Michigan target 2022 4* CB Jahlil Florence decommits from Oregon
https://247sports.com/player/jahlil-florence-46113269/
Florence has decommited in the wake of Cristobal going to Miami. Michigan I believe was the runner up in his recruitment so we should be in play here. Especially with Kody Jones' commitment potentially wavering, this would be a great pick up if we can land him
December 10th, 2021 at 11:19 AM ^
I'm curious to see if any of these Oregon commits/heavy leans follow Cristobal to Miami, or even get scooped up by Lincoln Riley at USC.
December 10th, 2021 at 11:25 AM ^
I'm still logically confused how recruits go from not really considering Oklahoma or USC, but then when Riley goes to USC, all of the sudden they're really interested despite not knowing Riley or being high on USC previously. Is it just the hype and momentum of a big time hire?
December 10th, 2021 at 11:33 AM ^
Maybe the recruit likes Riley (while not knowing him personally), but doesn't want to play in Oklahoma. And, he doesn't like the coach at USC, but would like playing in SoCal. Both schools are not on his list. But, Riley moves to USC and the recruit gets the best of both worlds.
December 10th, 2021 at 1:21 PM ^
Exactly.
USC went from being good school / good location / bad coach —> good school / good location / good coach.
For top athletes, the combination of all 3 can push things past the tipping point.
December 10th, 2021 at 1:43 PM ^
More of the issue at USC was that recruits didn't know who the coach was going to be. It hurts recruiting to have your coach on the hot seat, regardless of whether recruits like him or think he's a good coach. That's true just about everywhere.
December 10th, 2021 at 11:33 AM ^
Exactly, on top of that when recruiting pundits say that our success this year will not really effect the 2022 class, but the '23 & '24. How come other schools can pull in these recruits, but we need to wait a year???
December 10th, 2021 at 11:40 AM ^
Recruits didn't want to go to USC because of Helton and USC being a dumpster fire. They didn't want to go to Oklahoma under Riley because they probably don't want to spend 3-4 years in Oklahoma.
Now that USC has a good coach, they're interested in it. They probably always had interest in USC on its own, but the coaching situation made it unattractive enough to go elsewhere until Riley got there.
Essentially:
USC with Riley > Whatever school they were committed to > USC with Helton > Oklahoma with Riley > Oklahoma without Riley.
The program is more important but only if the coach doesn't suck.
December 10th, 2021 at 12:06 PM ^
Exactly this. USC recruits itself. It takes a bad coach to actively muck up the natural flow of recruits to USC. Remove that bad coach, and the program begins recruiting itself again.
December 10th, 2021 at 12:43 PM ^
Correction. USC has a good coach from the Big 12. Zero evidence he will be able to build what he inherited at Oklahoma and learn how to run a program with an above average D. IMO, he's fired in 4 years or less.
December 10th, 2021 at 1:23 PM ^
Are you saying, "he is on third base and thinks he hit a triple?"
December 10th, 2021 at 11:51 AM ^
I thought the weather was a big isssue with this kid. He'll probably stay out west.
December 10th, 2021 at 11:52 AM ^
Oklahoma never offered either and USC never offered Florence (til this week).
December 10th, 2021 at 12:43 PM ^
Combination of wanting to stay and wanting to play for a contender. With Riley at home they feel now they can do both.
That's my guess at least.
December 10th, 2021 at 7:28 PM ^
Miami is amazing about everything except it’s football facilities. They are a joke. Have fun playing in front of 5,000 fans.
December 10th, 2021 at 11:20 AM ^
Tell him to bring Clemons with him
December 10th, 2021 at 11:52 AM ^
You mean tell Clemons to bring Jahlil. Clemons is visiting this weekend.
December 10th, 2021 at 11:26 AM ^
McDonald rolling out the 2-1-8 defense next year with all these DBs.
December 10th, 2021 at 11:43 AM ^
Is that three Edges, one playing nose?
December 10th, 2021 at 11:59 AM ^
I got Mazi and Hinton in the middle, Colson at LB, Turner, Green, Gray and Will Johnson at CB then a 4-safety tandem of Rod Moore, Moten, Paige and Zeke Berry/Keon Sabb. Who says no?
December 10th, 2021 at 11:26 AM ^
Damn, this could be an all-time secondary class
December 10th, 2021 at 11:28 AM ^
Doubtful Michigan can get back involved without Courtney Morgan. Jalil and Jahlil were guys he had us target. My guess is USC or Washington.
December 10th, 2021 at 11:35 AM ^
A Michigan Man will recruit for Michigan not a Washington man. :)
December 10th, 2021 at 12:24 PM ^
God, I love a good Bo quote. They just roll off the tongue!
December 10th, 2021 at 11:37 AM ^
Thoughts on Jaleel? Or Jahleel?
December 10th, 2021 at 11:44 AM ^
Florence has an official set up for USC this weekend, so that's my guess as well. He's gonna take it til February so there is time for things to change.
December 10th, 2021 at 11:59 AM ^
Do we know what happened with Courtney Morgan? Seemed like he was pretty happy to be back at U of M.
December 10th, 2021 at 12:14 PM ^
Really close to Kalen DeBoer is what people are saying.
December 10th, 2021 at 11:30 AM ^
A lot of scrambling going on , will be interesting to see how this plays out on signing day.
December 10th, 2021 at 11:40 AM ^
There seems to be a boilerplate decommitment image and text combo and it has been used often this month.
December 10th, 2021 at 11:47 AM ^
Hayes Fawcett (who works for On3 now) is the designer behind that and the commit image like what was used for Raylen Wilson
I don't like the look at all, and them all being the same is pretty tacky, but he's popular I guess.
December 10th, 2021 at 12:28 PM ^
Yeah, like mwolverine1 says, there's basically one guy Hayes Fawcett who all of these guys turn to for their social announcement post. Fawcett has now gone so far as to tip off when something "big" is going to happen based on the design "order" he gets.
Kind of fascinating that a lot of it is just running through one dude. I'm ready to read a process story on it.
Pretty sure he tipped something "big" the day before Domani dropped Michigan.
December 10th, 2021 at 11:40 AM ^
Yeah think he stays out west. Michigan should be very happy with the secondary commits in this class. Even more so if Sabb commits.
December 10th, 2021 at 11:50 AM ^
As if Riley didn't have enough top flight west coast recruits lined up in his Oklahoma recruiting classes, Cristobal leaving Oregon sets him up to land Alabama/OSU/Georgia like classes from the outset and just keep rolling.
December 10th, 2021 at 12:54 PM ^
Yeah, I mean with Oregon probably about to make a lackluster hire (reportedly looking at a rehash of Chip Kelly...) then Riley should be winning the Pac 12 almost every season within a few years if he's any good outside of Norman. If the playoff stays at 4 for a while, I wouldnt be surprised to see USC take OU's place as a playoff regular
December 10th, 2021 at 11:51 AM ^
It has been real quiet on Michigan’s end for 2022 recruiting lately. With signing day 5 days out you’d think we would start getting some indicators on some kids. I know the staff headed out recruiting the day after the champ game.
December 10th, 2021 at 11:54 AM ^
Do these recruits know Riley's teams don't play defense?
December 10th, 2021 at 12:52 PM ^
This recruiting cycle went from boring to exciting in just 2 weeks!
December 10th, 2021 at 1:12 PM ^
He just posted that he is in LA right now. Probably a visit to USC. He gone.
December 10th, 2021 at 1:20 PM ^
Nice talent.
The school remains an important part of the equation.
The Michigan secondary class is full-after Keon Sabb commits.
You never know.