Top Freshmen out of Fall Camp - a couple of surprises

Submitted by Nervous Bird on August 25th, 2019 at 6:17 PM

Aside from the usual suspects, a couple of players who we haven't heard much noise about are on this list. DJ Turner, Mazi Smith, and Chris Hinton may find themselves as major contributors, at major positions of need, this season. That's what was needed out of this recruiting class. 

https://247sports.com/college/michigan/Article/Michigan-footballs-top-10-freshmen-from-the-2019-recruiting-class-following-fall-camp-134761761/

MaizeBlueA2

August 25th, 2019 at 6:27 PM ^

I swear, that site puts out more fluff pieces than any other site on the internet.

Next Harbaugh presser will spawn at least 5 articles. Just take a quote and add a bunch of nothing around it.

I wonder if Sam Webb still does that "As I said (insert some day in the past)" thing to show how smart he is.

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Farnn

August 25th, 2019 at 7:48 PM ^

You should see the other team's sites.  I think Michigan's 247 got worse once they acquired Scout, but it still pales in comparison to team sites like OSU's(they have a fake daily insider post which is just buckeye fanfic).  We're a bit spoiled because Mgoblog doesn't put out content when there isn't much news, but so much of sports writing is based on clicks so they need to keep posting even if there's nothing to post.

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Jimmyisgod

August 26th, 2019 at 9:50 AM ^

I take it all with a grain of salt.  Writers accentuate the positive, especially in college where the kids aren't professional athletes.  That's why you'll never read an article about players coming into camp out of shape or having regressed because writers will never shame an amateur athlete like that.  But I guarantee that every college program has kids that regress and don't show up ready to compete, including Michigan.  You'll never read how Team A is being forced to start an unproven freshman because of injuries and that freshman really doesn't look ready to contribute at this level, just not the way this works.

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Bo248

August 25th, 2019 at 7:36 PM ^

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Double-D

August 25th, 2019 at 8:06 PM ^

This freshman class looks seriously special.  

Mazi, Hinton, and Ojabo is an unbelievable DL base.   Possibly the best OL class in a decade.

Star power with Dax, Zach, Sainristil, CJ.  

Things are good in Ann Arbor. 

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