 

 

*I saw a fortune teller and she said I would have good luck so consider this fact to be indisputable. 

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APBlue

December 17th, 2015 at 7:11 AM ^

Stretching the field is a great point. Don't be the facts, but it seemed like opponents were stuffing the box against us a lot this year. I think it's part of the reason Chesson was able to get behind the defense a lot last year (no over the top help). We just couldn't connect on those. More playmakers, with speed, on the outside to take the top off the defense would really help the running game.

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M-Dog

December 17th, 2015 at 8:15 AM ^

Your eyes did not deceive you, teams were stuffing the box like crazy on us.  I recall commenting in the game threads that teams like Maryland and Rutgers consistently had all 11 players withn 8 yards of the LOS.

And they were not necessarily wrong to do this at the time until Jake got his sea legs.  It would not work now though.

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FatGuyTouchdown

December 17th, 2015 at 10:48 AM ^

the stretching the field point was really my last serious thought before my sleep deprived brain went haywire. But I really think we could have an offense similar to what Ohio State used to win the title.

Obviously schematically it would be very different, but the theory of having alot of deep threat speed and being able to run the ball very well between the Tackles. On the Chesson point, I really think teams were daring us to go deep because they had less confidence in Rudock than all of us did.

 

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Steve Breaston…

December 17th, 2015 at 1:17 AM ^

Absolutely you take a kid like that. He is so ridiculously explosive. Stockpile as many as you can.

Our current WR Corp will be back to square one in 2017. Perfect time to get as many top-level kids as we can in here.



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Bambi

December 17th, 2015 at 1:31 AM ^

Do I think Pie is a good enough player to play at Michigan? 100%. But we have 22 commits in a class that will be 27 large, meaning we only have 5 spots left. And there are better players/players at positions of more pressing need who Michigan has a very realistic shot at.

If Michigan has some decommits or misses out on some major targets than Pie would be a great get. But considering the amount of WR types already committed, the better talent we have a chance of getting, and where our positional needs lie, Pie Young is not a "need" in the class.

Would I be mad if he ended up
here? Of course not. But the way the numbers are working out, his scholarship could be used better elsewhere.

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Danwillhor

December 17th, 2015 at 9:00 AM ^

that Mitchell tweeted something that was in the vein of admitting he was wrong about Walker coming or not as sure or something and it was immediately deleted or made private (or something, I look at Twitter but never post so I have little idea how things work). A couple UM fans or guys with quite a few followers were talking like the cat was let out of the bag regarding Walker to fsu. I don't think they were joking but genuinely bothered that we supposedly had him until a week ago or something. I'll try to find them and post here.

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RobM_24

December 17th, 2015 at 3:04 AM ^

It just seems like WR are impossible to predict -- college or pro. Freddy "Footwork" Canteen was supposed to be shredding DBs with his sharp routes, and now he's a DB himself. Brian Cole was supposed to be a beast, now he's a safety. Drake Harris was supposed to be a stud, and he did nothing with the chances he got. WR scouting is tough.

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MoJo Rising

December 17th, 2015 at 4:03 AM ^

You are absolutely right especially when it comes to kids Michigan has recruited so far. I'll withhold judgement for Harbaugh recruits until he and his staff have had a few years under their belt to develop them. Michigan hasn't had a high success rate of turning HS talent into bona fide college talent to in recent memory and too many "fans" place unrealistic assumptions upon high school players. The jump from HS to college is a big one and not many kids can adapt to the game when they are forced to play against others that match or exceed their talent level that they didn't have in high school.

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MGoStrength

December 17th, 2015 at 8:43 AM ^

Look at our track record from 2012-2014 of highly ranked recruits that didn't live up to expectations...Kalis, Dawson, Bosch, Fox, Richardson, RJS, Ross, Bolden, Pipkins, Green, Thomas, LTT, McCray, Charlton, Morris, Dukes, Poggi, Gedeon, Marshall, Ferns, etc.  This is a long list of top 300 guys most of which have underachieved that we were really excited about as recruits.  It's not just the WRs.

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