Top 25 2014 Recruits
Sure it's way too early, but what the hell. 247 has put out their list of the top 25 recruits in the 2014 class, many of whom already hold Michigan offers. Most notable is Malik McDowell, DE out of Detroit, listed as #23 in the nation (#1WDE).
http://247sports.com/Recruit/Top-247/2014
Jabril Peppers at #3 could be a gamechanger for Michigan. Also McDowell is 23 not 24.
Last Tuesday, I talked with Jabrill (who coincidentally found out about his offer five minutes after we got off the phone) and he said he grew up rooting for Michigan and that his favorite players were Mike Hart and Mario Manningham. He called an offer from Michigan "a dream come true". They'll be in it for him for sure.
It makes me feel really old when players say their favorite players growing up were Mike Hart and Mario Manningham.
#3 Jabrill Peppers, CB, is listed as "warm" on Michigan. Go get'em Mallory!
Andrew Brown is someone that Tremendous reported Michigan having interest in, as well. A lot of people were talking about that camp in VA that Hand dominated in, but Brown wasn't far behind. Stick with the video until his celebration at the end, it's worth it..
Hand and McDowell? I'm salivating at the thoughts.
Takes a lot more than just Hand to get me that excited.
Also, Damian Prince(OT) at 13, Bentley Spain(OT) at 17 and Jalan Tabor(CB) at 20
Well, the South certainly is well represented. No need to worry about that.
It's very early, as Brian pointed out in the UV yesterday, but Michigan should be in it for three of these kids for sure (Peppers, Prince and McDowell). All three have expressed a relatively high interest at this point.
Are you still going to become a paid contributor?
It would be great to see Jabrill commit early on and set the stage for the 2014 class like Shane did for the 2013 class.
i look foward to many fine insights
the 2014 class will be full by then.
#17 Bentley Spain (OT) is planning a summer visit to Ann Arbor per Sam.
Though I'm guessing he is much more likely to end up at SDE than DT.
Overall though, we are looking at rankings for players that have only finished their Soph. years of high school. These will change a lot, a lot of players haven't even had a legit chance to showcase their talents yet, so this is really, really early.
It's true they have a long ways to go before the end up on campus, but guys don't usually get smaller between their HS soph years and college, and at 6'6" 265, he's already almost too big for WDE. Now, if he's so athletic that he can play WDE at that size, then, damn.
SDE and 3-tech DT...is there much of a difference in Mattison's system anyways?
There's not much difference between SDE and 3-tech, but there's a big difference between WDE and either of those positions.
I did know. I was fairly certain that the 3-tech and SDE was basically the same thing in this defense. My understanding was also that the WDE was more like the same skill sets as the SLB and that the MLB and WLB were also similar to each other.
Exactly. Which is why I said he'd either be a SDE or DT, and not a WDE (which is what 24/7 has him listed as).
Who wants to start a middle school recruiting site with me? Better question, who wants to make millions? I'll be holding tryouts this week.
Those are the words of someone with some experience in that area.
We've got a great shot with Da'shawn Hand. Friend of mine is his DC and I get updates on who is at the school daily...people have been offering this kid for months. Mattison has been to the school a few times. He is a very very smart kid and he is interested in engineering. He also loves the fact that Michigan is able to answer his questions about the campus and academics and not just football unlike Columbus Technical College and Beauty School. VT and Bama will be contenders, VT fo rengineering, Bama cause its Bama as well as Michigan.
He is the real deal..I went to the VTO camp with Mike Farrell and saw this kid and as a soph he was DESTROYING senior linemen with legit BCS offers. People could barely get a hand on him, much less block him. He has great work ethic, he is very intelligent and when i talked to him a coupel weeks ago, he's got a great hold on this recruiting thing
I look forward to more updates because you seem to have good connections.
Very cool to have someone with a connection to this situation. Keep us posted and make sure he sees at least 1 person wearing the Block M around.
we actually a legit contender for De'shawn Hand then? Your post made it sound like M, VT, and Bama are the three most likely teams to land him.
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even caramel sundaes are getting touched