TomVH: DB Wayne Morgan Update ** & DB Yuri Wright Offered
I just spoke to one of the high school coaches for New York DB Wayne Morgan (5'11", 180 lbs). Michigan coach Curt Mallory spoke with Wayne last night, and there could be an offer coming soon, if it didn't come last night. Wayne's high school coach wasn't positive if they did offer or not, I'll have more on that later when I talk to Wayne.
Morgan currently plays quarterback, free safety/corner for his high school team, and he's widely viewed as one of the top prospects in their area. His most recent offer was from Alabama, he also has offers from Miami, Penn State, and Boston College among others.
Here's a look at his junior film.
**New Jersey DB Yuri Wright (6'2", 180 lbs) said that Michigan has offered. Also reporting offers from North Carolina, Florida, Notre Dame, and Pitt as well as a few others.
February 22nd, 2011 at 12:51 PM ^
Thanks for the update Tom. Just patiently waiting for the first commit.
February 22nd, 2011 at 12:58 PM ^
If I wasn't a dude, I would offer to have your children, as many as you wanted, and you could use your super human powers to determine the gender of the children. Personally, I think we should have nonuplets, all boys of course and breed them to become 5 star studs that take up each starting position on the offensive and defensive lines at the University of Michigan.
February 22nd, 2011 at 1:06 PM ^
Paging Dr. Sedgwick!
February 22nd, 2011 at 1:14 PM ^
Paging Dr. Faggot
February 22nd, 2011 at 1:42 PM ^
Movie quote. Um, yes.
February 22nd, 2011 at 1:56 PM ^
It was a movie quote from The Hangover. Paging out white men who dominate this board, get a fucking life and move on. You're lack of up to date humor and general bitchiness needs to stop. Basically fuck all of you.
February 22nd, 2011 at 2:04 PM ^
i wont neg ya because it doesnt matter but if the old voting system still worked, i have a feeling you would have a date in bolivia sometime soon.
February 22nd, 2011 at 2:06 PM ^
That was an overreaction....
February 22nd, 2011 at 3:01 PM ^
Try the decaf. And the meth-free meth.
February 22nd, 2011 at 8:53 PM ^
whats wrong with being white?
February 22nd, 2011 at 4:16 PM ^
February 22nd, 2011 at 12:59 PM ^
I am very much impatiently waiting for that 1st commit to get this ball rolling.
February 22nd, 2011 at 1:40 PM ^
it is amazing that schools like Texas, and Texas A&M have over 10 commits already. and schools like YTM have 7 or 8 already too.
we seem to be offering a lot of kids, and hopefully we get some guys who are IN LOVE with M and start this thing off.
seems like we are off to a slow start versus some of the other national programs
February 22nd, 2011 at 2:36 PM ^
those schools have largely had coaching staffs in place for a lot longer than ours. The kids we're recruiting just need to get comfortable with our new staff. Once that happens, the commits will happen. Next year, look for more early commits.
February 22nd, 2011 at 3:03 PM ^
Texas always has a bunch of early commits. I bet they're almost all from Texas. They commit early because they only ever wanted to go to Texas, so why wait? It's more about location than the stability of the coaching staff.
February 23rd, 2011 at 12:09 AM ^
In most cases I think recruits are told or encouraged to commit early because their spots might bet taken up. They obviously hold spots for very highly rated players, but they make their recruiting living on their Junior days.
February 22nd, 2011 at 3:28 PM ^
with what you are saying. my point about miami tho is similar to our situation. new coach, new staff, still a national program and they are pulling in recruits. florida is also in a similar boat.
im not worried by any means about the future 2012 class, im just excited to see who wants to be here. it seems like some of these guys should have M as their "dream school" and say yes right away!
does anyone here recall how early we have traditionally began gaining verbal commits? or is this on par with our past?
February 22nd, 2011 at 1:02 PM ^
I'm starting to itch waiting for someone to commit. Hopefully by next month someone joins the Michigan family, that should get the ball rolling for others to follow suit. A good "Hello" post takes that itch away for a little while.
Edit: Wow thisisme, we are thinking the same thing.
February 22nd, 2011 at 1:00 PM ^
i feel like every guy we have been offering lately has a bama offer. I have no evidence of this but I have seen it allot lately. I remember urban meyer talking during the NSD about his tactics of looking at ( i think LSU) any guy they would offer, he would do as well because there scouts seemed to find the diamonds in the class... is there a chance michigan is taking that approach with the bama offers. Just curious if its a possibility,
: I know are staff is going crazy watching tape right now so i'm not saying there just throwing scholarships at them but maybe looking at who they offer and then they take a look at the prospect too?
February 22nd, 2011 at 1:06 PM ^
don't think Brady Hoke is watching nick sabans every move.
February 22nd, 2011 at 1:11 PM ^
thats exactly what I was hoping to hear, but i will say bama has some great talent coming in and out of that school and it wouldn't be a bad school to lurke in there shadow and steal some guys away. IMO
February 22nd, 2011 at 1:13 PM ^
February 22nd, 2011 at 1:43 PM ^
This might have something to do with that.
He is good coach, but would he as "good" as he is if he wasn't allowed to oversign?
February 23rd, 2011 at 12:11 AM ^
Oversigning has to be one reason why the SEC has been so dominant the past couple years.
February 22nd, 2011 at 1:10 PM ^
Sam Webb mention that "certain" schools are just throwing offers out there. This guy is a Athlete.GO BLUE!!!
February 22nd, 2011 at 1:31 PM ^
pretty sure tom just had to add that guy with out a bama offer just to make me look like an idiot. .. just kidding but great work tom, I question whether you sleep sometimes.
February 22nd, 2011 at 3:00 PM ^
according to scout, yuri wright has an alabama offer too...
February 22nd, 2011 at 1:46 PM ^
Rapidly approaching 90 offers three weeks from last year's NSD. I don't ever recall this many offers going out so quickly. The problem is it hasn't resulted in anything so far and I don't expect to for a while given the new coaching staff (unless it's a local kid). That's one of the problems of bringing in a coach from a non BCS conference. Odds are Hoke and crew weren't recruiting a vast majority of these kids at SDSU. Now they have to build the relationships and it might take a while.
February 22nd, 2011 at 1:23 PM ^
... can we just get the emails of all the Rivals 250 watch list and "BCC All" with an offer? If you personalize the email, get quotes from Ray Lewis and Tom Brady, and doll it up a bit, you could see a 5% conversion rate. That's 12.5 big time recruits right there. Add in a few sleepers and it's a top 10 class.
February 22nd, 2011 at 1:26 PM ^
I'm just excited that Michigan is being considered by an Auctavius and a Leviticus.
Outstandingicus!
February 22nd, 2011 at 2:18 PM ^
Okay, that's three offers out to Don Bosco Prep players. Is this the new staff's Dr. Phillips?
February 22nd, 2011 at 6:29 PM ^
I hope not, I'm not a fan of the school. They're talented but I kind of hope they don't go to Michigan.
February 22nd, 2011 at 7:31 PM ^
Why don't you like the school, if you don't mind me asking?
February 22nd, 2011 at 8:43 PM ^
Well, I go to their rival school. St. Peter's Prep, home of Savon Huggins, Sheldon Royster, D.J. Singleton(who I'm friends with). But besides that they do tend to let their athletes get by because they're athletes. There are the occasional rumors that they're pretty shady and do anything to win.
February 22nd, 2011 at 9:07 PM ^
Speaking of Royster, I really wish we could have pulled him in February. I saw him play in an all-star game back in December, and I think he's going to be really good.
February 22nd, 2011 at 10:06 PM ^
I think he will be too.He's a funny guy also so I liked him. Sometimes I asked him to go to Michigan. Most people knew he would go to South Carolina or maybe Rutgers with Savon.
February 22nd, 2011 at 2:23 PM ^
is like checking the box that he breathes.
February 22nd, 2011 at 5:10 PM ^
That's fantastic. Definitely in my top 5 games of all time. "There's only one true Yuri..."
February 22nd, 2011 at 2:43 PM ^
alas poor Yuri, we harldy knew yee...
February 22nd, 2011 at 3:27 PM ^
Never heard..of them..
February 22nd, 2011 at 3:32 PM ^
I hate Nick Saban. Rarely do I see a recruit Alabama supposedly has not offered. Douche Supreme.
February 22nd, 2011 at 11:25 PM ^
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February 22nd, 2011 at 11:55 PM ^
I didnt miss a game with DirecTv last year for what its worth