Michigan interested in Dakota Prukop? (QB Transfer)

Submitted by ScruffyTheJanitor on

Per Chantal Jennings, Michigan is interested in Montana State QB Dakota Prukop, who will graduate this fall.  

Jim Harbaugh and Michigan also showing interest in FCS transfer Dakota Prukop. He'll visit Oregon this weekend. Ducks are his No. 1.

— Chantel Jennings (@ChantelJennings) December 10, 2015

Commence "Is John O'Korn any good?" freak out if you are into that sort of thing.

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funkywolve

December 10th, 2015 at 5:55 PM ^

Not sure what the 'And?' is about.  Adams stats for Oregon this year:

240 Attempts, 155 Completions, 2446 yds, 25 TDs, 6 Ints.  

Not saying this Prukop transistions that well to D1 but those are pretty good stats for Adams, especially considering he missed time due to injury.

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funkywolve

December 10th, 2015 at 6:33 PM ^

These are the defenses that Oregon played in the Pac-12 and their defensive rank according to FEI:

1 - Washington

9 - Utah

30 - USC

47 - ASU

48 - WSU

60 - Stanford

72 - Colorado

86 - Cal

104 - Oregon St

For comparison's sake, below are the defenses that UM played in conference:

8 - NU

10 - OSU

15 - MSU

19 - PSU

55 - MN

76 - Maryland

107 - Indiana

123 - Rutgers

Add up the 9 teams Oregon played, and they average 50.77

Add up the 8 teams Michigan played, and they average 51.625

 

 

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Yeoman

December 11th, 2015 at 9:47 AM ^

with comparison scores for Prukop/MSU (I'm skipping some games by teams MSU didn't play):

  • Portland State 24, Washington State 17
  • Portland State 59, Montana State 42

That one makes MSU's offense look pretty good--more the double the output of a good Leach offense.

  • Arizona 77, Northern Arizona 13
  • Northern Arizona 49, Montana State 41

OK, maybe that wasn't good competition.

  • North Dakota 24, Wyoming 13
  • North Dakota 44, Montana State 38

Wyoming might have been terrible this year but they'd beat any high school in the country.

  • Oregon 61, Eastern Washington 42
  • Eastern Washington 55, Montana State 50

Hmm.

  • Arizona State 35, Cal Poly 21
  • Montana State 45, Cal Poly 28

There are some awful teams at the bottom of their conference (Sacramento, Idaho State) but most of their schedule was made up of teams that held up decently against FBS competition, and they scored a bucketload of points on them.

This notion that FCS isn't real football needs to die. There are at least 20 Big Sky players in the NFL now. Vincent Jackson. Jared Allen. Julius Thomas.

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Wolfman

December 10th, 2015 at 6:05 PM ^

Grambling produced more talent than any other school other than ND. This was in the mid 70s and things have changed dramatically. However, even after the mega buck deals with conferences and cfb at the FBS level having really hurt FCS schools, there are and always will be certain h.s. stars that blossom into D1 level talent for the simple reason that projecting one's future strenth and speed has yet to be perected.

Although I was a small h.s. qb and 16 years old entering my Senior campaign, I was offered by a lot of W. Michigan colleges to try out for their team once I had been accepted. This was, of course, noting more than a Ltr of Interest that they send to all those they knew had talent but not enough to play at the MAC or BIG or even the FCS level. However, I opted to soldier for a few years and I was actually surprised at my growth - three inches and increased speed. We were still running the 100 yard dash back then, but I never broke the 10.5 mark. When I returned I took in a local track meet and afterwards my h.s. coach asked if I would like to race his sprinter. I ran a 10.1 which would have bettered the existing record when I was in school. So a blanket statement suggesting that FCS schools don't allow people to finish their natural growth, strength and speed cycles is off base. Not an opinion; FACT

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Pumafb

December 10th, 2015 at 6:27 PM ^

You obviously don't know much about lower levels of college football. FCS is very good football and Montana St plays in the Big Sky, arguably the best conference in FCS. Hell, D2 football is light years better than the best high school teams in the country. FCS is often under recruited kids with FBS talent or slightly smaller kids than the "ideal" for FBS. D2 is often just a slightly smaller kid again. My son plays scholarship D2 and there are some damn good teams and players at that level.

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treetown

December 10th, 2015 at 5:27 PM ^

Michigan has a new coach and while he has roots (deep roots) with the historical and mythic past, he also is very much grounded in the real practical world of today - to win you have to start with talent. He can provide coaching, teaching and molding but he has to work from some talent base.

It maybe that some fear this will be a regular "thing" where Harbaugh will be chasing guys all over the country but consider this:

1. Russell Wilson is probably the one really successful example of the 1 year grad QB who panned out in a big way. Jake Rudock if he gets drafted and sticks with a team may be the second.

2. Harbaugh is about competition and performance. You can play and deliver you'll play more. No one is handed their position and role just because they are a junior or senior. This is probably an effect from his NFL days. 

3. Harbaugh is under great pressure to produce and produce now so he is looking for ways to quickly improve his talent base. Anyone who saw the games know we need a lot of help at LB and other defensive positions but those guys are rarely available on this grad transfer market. 

Why? Because if you are good you won't be transferring. There are three to four slots to fit you in on defense. If you are not that good, how many are ready to graduate and have an extra year? QB is the one position that has a surplus because for every starter there are potentially 5-6 extra guys who might just not be a good fit where they are currently but can actually play - so they are looking and available.

If there were really Lawrence Taylors, Pepper Johnsons or Harry Carsons who are potential grad transfers, Harbaugh would be all over them.

4. Predict that Harbaugh will always be willing to look but as his recruits start showing up and the classes fill out with his type of player, we won't see this as often.

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bluesalt

December 10th, 2015 at 5:52 PM ^

QBs transfer because only one plays, so it can be tough to get on the field, but that's not necessarily a sign you're not very good. LBs have no trouble seeing the field if they're on the two-deep -- and if they're not at least second string as a grad transfer, they probably won't do much here.

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ypsituckyboy

December 10th, 2015 at 5:07 PM ^

...just like they were almost certain we'd take a grad-transfer WR last year.

Rivals guys were dead on with regard to all the Harbaugh stuff, wayyyyy before anyone else was. They've definitely got that feather in their cap. But Webb is just much more accurate on the recruiting front IMO.

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VauntedD

December 10th, 2015 at 5:00 PM ^

I could give a flying fuck about another qb. We need speed at linebackers, running back, and the slot. Getting our asses handed to us by Ohio and their superior athletes should should be a wake up call. otherwise the emberassmemt on the final game of the season will continue.

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Mr Miggle

December 10th, 2015 at 6:38 PM ^

should only be concerned with plugging the biggest holes on the roster? Are they just wasting their time recruiting TEs and DBs too? Hoke's biggst failing as a recruiter was not taking care of QB depth. It cost him dearly. Harbaugh is not going to repeat that mistake.

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Rabbit21

December 10th, 2015 at 5:00 PM ^

Seems like he brings in a different skill set and I think this may be along the lines of the more bullets in the chamber the better.

Still right now, given Oregon's complete failure at QB recruiting and the opportunity open to him there, you have to figure he's going to be quacking it up in the future.

 

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