WR Dominoes Falling: Looking Good for 4 Star WR Xavier Worthy
WR Xavier Worthy (247 Profile) is a Michigan WR target. Oregon was also a huge player in his recruitment. However, Oregon picked up 4 star WR Isaiah Brevard (info), so Oregon appears to be full up. That means things look pretty good for Michigan, in addition to the flood of CBs for the good guys.
In that linked thread on Brevard, an Oregon fan said (link) that Xavier's mum is a big fan of Michigan and at least wanted Xavier to visit before committing. However, Oregon didn't want to wait for the visits.
Side note: Cristobal, Oregon's HC, is tearing it up in recruiting. Their WR crew is especially impressive and is headlined by a 5 star guy.
Xavier Worthy, imo, is the premier WR in this cycle. The dude will be an AA legend if he decides to commit.
He has legit low 4.3, potentially high 4.2 speed
So he’s Worthy?
I heard his nickname is “BJ”
Xavier "Big-game James" Worthy?
Who is the fastest guy ever at UM?
this is good news
if we can get Edwards as well this will turn into a great offensive class
Edwards and Worthy would give us breakaway speed at offensive skill positions that we haven't seen in a generation?
Both are legit game breakers at their positions. Since Denard, I can't think of a player that was an absolute home run threat.
I still think the QB position and DT are where playoff teams are created and championships are won - that's how Clemson has been so successful - but it would be something fun to watch Worthy and Edwards on the field together, especially if McCaffrey can ball out.
Dylan in 21 followed by two years of JJ
SOUND GOOD??
4 years. No 2020 time counts against scholarship once Covid shuts it down. 2021 redshirt. Then 4 national championships in a row
Oregon isn't gonna accomplish a lot.
Their coach can recruit, but won't win anything big.
Bet. Gonna get a lot of good recruits only to finish second.
I'm sorry but it's just my opinion.
PAC-12 Champs and a Rose Bowl trophy seems like a hell of a season.
I would take those results over what we’re getting, any day.
Who's the 2nd best program in the Pac 12 right now? I guess Utah, which meh. Washington, who went 8-5 last year in a weak conference?
Utah was 11-1 heading into the PAC-12 title game before they decided to lay an egg the last two games of the year.
Conference strength isn’t mention, just that Oregon won’t win anything. When I’m fact, Oregon had a hell of a year. The same Wisky team that destroyed us earlier in the year was defeated by that Oregon team.
Agreed, but I’d also take that schedule year in and year out.
That's exactly what I said to dismiss Ed Orgeron this past season.
Mario Cristobal. From the, ahem, Greg Schiano coaching tree. Unless you want to say he's from the Larry Coker coaching tree. Two beauts there.
I’m still wait and see in regards to Ed O. I’m not going to ignore his entire coaching career based on one year where he had Joe Burrow breaking records and a stud OC that just bolted to the NFL.
LSU has a lot of talent and Ed O is a good recruiter. But I’m not sure this past season was really a sign of things to come. I still feel he’s probably peaking as a 9-10 win team and was fortunate with his QB/OC breaking records this year.
He reminds me of Brady Hoke. If Hoke would’ve dropped the man ball bull shit and updated his offense he may still be coaching here
I think I get where you are going with this, but I also think that’s simply not true. Hoke seemed like a great guy that loved the players and stuff, but I’m not so sure he was ever going to turn this program around and take it to where it is even now.
So true. Hoke knew 0 about offense.
And he hired crappy offensive coaches, which compounded that total lack of knowledge. It's possible for an incompetent coach to do really well with the right coordinators. Gene Chizik won a national championship when Gus Malzahn was his OC, then got fired two years later.
I mean even if you're right and he gets let go 3-4 years form now, still worth it. The last 20 years has been a reminder that even with great historical program, good recruiting, etc, success is not guaranteed.
I am really interested to see how LSU looks this year. They likely won't have that explosive of an offense but they recruit like gangbusters so they'll have talent. But if you told me they went the way of Auburn after Newton left (8-5-ish) I wouldn't be shocked.
And +1 for you sir. I think they are doing a good job of capitalizing on the recruiting trail, of course LSU will always get their fair share of dudes, but I think Coach O really shows his value over the next couple seasons, in the recruiting wake of the NC team and loss of his staff etc
Oh man. This kid can fly. His film reminded me of Anthony Carter for whatever reason. This will be a GREAT pickup if we get him.
--Commits and immediately changes name to Zavier.
Same thought here. The knee high socks and speed is incredible and AC comparison worthy.
We'll especially need this guy for breaking ties against Indiana.
By NCAA “rules” (or whatever they call them) can we buy X’s bball shoes for Worthy? Like as a fan base?
Can we get an update from cerebro on Xavier?
“Professor Xavier is a dick!”
Wtf Charles? I'm the juggernaut, bitch!
Man I used to LOVE those videos!
Great news! But can he play DT?
/s
No but Michigan is also looking good on the DT front of recruiting. We lead currently for George Rooks who will be visiting this week unofficially. Wouldn’t be surprised if he commits because he reportedly hates the recruiting process and wants to get it over with. We are also sitting well with Oak Park DT/OT Rayshaun Benny. His mom reportedly favors Michigan and Benny just wants to help his family.
If Benny wants to help his family wouldn't he be better suited going to a school that would pay him under the table? Unless you're referring to a different kind of help. Like helping them move? Helping them make dinner? Helping with yard work?
I should not have watched that film
With Worthy, out WR recruiting over the last 2 cycles is pretty great.
And they’re all fast as lightning
3 WRs in the past 2 classes that run sub-10.75 100 meter. Henning ran a 10.73, Wilson ran a 10.68, and Worthy ran a 10.55. That puts them all in that sub 4.4 40 range
100 meter speed differs from 40 speed. Tyson Gay was actually faster than Bolt over short distances i.e. 40-50 yds.
True but you are going to get more reliable times from HS track times than reported 40 times which usually get a couple fakes.
Also, while the very fastest 40yd guys might not be the very fastest 100m guys and vice versa...the correlation between being elite at one and elite at the other is *extremely* tight. Like, if you look at 60m leaderboards and 100m leaderboards, you basically see a single set of names (Bolt's an exception, though if he ran the 60 in his prime, he still would have been at or near the top of leaderboards).
It was more of a ball park estimate, but if you look at someone's 100 meter time you can usually ball park their 40 time within a reasonable range. It's pretty safe to say those guys are 4.4 or below in their 40 times
Still great news, but like 10 threads down in 1st page...
https://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/sam-webb-cb-xavier-worthy
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I acknowledge this in my post (flood of CBs). I just thought this added weight to that stuff, as it's separate info that isn't immediately obvious (another team's commitment + the number of commitments they have).
If we can finally grab a guy who is capable of outrunning the OSU DBs, and not simply have to experience the other way around, I’d be perfectly fine with that.
All I saw was elite speed on his profile, and that was enough for me.
Would be a nice pickup for UM and help allay concerns about the offense being less dynamic in the future. I do wonder if a couple more big names will start dropping as we get closer to the fall and schools and states are still trying to figure out how they'll do sports in the fall, if at all. Could see some guys just want to get a landing spot.
Yep. Not to get greedy, but if we pull Worthy, Edwards, Rooks, and Benny this is a really good class with the only hole being boundary cornerback?
McBurrows looks like a specific pick-up built to cover slots and drag routes- something we sorely need. Looks like Prophet Brown is headed to Oklahoma.
I'll say I'm surprised how little chatter there is of Giles Jackson in these parts. To me he was the best offensive skill player on the field vs Alabama, and this was a true freshman.