Recruiting - Last Four Spots

I'd be tempted to put OL Dan Gibbs on that list as a guy that could get offered if we strike out with Garnett, Kozan and Diamond. 

For TE, I think McNamara and Brown are pretty much off the board. If we lose out on Grant, J.P Holtz is probably the next guy to get on campus for a visit. 

The ideal situation would be landing Garnett, Grant and Reeves, and then taking Yuri Wright in February as the 'best player available' option. (You could swap Reeves and Wright around, but if PSU hires a coach soon, Reeves' decision will likely come first). 

TE:

After Koger and Watson graduate we only have 2 scholarship TEs.  Of the two, only Moore has seen significant playing time.  We still don't know what kind of role Ricardo Miller is going to play in this offense because we don't really know how he is at blocking.  Borges has said that he likes to run multiple TE sets as a part of his base offense.

With Brown we would have had 3 TEs because the coaches told him that he could play that position when he gets here.  It's pretty clear that they want 3 TEs in this class, so just going off of that I say our best chances are at Sam Grant.

When the OP says we have an outside shot at McNamara he means we have 0%.  He wanted to enroll early, but there was an issue with him being an EE at Michigan.  Since then we have dropped outside his top group that he is considering.  

OL:

The player I want the most is Josh Garnett.  All of the analysts are saying that keeps things close to the vest.  What we have on our side is, Erik Magnuson and Ondre Pipkins.  Erik Magnuson and Garnett are very good friends and constantly talk about playing together.  Pipkins was correct about Chesson and he said on twitter that we shouldn't worry about Garnett.  I just hope Pipkins is 2 for 2 on his statements.  

Our OL haul is already top notch.  If we got JG it would give us 3 of the top 10 OT in this class, according to rivals.

CB:

I don't know if we take both, but I would be very happy if that were to happen.  

WIth Reeves, we don't know for sure if he is even going to decommit.

Hopefully we can impress him more when he comes on his visit.  I thought it was going to come down to Michigan vs. Colorado, but it seems like these damn domers want to get involved.  They already have 4 DBs and I'm not sure how many more they would take.  

want to see Josh Garnett and Yuri Wright.  Especially Yuri Wright he is a highly ranked cb and i beleive he was like 6 plus foot.  It is nice to have at least one tall cb on the feild to match up with the other teams big play guys.  Reeves and Richardson seem talented but very short and just may not match up with certain receivers.  If you have a tall cb and a short one you cantry to shift and move to get your matchups.

I thought we were still going after a RB. Wasn't there a new offer reported recently?

the likely 5th year seniors who would not be 'invited' back? And how does that work anyway?

I'd rather take two OL and two DBs from those listed than give one of those scholarships to a TE.

I don't search a lot for recruiting info, other than coming here, and consequently have no inside info.  However, it seems like every year around NSD there is always at least one surprise decommit and one surprise recruit who wasn't on the radar or was "solid" to another team.  

In other words, it's a long way to NSD.  

According to Michigans scout twitter apparently there is some big news coming. Is someone announcing soon or I this just another way scout wants to drive me crazy and make me pay for it? Any help would be nice. Thanks guys

just got a tweet from scout...i dnt have a scout subscription though

I love Reeves as a player, but I think it's unlikely that we get him. It seems like when guys wait out a coaching change, the new staff usually convinces them to stay. In those cases, I figure that the recruit really likes something about the school and coaches are savvy enough that they can usually find the excuse the kid is looking for to stay. Plus, now would be the easiest time for him to switch to Michigan, since he wouldn't really have to upset any coaches at PSU with a decommitment.

I hope we get him, but I'm feeling much more optimistic about Wright.

hope we get Garnett, considering what he's said about UM in his most recent interview and how important academics are for him plus his desire to go to med school should bode well for us.

25. Sam Grant - As it's been stated, McNamera is out. Brown is still in play, but I think Grant is the one that fills the spot. Holtz and others are being slow played, IMO.

26. Josh Garnett - Zach Banner is relatively out, in fact TomVH called him a "longshot" last night. Kozan is right there, I wouldn't be surprised to see his name instead (or along WITH Garnett).
Diamond wants to wait to Signing Day and I think the spot will be filled by then. Plus he's played few too many games for my liking...he LOVED Michigan, we thought he'd be in the class over the summer. Then it was reported that he wanted to get exposure to his teammates...alright cool. Then it was "wait til the season is over. And now it's Signing Day or around then, clearly he's not NEARLY as high on Michigan as many of us first thought. I'd love to have him - not holding my breath.

27. Yuri Wright - I think ND leads for him right now, however we have yet to get a visit. I think we can really wow him with our staff. But you never know. He seems to be more interested in some of the "other things" on a visit (not implying anything in particular, just going off his comments from his visit to Colorado and ND). I think we can offer anything ND can and way more. The only thing is that he'll have a longer time to bond with those players and he has teammates and former friends on the team.
I think we have a shot a switching Reeves the same way we did Michael Shaw. However, I'm not as confident. Right now I'm guessing 49% for Wright, 40% for Reeves. With ND and PSU the only other competition respectively.

28. ??? This is where it gets dicey, I'm not confident on anyone filling this 28th spot and I could seriously see us taking "just" 27. This spot was Dunn, Diggs, and others. I do think this spot could get filled by Kozan along with Garnett or Reeves along with Wright. 
If the coaches REALLY want 28...I wouldn't be shocked to see a sleeper in there, David Perkins name seemed to come and go. But there are plenty of other guys. Remember how quickly we flipped Russell Bellomy last year? January after the bowl game will big interesting because our staff will be in full recruiting mode for a month. I wouldn't be shocked if there is a RB out there that ends up in this class. Hell, if we offer and put the press on Norfleet, does he come take a look? Stay tuned!