Rivals 250 Released
http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/rankings/rank-3202/2014
Some prospects of interest:
1) Da'Shawn Hand - DE
2) Jabrill Peppers - DB
5) Quin Blanding - S
6) Andrew Brown - DT
8) Adoree' Jackson - CB
12) Elijah Hood -RB/ATH
21) Malik McDowell - DL
32) Damon Webb - DB
41) Marshon Lattimore - WR/ATH
47) Montae Nicholson - DB
49) Tyler Luatua - TE
55) Alex Bars - OL
56) Drake Harris -WR
70) Nyles Morgan - LB
82) Joe Mixon - RB
84) Michael Ferns - LB - COMMIT
93) Artavis Scott - WR
104) Maon Cole - OL
109) Saeed Blacknall - WR
122) Sam Mustipher - OL
151) Mikale Wilbon - RB
172) Bryan Mone - DT - COMMIT
174) Reilly Gibbons - OL (Brendan's Cousin)
201) Daniel Helm - TE
202) Dallas Todd - WR
204) Kyle Berger - LB
213) Parker Westphal - CB
225) Dominque Booth - WR
228) Erick Smith - CB
Edit: Updated for missed prospects
February 12th, 2013 at 12:56 PM ^
February 12th, 2013 at 1:36 PM ^
Yeah, Mone looks like a top 100 player to me.
February 12th, 2013 at 1:48 PM ^
February 12th, 2013 at 2:28 PM ^
From what I understand, when he wraps up some loose ends and just gets more comfortable, like taking parents on visits, seeing a few more campuses for comparison, that sort of thing.
February 12th, 2013 at 2:46 PM ^
And by that, I obviously meant in 18 minutes.
February 12th, 2013 at 2:54 PM ^
February 12th, 2013 at 12:56 PM ^
No Speight? UHG
February 12th, 2013 at 12:58 PM ^
cue the Speight freakouts
February 12th, 2013 at 1:12 PM ^
Plus, Chance Stewart at #215.
February 12th, 2013 at 2:21 PM ^
February 12th, 2013 at 2:24 PM ^
I once tried to return a sportcoat out of Speight.!
February 12th, 2013 at 1:00 PM ^
He had to reclassify due to injury, right? I'd take a wait and see approach if I were a recruiting service, too.
February 12th, 2013 at 4:17 PM ^
Speighters gonna Speight.
February 12th, 2013 at 12:59 PM ^
Interesing to note that decommit Denzel Ward is not among those in the to 250.
February 12th, 2013 at 2:13 PM ^
I thought that he was supposed to be a merson with a lot of raw potential but hadn't played football for very long. If he can improve this year maybe he'll receive that bump.
February 12th, 2013 at 1:00 PM ^
1) Da'Shawn Hand
February 12th, 2013 at 1:39 PM ^
February 12th, 2013 at 1:09 PM ^
Josh Malone and Mark Andrews PLZ, kthxbai.
February 12th, 2013 at 1:23 PM ^
I really like PARRKER Westphal I don't see 212 players better then him
February 12th, 2013 at 1:41 PM ^
I think a lot of Michigan fans are overrating Westphal a little bit because he seems really interested in coming to Ann Arbor. I think we should remember that the coaches have talked to him about playing slot corner, and he's a thicker kid who lacks a little bit of speed. He's a good football player and I'm not anti-Westphal, but he's not really an elite (aka top 100) talent. I think #213 is probably a pretty good spot for him, although I haven't watched film of all the other 212 guys ahead of him.
February 12th, 2013 at 2:04 PM ^
And why haven't you??
February 12th, 2013 at 2:15 PM ^
I am a failure at life.
February 12th, 2013 at 2:56 PM ^
I'm not one for a bias opinion, watching his film I see a guy who is a great open field tackler who can get physical. I honestly see him as a more recent day woodson playing the nickel, blitzing, safety, and playing in the box. in no way am I comparing him to woodson I'm just saying I could see him playing a similar type role as Woodson esp seeing how much Mattison likes playing in the nickel. Now for the negatives he doesnt seem to have great top end speed,hip,and he doesnt look like he plays the ball well when its in the air
February 12th, 2013 at 3:40 PM ^
Recruiting strategy: invoke Woodson's name in talks with every DB recruit
Boundary CB: you can be the UM-era Woodson for us!
Slot CB: you can be the present-day GB iteration of Woodson for us!
Run-stuffing Safety: you can be future years' version of Woodson for us!
February 12th, 2013 at 3:47 PM ^
February 13th, 2013 at 7:43 AM ^
If you listen to recruits, it's pretty clear that Michigan plays fast and loose with the Woodson card. Every year there seems to be a handful of guys who make some statement along the lines of, "Coach said I could become the next Woodson!"
To be honest, I'm surprised it gets kids so excited; most of them were 0-2 years old when Woodson won the Hesiman.
February 12th, 2013 at 3:48 PM ^
February 13th, 2013 at 5:10 AM ^
I could see them playing the same position, blitzing, etc., but there's no comparison between the two. You could just as easily say "Brandon Harrison" instead of Woodson.
February 12th, 2013 at 1:20 PM ^
on a few of those guys, and, plus Speight, that's our class right???
February 12th, 2013 at 1:24 PM ^
Man I hope we flip Webb. McDowell would make me feel better about LM too.
February 12th, 2013 at 1:27 PM ^
February 12th, 2013 at 1:27 PM ^
That would be tremendous!
February 12th, 2013 at 1:35 PM ^
And add #8 Adoree Jackson to that haul. One can dream
February 12th, 2013 at 1:33 PM ^
Landing Westphal, Troy Vincent, and Adoree Jackson would take a little bit of the sting out of Webb going to Columbus, no? Doles, Cole, and Bars I can see us landing, Prince, Bauer, or Talamaivao, or Jones would be a good way to round out the next top line class, too.
February 12th, 2013 at 1:31 PM ^
I'm no scout, but his highlights look pretty darn good to me. I would love to see him suit up at WR for Michigan.
February 12th, 2013 at 2:21 PM ^
Blacknall looks pretty good, but check out John "Juju" Smith. I really like this kid, and not just because of his nickname:
February 12th, 2013 at 2:47 PM ^
February 12th, 2013 at 4:31 PM ^
February 12th, 2013 at 1:33 PM ^
February 12th, 2013 at 1:34 PM ^
Another note: not a ton of pro-style QB's this year. Good amount of dual-threats but it seems like a pretty big down year for pro-style QB's. Speight may climb if he gets into some camps as he has been pretty limited with scouting last year.
February 12th, 2013 at 1:36 PM ^
No Doles?
February 12th, 2013 at 1:42 PM ^
Doles is small-ish and sitting on offers from Michigan and Iowa State. There's a good chance you won't see him on the top 250 list at all throughout the recruiting process.
February 12th, 2013 at 1:46 PM ^
He's under 250 lbs. If he bulks up and/or camps well he'll get more offers and recognition, or if he goes Blue. It doesn't matter much because we know what we're getting, but it'd still be nice.
February 12th, 2013 at 5:01 PM ^
Doles and Braden are similiar comparisons at this stage.
February 12th, 2013 at 5:06 PM ^
Maybe recruiting-wise, but they're not similar players...
February 12th, 2013 at 1:50 PM ^
Other prospects of interest:
#224 WR Corey Holmes
#225 WR Dominque Booth
#236 DB D'Andre Payne
#243 DE Melvin Keihn
February 12th, 2013 at 1:55 PM ^
D'Andre Payne gets my vote for most badass name of the 2014 class. Wonder if he's related to Major Payne?
February 12th, 2013 at 2:12 PM ^
February 12th, 2013 at 1:51 PM ^
Are there any prospects on this list that are pretty sure things?
February 12th, 2013 at 1:56 PM ^
Michael Ferns