The Big Ol' Board: 2014, Offense

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Legend:

Icon	Name	Meaning
	Sad Josh	The genre of player with unrequited interest in Michigan. Unlikely to receive offers; most will eventually fade off the list and go to Duke or Michigan State or something.
	Nefarious Eduardo	Player is a longshot. Either they've declared someone else a leader publicly or popular opinion holds that they're likely to go to another school.
	Data	Either no opinion or Michigan is one of a fairly even group of chasing schools. Players in this category maintain no leader or change their leader frequently. The default category for players that we don't know much about yet.
	Happy Teeth	Players who have Michigan in a small leading group or have Michigan as a tenuous favorite. Should be regarded as a good shot, not a slam dunk.
	Mr. Blue	Player is either a verbal or is expected to be one sooner or later. Players with this designation are 65%+ to be Michigan commits.

Additional note: (EE) next to a Michigan commit indicates the player intends to enroll early.

QUARTERBACK

NEEDS: 1.

STATUS: Got 'em. Michigan is done at QB.

COMMITTED
	Player	State	Stars	Visit	Offer	Suitors
	Wilton Speight	VA	3	Yes		nyet
Hello post. Speight won an offer derby amongst various highly touted QB prospects and immediately committed. Instrumental recruiter; works with QB coach in CA biweekly. Projected YMRMFSPA: John Navarre.

RUNNING BACK

NEEDS: 0-1. With Smith and Green in the last class and Mikey Weber and Damien Harris strong candidates to end up in the next one, Michigan could skip the spot entirely this year. May as well swing for the fences though.

STATUS: Ask again later. A few offers are out, but no one has Michigan in a small leading group.

COMMITTED
nyet
PRIME TARGETS
Player	State	Stars	Visit	Offer	List	Feeling
Kalen Ballage	CO	4	No		M, UNL, Oregon, Boise, ASU, CU
Athlete-type prospect has versatility to also play LB or WR. Mentioned Michigan as one of the schools after him hardest in early May. Oregon will be a threat if they offer.
Jonathan Hilliman	NJ	3	No		OSU, M, Bama, RU, Vandy, Miami
Claims offers from entire planet and had ordered top ten as of two months ago featuring the great old rivals at the top. Now down to six. Carlos Hyde-type back.
FRINGE TARGETS
Player	State	Stars	Visit	Offer	List	Feeling
Joe Mixon	CA	5	No		open, but USC
Super-touted CA back could go anywhere but will probably end up at USC. Planning a midwest swing later this summer, though.
Leonard Fournette	LA	5	No		open, but LSU.
File under pipe dream, but has been chatting with Jabrill Peppers and other #team135 kids on twitter.  EDIT: As of 6/7, Rivals reports Fournette wants an official visit to Michigan.
Shai McKenzie	PA	4	No		15 schools, but VT
Has M in a wide open top 15 he plans on halving in the near future, but says he feels like "he may not be a major priority($)" what with Green around.

WIDE RECEIVER

NEEDS: 3-4.

STATUS: Michigan acquired two lanky outside receivers in Mo Ways and Drake Harris. Now they're hunting either a slot or another big ol' guy.

COMMITTED
	Player	State	Stars	Visit	Offer	Suitors
	Drake Harris	MI	4.5	Yes		OSU, MSU, Bama, UF, FSU
Hello post. MSU decommit saw the light as soon as his freakish football potential ended plans to play basketball. Has the frame, speed, and body control to be a lethal deep threat. PYMRMFSPA: Braylon.
	Mo Ways	MI	3	Yes		Iowa, RU
Hello post. Long leaper has top end speed and hands issues. A 6'4" Junior Hemingway. Inexperienced, so should improve. PYMRMFSPA: Marquise Walker.
PRIME TARGETS
Player	State	Stars	Visit	Offer	List	Feeling
KJ Williams	PA	4	Yes		M, Syracuse
Named Michigan his leader after a spring visit, but still has not pulled the trigger. Getting a you-snooze-you-lose vibe on this one.
Artavis Scott	FL	4	Yes		open
Teammate of OL commit Mason Cole backed off package deal plans when Cole pulled the trigger; still has M interest. Plans to attend the BBQ later this summer. More of a slot guy, so fits well with the commits. Feeling pretty good you guys.
FRINGE TARGETS
Player	State	Stars	Visit	Offer	List	Feeling
Jalen Brown	AZ	4.5	No		open
Will be tough to pry Brown out of the west but does plan a Midwest swing this summer. High-academic kid interested in NW and Vandy, so up M's alley.
Corey Holmes	FL	4	No		open
Grew up childhood M fan but seems to have moved on to other schools. Has visited ND and OU but not M since camping last summer.

EVEN FRINGIER: LA WR Malachi Dupre, AZ WR Mark Andrews.

TIGHT END

NEEDS: 1.

STATUS: Check.

COMMITTED
	Player	State	Stars	Visit	Offer	Suitors
	Ian Bunting	IL	3.5	Yes		ND, OSU, USC, OU, VT, Neb, UW, UO
Hello post. Enormous, lanky pass catcher with skillet-sized hands has buckets of potential. Injury shortened both his junior and sophomore years, leading to wide split in rankings. Going to need a lot of weight to block anyone, but lookit dem hands. PYMRMFSPA: Tacopants is real!

OFFENSIVE LINE

NEEDS: 3.

STATUS: One tackle and one guard are in. Michigan would like another tackle, it seems. Vague possibility they go to four if they have room in January and there's a guy they like; at this rate those spots will be filled by bionic defensive backs.

COMMITTED
	Player	State	Stars	Visit	Offer	Suitors
	Juwann Bushell-Beatty	NJ	3.5	Yes		UF, FSU, Miami, Rutgers, MSU
Hello post. Big split in rankings, significant dispute as to size amongst sites. Raw; just one year of varsity. Developmental prospect. Peppers teammate. PYMRFSPA: Logan Tuley-Tillman, down to the hyphen.
	Mason Cole	FL	4	Yes		Bama, OSU, USC, UF, FSU, UW, Stan
Hello post. Versatile, athletic guard prospect with Tarzan hair and proverbial mean streak. Needs to add a lot of weight. Teammate of Artavis Scott and 2015 star George Campbell. PYMRMFSPA: Kyle Bosch.
PRIME TARGETS
Player	State	Stars	Visit	Offer	List	Feeling
Jamarco Jones	IL	4	Yes		OSU, M, MSU, ND
Announcing June 27th, visiting everyone in his final four beforehand. OSU the e-leader, but Jones maintains everyone is even. Core 6 guy. A little short for tackle but long arms make up for it.
FRINGE TARGETS
Player	State	Stars	Visit	Offer	List	Feeling
Frank Ragnow	MN	3	No	No	open
#2 prospect in Minnesota has some midlevel B10 offers; headed to SMSB in an effort to impress the Michigan schools.
Michael Grimm	PA	3.5	No	No	Pitt leads
Yes, That Grimm. Son of former Hog currently favors Pitt but big offers could shake up his recruitment. Planning on taking his recruitment into January, so may be looking for bigger offers.
Alex Bookser	PA	4	No	No	top eight featuring OSU, Pitt
Michigan didn't make the kid's top eight announced in late May but hasn't offered.
Andrew Mike	AZ	3.5	No	No	open
Tackle prospect at 6'7". Plans a visit. High academic kid will look at Stanford extensively.
Roderick Johnson	MO	4	Yes		open
Also 6'7", swung through Michigan early this year. Has not even come close to defining a top list; planning a SE set of trips over the summer. Epinion has Johnson to FSU.
Braden Smith	OK	4	Yes		open, but A&M and ND
Visited M; won't narrow until September. With others leading Michigan has to get an official to have a chance.

EVEN FRINGIER: MD OT Damian Prince is a five-star-ish guy with M outside his top five. He plans a Signing Day announcement, though, so there's time to make up ground.