Whats the word on '11 QB Kevin Sousa?
He goes to the local high school and is listed in the Elite 11 Regional Camp at Disney. He lists Michigan in his interests so I was curious to see what the recruiting gurus thought/know of him.
FWIW His team was dreadful but it was also the schools first year in existence.
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Sophomore Highlights
February 27th, 2010 at 10:19 AM ^
Another M blog (forgive me, I can't remember which one offhand) recently published a pretty big article about the kid. The gist of it was basically "If Michigan offers, I would probably pick Michigan."
I'll wrap it up in the next Wednesday Recruitin'.
February 27th, 2010 at 10:22 AM ^
Ah, thank you sir. Always good to hear about the local kids doing well. But even better to hear that quote!
February 27th, 2010 at 10:45 AM ^
He has said the exact same thing about ND, word for word. Pretty sure he is fishing for offers
February 28th, 2010 at 1:09 AM ^
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February 27th, 2010 at 10:22 AM ^
I don't know much about him but, the Orlando Sentinel has him ranked 15 in Central Florida (#2 QB); which is a pretty strong group.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/os-recruiting-sentinel-central-fl…
February 27th, 2010 at 10:43 AM ^
Has a good arm, and looks like a solid prospect. I can't imagine the coaches offering him until we have more OL and LB commitments, though. He doesn't look like someone who could play multiple positions.
February 27th, 2010 at 11:51 AM ^
How could you possibly tell from those highlights whether he's "someone who could play multiple positions"?
February 27th, 2010 at 1:40 PM ^
He doesn't seem fast enough to be a WR or DB(4.8). He has good size to be a LB, but QB to LB switches are rare. His arm is his best attribute.
It's always possible, but to me he is a QB all the way.
February 27th, 2010 at 3:02 PM ^
If Jeremy Jackson and Ricardo Miller can earn big-time scholarships as wide receivers, then surely Sousa can, too.
February 27th, 2010 at 5:08 PM ^
Then I don't imagine he'd be too interested in signing with a school that wanted him to play WR.
February 27th, 2010 at 5:16 PM ^
a) I wasn't saying that he would play another position or that he would have to accept offers for another position. I was saying that the analysis of "He doesn't look like he could play another position" was jumping to conclusions based on those highlights. He only took off running on about three plays, and two of those runs were pretty impressive. The third was...meh.
b) He's not the #2 quarterback in Florida. He's the #2 quarterback in *Central* Florida, according to those ratings posted above.
February 28th, 2010 at 11:47 AM ^
I think you need a sarcasm smiley Magnus lol
February 27th, 2010 at 11:51 AM ^
That was by far the worst Family Guy episode ever.
February 27th, 2010 at 4:29 PM ^
You got roundhouse kicked by negbombs! ROADHOUSE!!!
February 27th, 2010 at 11:56 AM ^
The t.v. folks are probably already cooking up corny plays-on-words ... "Sousa really knows how to march his team down the field" ... "Sousa is a master at tempo and rhythm" ... "Is he composed or what?" ...
February 27th, 2010 at 2:08 PM ^
If he plays badly, "Sousa blows." Or would that backwards?
February 27th, 2010 at 12:06 PM ^
Braxton Miller is the recruit maybe the coaches are waiting to see if they can snag, but if they can't they might have a back-up plan of Kevin Sousa.
February 27th, 2010 at 12:43 PM ^
There are other quarterbacks with offers right now so, logically, those are the main targets at this point.
Braxton Miller
Christian Lemay
Cardale Jones
Kiehl Frazier
Not saying that we're getting these guys, or that Sousa isn't going to get offered, but they're not putting all their eggs in the Braxton Miller basket.
February 27th, 2010 at 1:49 PM ^
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February 27th, 2010 at 1:59 PM ^
I've never heard of Frazier. What can you tell me about him?
February 27th, 2010 at 2:02 PM ^
I know it's really early.. but I don't see us getting any of those Tom mentioned. Lemay already eliminated Michigan, Frazier is looking more at southern schools, Braxton will be a real battle, and who the hell knows if we can pull Cardale Jones?
February 27th, 2010 at 4:26 PM ^
I immediately thought of Kal-El
February 27th, 2010 at 3:26 PM ^
OT The Tigers had a very good relief pitcher in the early 80's Kevin Saucier, who inexplicably lost the ability to control his pitches. Saucier lost his control seemingly overnight, kind of similar to Rich Ankiel's fate as a pitcher with the Cardinals.
Saucier was a fan favorite and I am certain any older Tiger fans will remember him
February 27th, 2010 at 3:38 PM ^
I am not a recruiting insider, so this is just my opinion. I dont think we will take a QB in this upcoming class unless by some miracle we land Miller,Lemay, or Jones. Landing Devin Gardner in this recruiting class will make it hard to land another elite QB in 2011. It is with great pleasure I say that we are pretty solid at this position.
February 27th, 2010 at 4:18 PM ^
Michigan might not get a top-flight quarterback in the 2011 class, but they will take a quarterback.
Keep in mind that Denard Robinson is likely to change positions before next year and there's also a chance that Conelius Jones could play elsewhere. I personally think that Jones will stick at quarterback, but assuming Robinson changes, that only gives us 3 scholarship quarterbacks in 2011. Rodriguez has said that he likes to have 5-6 scholarship quarterbacks on the roster at all times.
I think we'll end up with a "project" or a guy with kind of a low ceiling. The guys we've currently offered might be pipe dreams.
February 27th, 2010 at 4:25 PM ^
Yeah, I agree. I don't think he's satisfied with putting everything on Tate or Devin. I don't want to make a prediction on Conelius, because he's not there, but you're right about taking a QB this year.
February 28th, 2010 at 11:53 AM ^
I thought the same thing, it is doubtful that UM hauls in an 'Elite' guy this year but this years class looks pretty deep on quality at this point. There are many more players to go around this season, finding good recruit shouldn't be hard.
February 27th, 2010 at 8:13 PM ^
I can't think of too many years where we haven't taken a qb. You're right about it being harder to land an elite prospect due to the "lack of immediate playing time" angle, but not getting anyone for the position is not likely to happen.
February 28th, 2010 at 12:48 AM ^
The thing about the offense we run, is that we can take a recruit who wants to play QB, but can't at most other big schools, this Sousa kid might fall into this category.
Every year we will try to get a major prospect at QB, and the last 2 years we were able to do that. This year we probably won't get a top notch guy to commit, but we'll pick up a kid like Conelius from last year who is a project at QB, and if he doesn't pan out, or we pick up an elite QB the year after, he can switch to another position.
February 28th, 2010 at 9:59 AM ^
Sousa already has offers from FAU, FIU, MTSU, Tulane, and UCF. That's not a bad list for being the end of February.
does this kid really have a cannon for an arm?