Recruits from Ann Arbor

Submitted by SamirCM on

I was looking at 247's list of top players in Michigan and noticed that Anjuan Simmons from Pioneer HS has committed to OSU. I don't follow high school recruiting that closely but I'm curious as to how well Michigan has been able to recruit hometown talent. 

 

Does anyone know? 

Truthbtold

June 3rd, 2016 at 11:32 AM ^

Is that ever since they can remember they have watched UM fans leave the Big House after playing OSU crying and depressed do to the ass beating they just took. So year in and year out the Fact that OSU is a superior program, evidenced by the actual wins, has proved to them that if you want to be a winner then play for OSU. If you want to cry and be a loser play for UM.

Tater

June 3rd, 2016 at 1:48 AM ^

Not only is it "old news," the sad truth is that there isn't a lot of Power Five talent coming out of Ann Arbor on a regular basis.  Even Harbaugh doesn't count as an Ann Arbor kid since he ended up in Palo Alto.  

FrankMurphy

June 3rd, 2016 at 8:22 AM ^

Harbaugh actually wasn't highly recruited. Michigan didn't offer him until the week before signing day. If ranking services existed back then, he would probably barely crack the 3-star range. He ended up outperforming expectations, but he wasn't a blue-chipper in high school.

Mr Miggle

June 3rd, 2016 at 1:50 PM ^

I pay taxes for Ann Arbor schools, but not for the city itself. The lines for school districts are different than for cities. I attended two schools in other cities, but in my local school district. There's one subdivision which is half in Saline schools and half in Ann Arbor. They all have Ann Arbor street addresses.

Wolverine Devotee

June 2nd, 2016 at 10:37 PM ^

Staff didn't really make him a priority (wasn't part of the whole "Pipeline 9" thing iirc).

We've gotten guys from columbus that they didn't really want. Jaron Dukes recently, to name one. 

If he gets moved to the top of the recruiting board at his position, I'm sure he'll come across the street. 

Mr Miggle

June 3rd, 2016 at 9:02 AM ^

You can be sure our staff has given him a close look. They've seen him a lot and he's been here on several visits. The truth is that he was not a priority, Josh Ross and Drew Singleton are. Maybe that will change, but it would probably be because we're missing out on players we like better.

FolkstyleCoach

June 2nd, 2016 at 10:43 PM ^

If this is Slim I'm kicking your ass tmw, if it's not then I just don't know what to say...

Moms, please leave this up...




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Magnus

June 2nd, 2016 at 10:44 PM ^

Michigan doesn't go after a ton of Ann Arbor talent, but they have done fairly well in recent years. Some players from Ann Arbor over the last decade or so include Drake Johnson, Jeremy Jackson, and Carl Tabb. Ricardo Miller moved to Ann Arbor after growing up mostly in Florida.

Fielding Yost and Andy Moeller are a couple other notable Ann Arbor products, not to mention Jim Harbaugh (who grew up here but then moved away shortly before coming back to play in college).

Generally, there's not a ton of talent in Ann Arbor. This year is actually kind of a banner crop with the likes of Simmons, Treshaun Hayward, Charles Jones, Hunter Rison, Derrick Hubbard, etc.

ghostofhoke

June 2nd, 2016 at 11:13 PM ^

I find this post refreshing and it gives me hope for the future of our human race. Thanks Samir for being so freaking normal. We're gonna do well in state this year. Can't get bent over a kid from Ann Arbor going elsewhere. It would be weird to grow up and go to college in the same town, can't fault the kid. I had one friend in college who was born and raised in AA, he was one of the strangest people I've ever known and not in a great way. We tolerated him but he was just different--mostly because he really wanted out but didn't get in to the schools he wanted to leave for and I think he was very bitter. /tangent




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Morto

June 3rd, 2016 at 12:19 AM ^

and I think Ann Arbor is the perfect distance. It's not so close that my parents are hovering over me, but not so far that I can't come home when I want to. I'd hate to have to road trip or take a plane every time I wanted to see my dog. Plus, I didn't grow up a Michigan fan and had never been to A2 before my senior year of high school, so it still feels like I'm discovering a new city.

FrankMurphy

June 3rd, 2016 at 8:29 AM ^

I was born and raised in Ann Arbor and Michigan was the only school I applied to and the only school I wanted to go to. Then and now, I can't imagine going anywhere else. To each his own I guess, but I loved Ann Arbor and never had any desire to leave for college. I was open to leaving for law school, but UMLS is a great school (and I didn't have the grades for Harvard, Yale, or Stanford), so it didn't make sense to go anywhere else.  

Honk if Ufer M…

June 3rd, 2016 at 12:49 AM ^

"Plastic" Keith Bostic, Pioneer. All American Michigan, NFL. Donny & Billy Dufek, Pioneer, All Americans @ Mich, NFL both.

evenyoubrutus

June 3rd, 2016 at 6:25 AM ^

Ann Arbor simply does not produce a lot of D1 talent. I cannot speak for all the high schools but as a Huron graduate I can tell you there was very little effort to retain talented coaches. Once Verska left for Warren De la salle for more money (and presumably a better opportunity) the football program crumbled and has never been worth anything since. The coaching job resembles a revolving door similar to that of the Pistons. This may have something to do with it.

As for Simmons, I don't get the feeling this coaching staff thinks very highly of him as a player. And I wouldn't put it past Meyer to go after him just to spite Michigan, or make Harbaugh look bad.

DHughes5218

June 3rd, 2016 at 7:29 AM ^

Meyer has the #1 class in the country and may have to turn away highly ranked recruits because of numbers but you think he's recruiting Simmons out of spite? That's nonsense. If Simmons was committed to Michigan you would be complaining that he's underrated and you would probably be right.  Also he qualified for The Opening so he's almost assured a ratings bump.

DHughes5218

June 4th, 2016 at 12:49 PM ^

I agree that scholarships are too valuable to give out of spite. However Simmons may have committed to OSU out of spite. He's a legit top end recruit who has been invited to the Opening and may very well finish around the top 100 in rankings, yet his hometown school did not make him a priority. I don't know, but I could see that being a reason to pledge to OSU.