New in-state offer: 2022 ATH Alex VanSumeren
I'm a little surprised this hasn't been mentioned on the MGoBoard yet, but...well...maybe I'm the only one who mentions stuff like this:
Alex VanSumeren, the younger brother of Ben, got an offer from Michigan a few days ago. He's a 6'3", 265 lb. kid whose only other offer so far is from CMU. He had 83 tackles and 9 sacks as a freshman last season. Some places list him as a TE/DE, but it looks to me like he'll end up being a defensive tackle.
Here's a link to his highlights (LINK).
6’ 3” 265 lb freshman. Jeebus! What do they feed those kids in the thumb!
I wouldn't necessarily say that Bay County or Essexville is part of the Thumb region, but from an outsider perspective I get it. Having grown up in that area, I think the local consensus would be Tuscola, Huron and Sanilac counties.
Shut up nerd
Anything west of Midland and North of I 69 is the thumb.
Anything south of I-94 is Ohio.
Anything south of Michigan is The South.
My dad and his brothers all played at Garber and grew up farming. None of them were built like that. Must be some new pesticide introduced after 1970.
GMO instead of pesticide.
Sugar beets?
I’m wondering when my 5’0” 105-lb class of 2022 daughter will be getting her offer?
(Hopefully, late in December of 2021!)
With those stats, she's a shoe-in! Every good boat needs a coxswain and if recent events are to be believed, one doesn't even need to be an athlete to get in. Are you filthy rich by any chance? If so, I have an idea...
Jeebus he is already larger than 95+%, if not more, of the kids he will face and is only a Freshman. This seems a good instance where the kid would be better off moving to a larger school so he can develop and not just rely on pure strength and size to beat everyone.
rumblin, bumblin, stumblin, he could, go, all, the, way!
loved that rpo where he scored. great size. i'm sure strength and quickness will follow. that is one huge frosh.
The highlight lists him at 240 lbs, but it doesn't really matter. Any 14 year old who's a solid 6'3" is a monster of a human.
People who are 6-3/265 at the age of 15 belong to a different branch of homo sapiens than the one I'm in.
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Yeah, really. Don is looking a little thin these days.
Don, eat something, please!
My freshman son is about 5’9”, 160 pounds and that seems huge to me.
Like the branch that is not extinct?
These are the guys we need to be recruiting. Big corn fed athletes like JJ Watt. Bring them in and figure out the position later. Especially the ones who bleed Maize n Blue from birth.
These are the guys we need to be recruiting. Big corn fed athletes like JJ Watt. Bring them in and figure out the position later. Especially the ones who bleed Maize n Blue from birth.