"Potential Signing Day Surprise" - Willie Henry DT - Glenville

And any DT/DE should be excited to play for our D-Line coaching staff.

We have 5 spots and only 4 "high profile" guys on the board

Some players just fall under the radar. Not the same position, Dion Lewis had offers from just Tulane, and I think Miam (NTM) before Pitt offered him, and he turned into a RB with heisman hype. Not the same sport, but Novak had NO offers for BB. Who knows. Maybe they found a diamon in the rough.

My guess is that they know who's going Blue and who isn't, and figured Willis is a guy with a decent ceiling they could turn into a player.  The think I always forget about football recruiting is that you sometimes just need kids who'll be around for 5 years, fill in the gaps where needed, and be better as seniors than they are freshmen.  Henninger is a great example on the defensive line - he'll never sniff the NFL or be an AA, but he's a good system guy who can help the team win.  If you can turn 3* kids into starters at the end, that's a win.

this shows what the staff thought about O'Brien and Shutt.

I'm all for taking this kid but I love how you just ignore the possibility that the coaches themselves are conflicted about taking this kid. I'm sure you would agree that the coaches must struggle with some offer decisions. I'm not saying that's the case here although frankly it seems likely given that they waited until now apparently to really get after him.

I was hoping someone would say that. I have come to trust what this coaching staff is doing. If they like him I love him.

No, but for what it's worth my three week old son's first and middle name is William Harrison.  I'm trying to convince my wife that we should call him Tippecanoe as a nickname, but that's not flying so far. 

We ALL should get a rise about taking any live, moving, body with football potential from Glenville. Making in-roads with the coaches and younger players at one of the best player producing high schools in the country is never a bad thing, especially when that HS is a pipeline straight to the shoe. I think Hoke and Mattison have already shown about how much they value the star ratings of recruiting services, you know, like by producing a solid defensive product with such lowly 3*'s such as the aforementioned Clark, Jake Ryan, or Desmond Morgan (all of whom made a significant inpact as freshman). If they say Henry deserves a spot on our defense, and he's at a position of need, and it helps us potentially swing some of his buddies our way, and away from Ohio, in 2013 or beyond, I fail to see a reason why we should complain about signing him (if and when).

Right, also note scout has him as the #38 player in ohio, ahead of grant and ringer.

http://michiganstate.scout.com/a.z?s=175&p=8&c=1&nid=2847580

That kid was the 78th ranked DT his senior year, and a TWO STAR!  6'3, 245 .. v .. 6'3, 280 ... so this kid is already huge.

He did well in that game, but it wasn't against Kalis.  Kalis was out with injury at that time.

Agree whole "hartetly"

Do you know why he is a 3 star and not huge interest from top schools?  The kids film looks very good.  Must be a high 3 star then.  for guys that study more tape, it seems to me he should have gotten more offers.  Was it a camp thing?

I hate him, but the guy is legit.

You have to give our coaches the benefit of the doubt on this one, given they're a bunch of DL coaches and this is a DL kid.

To be fair, MSU had the #17 re ruiting class in 2009, which is withing single digits of where they finished in the final BCS standings in each of the last 2 years.



Their current recuiting class may rank in the 40s, but this idea that MSU has been winning these last 2 years with lower-ranked recruits is a myth.

that was him..and that was what was so impressive... he was PACING the wr....it was queer to see a 270lb player running with the wr to block.

can you imagine, if we recruit him as a FULLBACK????  sweet jesus....

You want this one  http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/picture-yourself-michigans-football-head-coach