Yannick Ngakoue Update

Submitted by Steve Lorenz on

Just got done chatting with Yannick Ngakoue, Michigan's most recent offer. Yannick is a four-star LB (Rivals; unranked) out of Washington, DC. His offer sheet includes Tennessee, Florida State, West Virginia, Rutgers and Maryland. What we discussed:

  • Michigan contacted him a little over a week ago and offered today. He expected the offer because "Michigan knows that I am a Division 1 caliber player".
  • His interest in Michigan is high: "They are definitely one of my top schools and I want to visit within the next couple months"
  • He likes the academic factor and the tradition, but also likes "how the team plays like a family".
  • He will be watching the basketball game tonight because Coach Mallory told him to.
  • Sandlot is his favorite movie. Yannick and I share the same favorite part as well....the "forever, forever" part.

If I recall correctly, most of Yannick's offers have come relatively recently, so he could be a diamond in the rough type player that Michigan got in on at the right time. I'll be checking back in with Yannick soon for updates regarding his recruitment.

Ace

February 18th, 2012 at 8:38 PM ^

Good lord, we did it again. Also talked briefly with Yannick. I'll add that he's 6'2", 226 pounds, he told me he had 87 tackles and nine sacks last season, and he's looking for a school with a good vetrenarian program where he has a chance to play as a true freshman. He said his reaction to the offer was "calm" because he "knew it was God's work."

TESOE

February 18th, 2012 at 10:24 PM ^

Becoming a Veterinarian, like becoming a people doc, would entail graduate work I would think.  I suppose you could get some sort of veterinary degree as an undergraduate - though not at Michigan.  

Regardless the undergraduate spectrum of classes at Mich could apply to a grad application to any Vet school.  Sounds like a good candidate to build his own General Studies degree to me.  Still a hard sell for the coaching staff if this matters to him I suppose. 

 

US News and World Report - Top Vet Schools (Graduate Programs)

 

#1 Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
#2 University of California--Davis
Davis, CA
#3 Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO
#4 North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
#5 Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
#6 University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
#7 University of Wisconsin--Madison
Madison, WI
#8 Texas A&M University--College Station
College Station, TX
#9 Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
#10 University of Georgia
Athens, GA
#11 University of Minnesota--Twin Cities
St. Paul, MN
#12 University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
#13 Tufts University
North Grafton, MA
#14 Purdue University--West Lafayette
West Lafayette, IN
#15 Auburn University
Auburn University, AL
#16 Washington State University
Pullman, WA
#17 Iowa State University
Ames, IA
#18 Virginia Tech/University of Maryland
Blacksburg, VA
#19 Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS
#20 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL
#21 University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
#22 Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
#23 Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS
#24 Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK
#25 Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR

 

 

Bo Knows

February 19th, 2012 at 1:44 AM ^

Ohio being that high pains me, jst for the sake of them being goood at something involving academics.  I had a little chuckle though since sparty always calims to have such a good vet school... HA