Michigan has offered another quarterback - Deondre Francois -Not officially confirmed by Michigan
I will add more info when I find it. He is ESPN300 dual threat.
Edit: MLive is saying, while there is mutual interest, Michigan is not officially confirming an offer. Link
ESPN 300 dual-threat QB Deondre Francois RT @Deondre_3 Offered by Michigan today. #blessed
— Tom VanHaaren (@TomVH) April 21, 2014He is:
Rivals 3 star
Scout 4 star and #19 quarterback
247 4 star and #9 dual purpose quarterback and #240 overall
247 composite 4 star and #10 dual purpose quarterback and #249 overall
247 has him leaning towards Florida and Florida State.
I think 247 reclassified him to "PRO"
If you look at the position ranking he is now in the list with the other "PRO" QBs.
http://247sports.com/Season/2015-Football/CompositeRecruitRankings?Inst…
name on the list. And he is listed as Dual here. Link
When I click that link, it lists him as a Pro-Style QB. And when you pull up the 247 Composite position rankings, he's listed on the PRO rankings, not the DUAL rankings.
it says Dual. I do see now where you see Pro Style. They have him listed both ways. Most of the sites seem to say Dual.
Yes, if you look to the right it says DUAL, but if you click on it he's not listed there. He's listed under the pro-style list.
Why don't you guys establish a task force and get back to us with a definitive answer.
tell us. So what's your thoughts?
Are you appointing me leader of the task force?!?
I can't think of a better man for the job.
Was he on the list of prospects that Coach Nuss was going to watch throw?
his name being mentioned.
I searched "BBrown" and it came up.
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/bbrown-2015-qb-throwing-sessions
He wasn't one that BBrown mentioned, but maybe he was one of the names that "would surface soon"
that said Nuss was there to see him throw today.
Why is that? Lot's of French names in the South, most of which are not Haitian. Especially if he has ties to Louisiana.
No, pretty sure he's French. Probably related to the French president as well.
is funny.
Nope, he's mostly likely Quebecois. That, or he's from St. Barts.
Tony Parker says that there are plenty "black" Frenchman....just sayin....
Black Louisianans aren't usually Haitian Creole - they're Louisiana Creoles. Both have francophone origins but their culture is different. Joe Dumars is of Creole descent, incidentally.
The Haitian community is more in Florida and the NYC area.
April 21st, 2014 at 10:50 PM ^
Mgoblog comes through again. Always learn something here.
April 21st, 2014 at 10:50 PM ^
I don't know about you, but i prefer prawns and beer in my creole--regardless of whether hatian or louisiana style.
Dual threat? Your Uncle Rico was a triple threat.
This has to be the comment of the month lol
I appreciate the coaches' confidence, but it seems like we're only going after (or primarily going after) QBs we don't have a shot with. This kids clearly legit, in fact based on his offer list his rankings are probably way low (offers from Florida, FSU, Miami, Ohio St, Auburn, Oregon, Clemson, Tennessee and others).
I just hope the guys we have a good shot at don't head elsewhere while we chase pipe dreams.
Would you include Waller in the pipe dream category?
Have we offered Waller? Either way - probably. Certainly less so than Francois, if for no other reason than who our competition is. Going after West Coast QBs will be a lot easier now that USC and UCLA already have their guys, and they're the top 2 QBs in the country.
communication with. I am getting nervous because TomVH had a tweet about the percentage of top quarterbacks who go in the next few months. I think it was about 60%. I trust that they know what they are doing though.
Michigan is playing catchup with everyone on QBs due to the OC change. Its pretty late (for QBs anyways) to be handing out offers. Half of the top 14 or 15 QBs are already committed, and most of the rest have strong favorites. So Michigan will be playing from behind on almost every QB they offer this cycle.
If he is a dual threat guy, I love that Nuss is willing to go after guys like that, especially with Nuss' ability to mold QBs.
that's not really worked out to our advantage the last few years.
Agreed. I hope we're still talking to Kyle Kearns because I like him. I think it will be either Kearns or Malzone, realistically.
April 21st, 2014 at 10:10 PM ^
Blake Barnett, Jarrett Stidham, Josh Rosen, and David Sills.
...do we?
Probably not.
Considering Nuss visited him to watch him throw and offered him, it's probably safe to assume they want to be. I'm skeptical on how good our chances are if FSU and Florida really want him, but we'll see. I agree we have a shot, but I think it's an outside shot.
Poor Malzone, I mean, not that I think he's the best prospect out there, but with so many swings and misses and his shown interest attending camps and visiting often I hope he doesn't feel disrespected.
April 22nd, 2014 at 12:27 AM ^
if the coaches believe other kids have more potential and better suited than this malzone to compete to run um's O in several yrs, then they need to pursue those options which they seem to be doing. QB is the most important position in football, by far, and the correlation bw teams success and great QBs cannot be understated...dominant QBs, particularly dual threats and those in open offenses, can turn mediocre teams into decent and good teams into championshp teams ala scam newton, manziel, etc, even denard robinson who while not perfect still won at least half dozen games for um despite poor supporting cast. some are infatuated with just signing up this malzone kid simply bc hes local, decent talent and has passion for um. screw the eval process and the whole recruiting game of trying to secure the most elite prospect, just offer the kid who loves um? that kid might be great and maybe hed lead um to titles but obviously the coaches see him as backup option if they cannot bring in those they envision as elite future wolverines. it should not shock anyone that the top teams in dec / jan almost always bring in highly rated classes or classes stocked with prospects rated in top 3-5 on those teams respective boards. if hes worthy of an offer in the coaches eyes, hell get one. otherwise hopefully hell be successful elsewhere. but i never want these coaches to "settle" when they can pursue prospects they consider elite - its a recipe for disaster especially at the games most vital position