Rivals 2015 position rankings: Campbell and Harris tops

Submitted by roosterbaan on

rivals has released the 2015 position rankings. nice to see that campbell and harris are the top wr and rb in the class, respectively. usc soft-commit david sills checks in at #12 (rosen is tops, but most expect him to stay on the west coast).

shaun crawford is the #12 cb, and tyree kinnell is the #8 safety.

link: http://michigan.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1586488

Cold War

December 12th, 2013 at 8:50 PM ^

This is why I'm still 100% comfortable with Hoke. He's rolling in elite classes, now they need time to grow up through the ranks. His classes were only freshman and redshirt freshmen/sophomores this year.

switch26

December 12th, 2013 at 9:57 PM ^

This exactly..  

 

I saw someone post something on Mlive of all places about our Recruiting classes in comparison to OSU and MSU from 2009  - 2011

 

We had something like 26 4 and 5 star players, and only 8 are on our team right now..

 

MSU has 12, and OSU had like 36, 4 and 5 star players still playing on their team.  

 

The talent the last 2 years is light years ahead of what it was during the RR years in terms of how much of an impact the young players are making..

 

The thing that concerns me is if we can have a consistently called game by Borges once our O-line starts to play better and Gardner isn't running for his life

Cold War

December 13th, 2013 at 7:03 AM ^

I'm the last guy to ask about the technical aspects of the game, but I've heard people who know say Borges didn't really transform himself between the MSU and Ohio games, for example. The improvement was primarily due to better execution and a defense that was less prepared.

Young players are often inconsistent. That's why you saw some fairly wild fluctuations in our offensive performance. As the guys mature and depth improves, I think you'll see more Ohio/Indiana type performances and less MSU/Nebraska.

jmdblue

December 13th, 2013 at 9:28 AM ^

I always thought I knew quite a bit about football, but franky I know very little compared to you or many other participants here.  I do question, though, how much gametime play calling should be criticized.  I think there is a great deal of randomness in success for a given play or series of plays and the need to build a base to form something where constraints will work is critical.  In the end I think sparty jsut has a much better defense that ohio and better playcalling wasn't going to fix that. Thoughts?

Magnus

December 13th, 2013 at 10:23 AM ^

It's not necessarily about the gametime play calling. It's the whole play calling philosophy. Against Michigan State, we were still trying to overpower them, run power, drop back from under center, etc. Against Ohio State, we seemed to do a lot more shotgun stuff, ran inside zone "finesse" stuff rather than trying to outmuscle them, and used the bubble/draw. We're not at a point where we can play smashmouth football against smashmouth football teams.

ChasingRabbits

December 13th, 2013 at 9:44 AM ^

I'm fine with Hoke for a while longer, Borges...  no comment.  But this idea that we were to young and inexperienced to compete..  it's garbage. 

Is Hoke not allowed to develop guys that he did not recruit?  Who were the best players on the team? ALL RR recruits.   And some of the guys that were torching the Hoke freshmen, sophmore, rs sophmores, and Juniors (yes Hoke did recruit many of those guys too) were also freshmen, RS freshmen, sophmores and Juniors..  but MAC level freshmen, RS freshmen and sophmores. 

He came in with an iffy resume, he is delivering about what you would expect with that resume, but his excuses are getting stale.  Need to see some serious improvement.  

 

 

Wolverine in 312

December 13th, 2013 at 12:55 AM ^

Speaking of your opinion, Magnus, what are your thoughts on Sills? The recruiting sites (also Mblock) seem to be all over the place in regards to his talent/how he is ranks. Have you had a chance to look this film? What are your thoughts? Imo, he has good size, speed, and escapability, but only an average looking arm.

Magnus

December 13th, 2013 at 5:33 AM ^

I think he's a very polished quarterback without a ton of physical talent. He would be a good kid to bring in if you really trust the talent ahead of him, because I think Sills could be a solid backup until he physically matures a little bit and can play as an upperclassman. But he just doesn't have the physical skills to be an elite quarterback, in my opinion.

Magnus

December 12th, 2013 at 9:35 PM ^

I don't really know, but he's a 5-star on 247 and in the 247 Composite rankings. Typically, Rivals gives out a few 5-star ratings and then expands the number (from the high teens to around 30) as the recruiting cycle wears on. So he might be a 5-star by the time the cycle wraps in February 2015.

Wolverine in 312

December 12th, 2013 at 9:27 PM ^

I just watched his junior tape on Hudl and while I am absolutely no expert he seemingly has no weaknesses in his game. He blitzes from his OLB position like very few high schoolers I've seen, explodes into whoever has the ball, wraps well, sheds blockers, has sideline to sideline speed, and can cover. He looks like he could play inside or outside linebacker in college with his size/speed combo. Pretty incredible player. I'm surprised he wasn't an initial five-star.

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/o/1554011/highlights/63097387

bronxblue

December 12th, 2013 at 9:36 PM ^

They mention how the talent at ILB is pretty shallow; that boggles my mind, simply becuase you'd think there would be at least a couple of athletes at other LB positions you could shift in there.

Regardless, loving how the class is shaping up.  Still some time to go on a couple of recruits, but this feels like a solid outfit with some potential to be great.

LSAClassOf2000

December 12th, 2013 at 9:48 PM ^

I would agree. It is rather encouraging - even if it is early and a long time until 2015 NSD - to see two five-stars and two four-stars in a group of six. It isn't much for now, but the prospects seem very high for this class so far. People say it often here, but I really do like where this is headed. 

Magnus

December 13th, 2013 at 5:28 AM ^

I doubt you've seen it three times in the past week, since the position rankings were just announced on Thursday. The Rivals 250 and the position rankings are separate deals.