Why is 4 star safety Dior Johnson going to Wake Forrest?

Submitted by MichiganMan14 on
He is from Southfield Michigan and ranked #5 in the state. He should be in Ann Arbor. This is exactly what we need to shore up to get back in the thick of things. Build a wall around the state and get all the top in state talent. There is no excuse for it to be leaving. Dior is a 6ft2 195 lb 4 star safety from our backyard. He is listed as a soft verbal to boot......bring him back home.

StephenRKass

January 14th, 2015 at 9:05 AM ^

As mentioned above in this thread, even Urban Meyer has decreased the percentage of Ohio State players coming from the state of Ohio. We could certainly lock up the state of Michigan, but if that means bringing lesser players on to our team, we will never compete on a national level. Of course, coaches make mistakes in evaluating talent. But I suspect that if he was that good, he would have been offered by better schools.

itself

January 14th, 2015 at 9:27 AM ^

There are a myriad of reasons. Can we please not presume THE reason is somehow the fault of the Michigan coaching staff or some flaw within Johnson himself, and instead assume the young man evaluated his options and felt Wake was the best decision for him? 

pdgoblue25

January 14th, 2015 at 9:31 AM ^

But you're right, he should feel like a total ass for making his own decision about going to a great school, and not even having the decency to check with you first.

Quick, somebody give me Arnold Palmer's phone number, I need to tell him what an idiot he was 60 years ago.

JunkyardDog

January 14th, 2015 at 9:45 AM ^

Pure specualtion, but I wonder if Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson -- who just finished his first season there -- recruited Johnson while coaching at Bowling Green. Then Johnson followed when Clawson went to Wake. 

Again, just a dart I'm throwing out there since I don't exactly follow BGSU/Wake Forest recruiting.

Auerbach

January 14th, 2015 at 9:46 AM ^

I'd rather Harbaugh and the staff be slow and deliberate with recruits rather than use a 4-year scholaraship on guys who may or may not pan out. If that means that 2015 is a tiny class and 2016 is a monster one, then so be it. 

mgoblue0970

January 14th, 2015 at 11:34 AM ^

The point is you keep your homegrown talent first... then recruit Ohio, Texas, Cali, Florida, etc.

If you cannot keep your in state talent, then you become Rutgers.  Look at how many 4 & 5 stars from NJ that are not at Rutgers!

ST3

January 14th, 2015 at 11:41 AM ^

They beat Virgina Tech (how quickly we forget VTooWF) who beat Ohio State who won the national championship. Boom, WF is an elite program.

/s, if not completely obvious

JNewmn26

January 14th, 2015 at 1:16 PM ^

Not recruited by Michigan and probably for a reason. Let the coaches who know talent and don't recruit by star value or where they live decide. They know.

TheFugitive

January 14th, 2015 at 1:44 PM ^

4* in Michigan are 2* elsewhere.  JK.  But I agree that we should FORM A FUCKING WALL around the state