Double Hello: Freddy Canteen & Brandon Watson
According to Adam Friedman from Rivals we apprently received commitments from both Freddy Canteen (2014 WR) and also his teammate Brandon Watson (2014 CB).
EDIT: Confirmed by Sam Webb.
#Michigan picked up commitments Freddy Canteen and Brandon Watson from Eastern Christian Academy
Well, well. Scott for sure to Clemson?
Welcome aboard, sirs.
One CB who happens to be the best in the country in Peppers
One CB who beat out more highly ranked competition in camp and earned an offer
I dig it
...when Jackson and Shazor were both All Americans? That was awesome!!
For some reason, the Double Hello is the best sort of "Hello" when it comes to commitment posts - always nice to see commits come in pairs.
"The M Block" had short interviews with each of them recently - HERE
Watson had said that he wanted to decide before the season so he could enroll early wherever he was going, and Canteen talked about his potential fit at Michigan as either a slot or outside receiver.
Welcome to Michigan, Freddy Canteen and Brandon Watson!
nice little summary/Q&A with the guys
Not cool. I log in to MGo and totally smacked my head on the dash! No one told me to assume the position of buckled up. What the hell. Not cool......(except for the receiving two commits part...which is pretty cool).
I think the NFL just got Denarded........they had to create a whole new position for the guy. Offensive Weapon. We need to use that as a recruiting meme, "Son, we had a guy up here last year that was so Dilithium the NFL had to create a new position. We think you are our next OW."
hate to break it to you but it was used before Denard even got to the NFL. I believe it was used for Devin McClustter(?) when he was drafted for the first year or two of his career
does anyone else think that their helmets look like haribo happy cola or fizzy cola snacks?
Ohio Pony Express just dispatched a courier to hand deliver Urbz offer. It remains to be seen if it is committable. Stay tuned.
Who do you think gets the remaining defensive back spot?
Good for them and welcome to the family! Seemed like the Artavis Scott boat was sailing anyways. Not sure what's up with Westphal. But glad to have both Watson and Canteen. Go blue!
The Penn State situation probably doesn't hurt with this either.
This is good. We need to build critical mass in eastern/mid atlantic recruiting before Penn State recovers and becomes a beast.
And Penn State will recover, BOB or not. Sanctions aside, Paterno had that program sleep walking for a decade.
I agree--not only because of Penn State, but also because we don't need Maryland or Rutgers developing into genuine threats either.
I grew up in Virginia and always wondered why it wasn't recruited more heavily by B1G teams. The state has great talent as does the DC/Maryland area. It would be nice to develop some permanent relationships with some of the better programs in that area. If we continue to aggressively recruit NJ, PA, VA, MD, plus the Midwest we can off set our disadvantage of recruiting in ESS EEEE CEEE territory.
I trust the coaches as evaluators ahead of any recruiting service.
who do you think gets the last defensive back spot?
These two guys are exccited to get to play at a place with actual facilities.
This was a jolt. When I saw the "Hello:" post, I just assumed it was for another sport, that men's swimming just picked up a backstroke specialist or something.
I'm really curious to see these guys play. Hope their school can schedule a full slate of games this year.
Welcome to Ann Arbor Freddy and Brandon! Look forward to seeing you light up the Big House.
As mentioned above, the coaches saw how potent Freddy was at camp. Not just one play. Not just one day (or did he just camp for one day instead of the full three?). They absolutely loved what they saw to offer the kid. Not only that, they offered Watson and got his verbal too. And this is from a POWER HOUSE FOOTBALL program that produces great talent. Hoke and staff now have a door open at Eastern Christian Academy. This is all GREAT NEWS!
Grats to both, Welcome to the familly.
Go Blue.
They have him listed as only 5-11 there...
if so, sounds like we still have room for 4-5 more?
Ohio fans are trolling us via Twitter for offering and accepting commits from seemingly unheralded recruits based on camp performances when M fans made fun of them for doing the same last week. Any merit to this?
Sometimes those Bobcats are going to have to take unheralded recruits. That's the way it goes in the MAC.
I fail to see what "Meat Chicken" has to do with my criticism of "Ohio."
The "Ohio" thing is tired, too.
The difference is that the "Ohio" thing is annoying and can be confusing.
My pointing it out is just annoying. Adding "State" or typing "OSU" is pretty simple. If people really put their minds to it, I think it can be achieved.
Camp offers are my favorites. You get to test drive the car on your own roads, not just read about it.
Ohio fans are trolling us via Twitter for offering and accepting commits from seemingly unheralded recruits based on camp performances when M fans made fun of them for doing the same last week. Any merit to this?
You've answered your own question.
looking forward to cheering for you both at the Big House!