Khoury, Cox, TRob, Morales not returning
Per Hoke's presser today, Mike Cox, Terrance Robinson, and Rocko Khoury are graduating this spring and are not returning for next season.
Best of luck to these Michigan Men.
Stephen J. Nesbitt @stephenjnesbitt
Rocko Khoury, Terrance Robinson, Mike Cox are all graduating this spring, will be leaving football program.
EDIT: George Morales also graduating/leaving.
March 16th, 2012 at 12:44 PM ^
Good God I'm scared about O Line depth.
March 16th, 2012 at 12:56 PM ^
I think I have seen Barnum healthy for a full season regardless of if we has playing or not. I think the only year he did not have an injury was his redshirt year. Maybe Miller has been putting on some weight and his looking like that #2. Hard to tell at this point.
Current OL depth isn't ideal, but I think we have enough interchangable options where it would take a "perfect storm" of injuries to really have a big impact next year. Given that the coaches aren't renewing Khoury, I think the coaches probably agree.
all of these decisions were player decisions, not the coaches. (According the presser)
They may have been player decisions, but I'm sure if they really wanted/needed anyone from this group to stay for a 5th year, it would have happened.
March 16th, 2012 at 12:45 PM ^
Always sucks to lose bodies, no matter which way it happens. I know those guys didn't contribute a lot, but it's always good to have players just in case of injuries.
March 16th, 2012 at 12:45 PM ^
Wow! Well that explains Ricky Barnum moving to center. I wonder if they're going to try to do grad ruler transfers or drop down to 1-AA.
March 16th, 2012 at 12:47 PM ^
I'd bet they're just done playing football.
March 16th, 2012 at 12:48 PM ^
I really can't see those guys' playing football again on any level higher than they have been at Michigan. Cox had a lot of potential, but he never panned out unfortunately.
cox: obviously moving on to pursue his career as a bivouac model...
and could conceivably stomach playing football for one more year, I would definitely try and parlay that into grad school. I would have to think that one of the Ivy's or Rice or somewhere similar would love to have someone who spent four years competing for time at Michigan. It might not be a higher level than Michigan, but it would be a fantastic life move, IMO.
Just my random thought, though, maybe these guys have great jobs lined up or better plans than going straight to grad school. Either way, I'm obviously appreciative of their dedication to the program and wish them luck in the future.
Agreed, but then you need several things to happen.
1. If you want an Ivy, be able to afford that grad school or be in a position for need-based financial aid.
2. Find a grad program you want to pursue that Michigan doesn't offer, which is the real difficult one, I'd imagine.
Obviously this is all blowing smoke (for me, anyway, I'm sure I'd get lol'd out of a FCS tryout), but I think you can drop to FCS and play right away no matter what. You would have to pay for it, though, which like you said is usually a problem for anyone.
Yep, you're correct. My second comment was more directed at your Rice suggestion than the former schools.
March 16th, 2012 at 12:47 PM ^
Or maybe they are taking a non-sports career path with their lives.
March 16th, 2012 at 12:48 PM ^
Non... sports... career path?
Entirely possible, just an idle thought considering all have one more year of eligibility. I've personally always wondered what Cox could do at a non-BCS/1-AA school.
March 16th, 2012 at 12:46 PM ^
Good luck to all of them and congratulations on graduating from Michigan, but good lord the Khoury graduation is a titanic loss.
Lewan out for the season is a titanic loss. If that's given, then you saying Khoury out is a titanic loss is just plain foolish. Yeah it hurts, but it's not the end of the world.
I agree it's not the end of the world, but this is bordering on the 2010 cornerback situation - Justin Turner leaves, Troy Woolfolk hurts his ankle, and we're down to starting Courtney Avery and playing Terrence Talbott/Cullen Christian. With Barnum's injury history, it's a little alarming.
Lets just hope that Jack Miller is coming along.
Yes "a little alarming" fits much better than "titanic loss". I think we'll be fine. We have some quality walkons. The coaches saw this coming, and they couldve definitely taken another 3 linemen in the 2012 if they were super concerned. Couldve just picked up a couple of low 3 stars, but they didn't. Have a bit of faith in the staff.
It didn't help that no one was teaching those guys to tackle though... I think the current O-line situation will be tempered by the fact that our coaching staff focuses so much on the lines.
don't string those 5 words together again.
March 16th, 2012 at 12:46 PM ^
I was hoping Terrance Robinson would get another year -- especially as we have scholarships to give -- as he was doing really well on special teams.
Good luck to them all!
March 16th, 2012 at 12:47 PM ^
All remaining offensive linemen have been wrapped in bubble-wrap and hermitically sealed, and will be cryogenically frozen until late August.
March 16th, 2012 at 12:52 PM ^
This is how the OL will be playing in spring practice
(And yes, I know I've used this gif twice today, but it fit so well for this I couldn't turn it down)
March 16th, 2012 at 12:56 PM ^
Honestly, unless the NFL/NCAA can resolve the concussion problem, that might be how football looks in 50 years. If the hits are always that hilarious, I'm 100% okay with that.
March 16th, 2012 at 12:58 PM ^
I would watch that sport all day long.
Bubbleball looks awesome! Do we have a team?
But how do you breathe in those things???
for a play clock. Play continues uninterrupted until everyone is asphyxiated.
That would suck to take a big hit and puke in one of those.
I think what is lost in this pic is the guy in red on the ground trying to get up.
Good offensive line play is clearly demonstrated in your GIF. the guy in the red shorts coming in from the left has great pad level with devastating results.
I now have something new to add to my "Things to Do Before I Die" list.
Where do you get one of those, or do you have to chew on a piece of a special kind of Willy Wonka gum?
Getting good use out of that gif--using it twice in one day is impressive.
March 16th, 2012 at 12:55 PM ^
This just reminded me of the board freakout last summer when we thought Demens had hurt his knee and was gone for the season. We freaked out on that thread for an hour before we learned that his friend had posted that on his facebook as a joke. That was crazy and I am not looking forward to immediately worrying about our o-line depth whenever there is a hint of an injury in pre-season practices.
March 16th, 2012 at 12:47 PM ^
posted at right about the same time you did. lol
March 16th, 2012 at 12:48 PM ^
...George Morales as well.
March 16th, 2012 at 12:51 PM ^
Done and done.
March 16th, 2012 at 12:51 PM ^
What does this do for us scholarship wise? What do the numbers look like?
March 16th, 2012 at 12:52 PM ^
I believe we had enough scholarships for the incoming class without departures, and these were only going to be scholarships for 2012. 2013 and beyond remain unaffected.
Some walkons' parents are going to be very happy.
We still only have 19 spots for the class of 2013.
There are now 78 players on the roster who were given scholarships out of high school. Obviously, the other 7 scholarships will have to be doled out to former walk-ons, including Kovacs, Brink, and Glanda, among others.
...didn't Kovacs already get a scholarship? Or are you talking about a different technical detail? Or am I mixing things up with Van Slyke? And really, while I have no problems with a scholarship for any of these guys, Kovacs, Van Slyke, anybody else... My presumption is that after a long and successful career in MLB, Andy Van Slyke could have very comfortably paid tuition for Jared...
Bravo to all of them in any event. My favorite human interest stories in Michigan's football program are all of the walk-ons. Great stories, great kids.
Yes, he's on scholarship...but he didn't get a scholarship out of high school.