Khaleke Hudson Boost in Rankings on Scout and 247

Submitted by Indonacious on

His Senior highlights and All-Star Game performance were impressive and his rankings are starting to reflect that.

New 247 ranking: #13S, #311 Overall
New Scout ranking: #24 ATH, #273 Overall

ESPN and Rivals rankings update upcoming...

Those rankings jive with his offer list from coaches like Mattison/Harbaugh, Narduzzi, Shoop, Dantonio, and Aranda.

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San Diego Mick

January 19th, 2016 at 5:07 PM ^

His play leaped off the TV set for me, by far the best player in that game where all the other guys are good too. Not just some random HS Game where there are mostly marginal players.

He should be a high 4 star guy IMO and I hope we get the kid!!!

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turd ferguson

January 19th, 2016 at 5:10 PM ^

ESPN just released its updated top 300 rankings.  I'm not sure what the rankings looked like before, but ESPN likes our current commits a lot more than Rivals does.  Our guys:

  • Kareem Walker #45
  • Ben Bredeson #50
  • Brandon Peters #60
  • Jordan Elliott #82
  • Ronald Johnson, Jr. #109
  • Michael Onwenu #130
  • Dylan Crawford #179
  • Devin Bush, Jr. #181
  • Brad Hawkins #193
  • Ahmir Mitchell #216

Others of note include Rashan Gary #1, David Long #104, and Lavert Hill #278.  They're also really high on Josh Metellus (4 star, #22 safety), which is kind of cool.

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gwkrlghl

January 19th, 2016 at 5:37 PM ^

I've followed recruting off-and-on mostly via Rivals for about 10 years now. Seems like they are determined to have all of Michigan's recruits be between #100 and a decent 3*. If a no name commits, they are instantly a 3*. Meanwhile, top guys always always seem to drop when they're committed here - though that may be a business decision by Rivals to tend to move uncommitted guys up the ladder in principle in order to keep people interested

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Sledgehammer

January 19th, 2016 at 5:24 PM ^

Does he not play against good high school competition? Did he not camp much? Even after the rerank he seems too low. I wonder why that is considering his senior tape and all-star game performance.

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sidthekid

January 19th, 2016 at 5:25 PM ^

Is it just me or does everything football related seem to be better with Harbaugh? By the way, I was a student there the same 4 years as him. Awesome to watch as he still is today!!

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Seth

January 19th, 2016 at 6:12 PM ^

I'm doing the final data-scrubbing on own version of a consensus ranking for Michigan players dating back to 2002 (when available). It converts all the inconsistent ranking systems into a 5-star system with decimals. So for example a 5.8 on Rivals is a 4-star but a 5.8 ranked in the top 250 is a 4.25-star and a 5.9 is a 4.5-star and a 6.0 is a 4.75-star.

If we're defining a "sleeper" pick as someone under a 3.5 or lower on that scale then one more bump for Hudson knocks him out of the running:

Name STARs Riv* ESPN* Scout* 247*
Nate Johnson 3.4 3.25 3.00 3.25 4.00
Josh Metellus 3.3 3.25 4.00 2.75 3.25
Quinn Nordin 3.3 3.00 3.50 3.75 3.00
Kingston Davis 3.3 3.75 3.25 2.75 3.25
Sean McKeon 3.3 3.25 3.50 3.00 3.25
Michael Dwumfour 3.3 3.00 3.75 3.00 3.25
Devin Gil 3.2 3.00 3.75 3.00 3.00
Antwaine Richardson 3.2 3.00 3.50 2.75 3.50
Dytarious Johnson 3.1 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.25
Rashad Weaver 2.9 2.75 3.50 2.75 2.75

Dwumfour and Nordin italicized since they're not commits but appear to have a good chance of ending up in the class. Also Brian's been dropping hints in the crutin roundups that not all of these guys will even sign with M (like one guy's ball'd to Temple, another's not taking visits because he won't qualify).

Man who do you take there? Kingston Davis I guess?

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Blue Durham

January 19th, 2016 at 7:58 PM ^

Maybe a slightly different approach might work better.

My thought, like PGA golf, make a cut line such that the "sleeper" has to come from the bottom third or half (including ties), star-wise, from each particular class. That way, regardless of coaching staff, class size, class quality, you will always have a relatively decent sample to choose from.

And the competition is still the same - you have 85 guys competing for 22 starting positions. So a team flush with 4 and 5 stars (like USC teams a decade ago, or Alabama now, or Michigan in 2 years), a 3.75 star really would be a sleeper. A team made up of mostly high 3 stars (like a lot of RRs classes), not so much. The above approach factors that out.

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alum96

January 19th, 2016 at 8:24 PM ^

Richardson would be a big sleeper to me - a lot like Washington in the class before.  A guy who worked out for Harbaugh on a bum knee and still got offered.  Has the right size so if they can make him into a player you might get your Trae Waynes type of development.  Same for Washington really in class before - basically a converted QB who wanted to challenge Harbaugh in a race who was headed to Cal I believe.

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Danwillhor

January 19th, 2016 at 9:39 PM ^

but his film is very impressive. I don't follow recruiting anymore (beyond the blog) and all of the hype about it had me a bit set up for disappointment but it's legit. Some seem to be the 5-11 180lb DE types but others not so much so if he's in a high Pennsylvania division/classification I'm entirely ready to call this guy a must get. His film is everything it's cracked up to be and he's built for a Harbaugh team.

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