Rivals 100 for 2015 Released, Campbell and Harris featured
The Rivals100 for 2015 has been released, and two Michigan commits are both in the top-10(!).
George Campbell- WR (#7)
Damien Harris - RB (#5)
Nice to see some positive recruiting news for the Wolverines.
Edit: Shaun Crawford checks in at #96 overall as well.
December 9th, 2013 at 12:03 PM ^
December 9th, 2013 at 1:40 PM ^
December 9th, 2013 at 3:08 PM ^
Why does it seem like every thread over the past several weeks has to start with such a relentlessly negative comment? This season didn't go well. I get it. That doesn't mean that you have to be negative at every imaginable opportunity, even when the news is good.
As far as I know, there's little/no reason to believe that either of these guys will decommit. Campbell is very close with Mason Cole, who I think is an early enrollee, and Harris has given no indication that I know of that he's looking around.
December 9th, 2013 at 4:24 PM ^
December 9th, 2013 at 5:10 PM ^
Well, technically we did have that one TE who flipped to Oregon, but otherwise I agree. Yes, why can't this board just stfu and be positive for once?
GO BLUE!
December 9th, 2013 at 5:24 PM ^
December 9th, 2013 at 9:16 PM ^
Is that the Oregon TE who just got suspended for borderline criminal conduct in the infamous snowball fight? Bummer he's not here.
December 9th, 2013 at 12:07 PM ^
CJ and Reggie Bush 2.0!
December 9th, 2013 at 12:12 PM ^
A little surprised to see Campbell still be so high up after a seemingly 'just ok' junior year
Also
#28 Sterling Jenkins
#39 Jacques Patrick
#45 Justin Hilliard
#49 Osa Masina (I think we offered him?)
#50 Chuma Edoga
#52 Tim Settle
#74 Jashon Cornell (Still a huge discrepancy on his rankings, righ?)
#80 KLS
#90 Brian Cole
Also, NOTY candidate RayRay McCloud III
December 9th, 2013 at 12:15 PM ^
I guess if you look just at his WR stats on a heavily run oriented offense, you could say that. If I remember correctly that when they did pass, he was a major target and got great numbers from it. On the other side of the ball, I remember him having some great defensive statistics.
December 9th, 2013 at 1:24 PM ^
You are correct sir.
December 9th, 2013 at 12:15 PM ^
I don't know, I'm kind of partial to Shy Tuttle.
December 9th, 2013 at 3:50 PM ^
Chuma Edoga's not bad either.
December 9th, 2013 at 12:19 PM ^
Damnit, why haven't we offered KLS yet. We need to soon, the guys seems like he's been dying for a UofM offer.
December 9th, 2013 at 1:40 PM ^
KLS and Cornell are both WDEs, and the coaches are going full-bore at Cornell as Plan 1A.
December 9th, 2013 at 2:07 PM ^
The acronyms are starting for 2015 recruits... i need to step up my game again...
December 9th, 2013 at 3:54 PM ^
December 9th, 2013 at 12:10 PM ^
Crawford is also #96
December 9th, 2013 at 2:53 PM ^
People rage quit on Crawford assuming he will flip to Ohio. Because that is what all Ohio recruits committed to Michigan do....
December 9th, 2013 at 3:44 PM ^
Do you rage quit 'murica because ammunitions companies sell guns to both sides? No. You buy stock in those companies because Capitalism!
Now if you switch out "'murica" with Crawford, "ammunitions companies" with OSU, I think "sell guns to both sides" stays the same, and "Capitalism" and "Go Blue" are synonomous at this point anyways. idk. I lost my train of thought.
i hope Crawford still comes to M. Nothing in my mind thinks he won't. If he doesn't best of luck. I rage quit rage quitting.
December 10th, 2013 at 3:54 AM ^
December 9th, 2013 at 12:11 PM ^
Surprised that Campbell is ahead of Harris though.
December 9th, 2013 at 12:17 PM ^
Harris is actually #5 and Campbell is #7, he got those two mixed up.
December 9th, 2013 at 12:22 PM ^
OP got it incorrect. Harrsis at 5, Campbell at 7
December 9th, 2013 at 12:11 PM ^
December 9th, 2013 at 12:15 PM ^
Looking at the list, there are at least 4 more I'd like to see commit to Michigan:
- Cole, Saginaw, ATH, #90.
- Hilliard, Cincinnati, LB, #45
- Settle, Virginia, DE, #52
- Cornell, Minnesota, LB, #74
It is incredible to already have 3 on the list. Were we able to add two of the above, having 5 commitments in the top 100, I don't know how you can do much better than that. Fill in the class with another solid 10 - 15 commitments, and Michigan continues to have top 10 recruiting for 4 straight years.
EDIT: Was too slow in posting (see above post.) Definitely think Sterling Jenkins is another one to add to the list, especially to keep him away from Ohio.
December 9th, 2013 at 12:55 PM ^
Settle is a DT, and Cornell is a DE.
December 9th, 2013 at 3:30 PM ^
We won't finish close to a top 10 recruiting class for 2014, so that will break our streak. A lot of people chalk that up to the class being small, but even if you adjust for the size of the group, I think it's clear that the 2014 class is not quite up to par. Much of the earlier enthusiasm was based on the assumption that we would land Hand and came before verbals from several 3- and 2-star prospects.
I agree it would be awesome to end up with 5 from the top 100 in 2015.
December 9th, 2013 at 3:52 PM ^
I think you're either misinformed or looking at things pessimistically. ESPN has us with the #7 recruiting class, so that's "pretty close" to the top ten. Now you're probably talking about Rivals, which has us at #16 overall, but if you account for the small recruiting class, the best indicator is average star rating; our average star rating is 3.44, which ranks us #12.
Furthermore, there's still the possibility that Michigan gets Malik McDowell, the #40 recruit (IIRC), which would bump up those numbers. I think it's likely that Michigan gets at least one more recruit (Vic Enwere?), so we could very realistically move up. I don't know for sure whether other schools will rise, drop, remain stagnant, etc., but I think it's at least feasible that Michigan moves into the top 10 by February.
December 9th, 2013 at 12:15 PM ^
Seems you have Harris & Campbell mixed up.
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#1
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DT
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Albany, GAWestover School
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6'3"
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283
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#2
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QB
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Bellflower, CASt. John Bosco
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6'4"
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205
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#3
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DB
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Jacksonville, FLTrinity Christian
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6'2"
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183
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#4
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DE
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Seffner, FLArmwood
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6'3"
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248
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#5
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RB
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Berea, KYMadison Southern
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5'11"
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205
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#6
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DT
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Birmingham, ALShades Valley
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6'3"
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315
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#7
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WR
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Tarpon Springs, FLEast Lake
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6'5"
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198
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December 9th, 2013 at 12:19 PM ^
December 9th, 2013 at 12:32 PM ^
So... only 1 State of Michigan player in the top 100 and just barely checking in at #90? Is Michigan bare in 2015? I know it isn't exactly a talent rich state, but this seems pretty bad. Normally there is at least 1 - 5 star or a few pretty close from my recollection, right?
December 9th, 2013 at 12:43 PM ^
Last year Morris and Elmer were the only ones in the top 100, and neither was particularly close to being a 5-star.
In 2012 there weren't any in-state players in the top 100.
In 2011, Lawrence Thomas was #55, Anthony Zettel was #65, DeAnthony Arnett was #84, and Justice Hayes was #85.
So I don't think there's any particularly good trend for the state of Michigan. It's just not an extremely productive state when it comes to elite talent. And if you look at that 2011 class, Zettel has been the best of the bunch while the other three have had pretty forgettable/mediocre careers so far.
That doesn't mean the state is bare in 2015. There's Mikey Weber, Josh Alabi, Kyonta Stallworth, Ray Buford, Jayru Campbell, Tyriq Thompson, Alex Malzone... A couple of those guys are top 250/300 prospects.
December 9th, 2013 at 2:46 PM ^
these rankings aren't always an accurate measure of talent.
Allen Robinson was a 3-star recruit outta OLSM, blossomed into one of the best WR's in the country & probably a 1st round pick. Kirk Cousins was a 2-star out of MI, etc. Michigan isn't Cali/Texas/FL/Ohio, but I think its a solid 2nd tier type state for talent.
For instance, if you look at this class, I think Brian Cole is only at 90, but dude has some of the most impressive film of any WR to come out of this state in a long time. He probably ends up at MSU, but if we could get him in the slot to go along with Drake & Campbell, not even Borges could fuck that up.
December 9th, 2013 at 2:56 PM ^
I agree it's not a bad state. It's not Delaware or Wyoming. But it's definitely in a second (or third) tier behind Florida, Texas, California, Louisiana, etc.
Cole has basically mentioned no leaders, and things go back and forth from "insiders" on whether he's leaning toward U of M or MSU.
December 9th, 2013 at 6:02 PM ^
December 9th, 2013 at 3:35 PM ^
Magnus, any reason you're aware of as to why MI isnt a great football talent state?
December 9th, 2013 at 4:06 PM ^
I think there are multiple reasons. I think the lack of spring football and warm weather hurts. I also think the lack of large, population-dense areas hurts; you have Metro Detroit and you have the Grand Rapids area, but population has dropped due to the recession, and it's no longer a booming area. I also just don't think the huntin'-and-fishin' types in rural northern Michigan, the Upper Peninsula, etc. care as much about football.
I've lived in rural and urban areas, and the difference is stark between the hobbies/interests of kids in the two. Football players and athletes in the urban areas tend to be more interested in playing team sports, working out, etc. Football players in the rural areas tend to skip workouts more often in order to fish, hunt, and generally go outdoors. That's not a bad thing in itself, but playing pickup basketball or hitting the gym is going to help you out more than sitting on a boat waiting for a fish to bite. The people in the upper two-thirds of the state are generally just too spread out and too "different" from the football types to be elite athletes.
If you follow Michigan recruiting, you see all kinds of talented kids coming out of Detroit, Grand Rapids, Saginaw, and Lansing...then nothing really until you get up to Traverse City. The U.P. is basically a football talent wasteland. (I'm not trying to insult the people up there or say that they don't have powerhouse football teams, but individually, you don't see studs coming out of Ishpeming, Manistique, Munising, etc.)
December 9th, 2013 at 5:25 PM ^
December 9th, 2013 at 5:50 PM ^
I think those areas put out more FBS-level prospects than you probably realize. If you scan the rosters of Central Michigan, Western Michigan, Eastern Michigan, etc., you see a lot of those types from suburban public schools. They're typically not elite players, but they are pretty solid talent. I just think Michigan doesn't recruit them extremely often, but they do go after guys from Farmington/Farmington Hills. Tyler Hoover from MSU is a Novi product.
I also think those Catholic schools scoop up a lot of the talent (Detroit Country Day, Novi Catholic Central, Orchard Lake St. Mary's, Birmingham Brother Rice, etc.).
December 9th, 2013 at 12:34 PM ^
thinks they can't hang onto one recruit, or get another recruit ever again.
December 9th, 2013 at 12:35 PM ^
Here's a list of all of Michigan's offered players in the Rivals 100:
http://touchthebanner.blogspot.com/2013/12/rivals-100-released-for-2015…
December 9th, 2013 at 1:24 PM ^
Didn't Michigan offer Rosen but essentially get rebuffed?
December 9th, 2013 at 1:33 PM ^
He doesn't sound very interested, but he has recently shifted to considering non-west coast visits. I think he tentatively wants to visit Notre Dame and Michigan.
December 9th, 2013 at 12:39 PM ^
Don't care what they are rated in high school, only care about what they do at Michigan. In two years after these kids are on the team then we should talk about them.
December 9th, 2013 at 12:47 PM ^
Thanks for clicking on the thread to tell us that you don't care.
December 9th, 2013 at 1:44 PM ^
http://s1190.photobucket.com/user/chunkums/media/therewillbehoke2.gif.html
Forgive me if I can't get excited about recruiting this morning but I want to start drinking Mark Dantonio's milkshake on the field.
That being said these kids look like great athletes and I hope they stay committed to Michigan and win multiple B1G championships here.
December 9th, 2013 at 2:01 PM ^
"Forgive me if I can't get excited about recruiting this morning but I want to start drinking Mark Dantonio's milkshake on the field."
Then go be a fan of MSU. Nobody's stopping you.
December 9th, 2013 at 2:31 PM ^
This has to be a record for Godwin's Law as applied to mgoblog. Two posts and two counterposts warrants the go be an MSU Fan card. I know recruiting is your specialty but come on man.
Is Sills serious about Michigan now that Kiffin is out at USC?