Devin Bush: Michigan's 83rd Consensus All-American
First team All-American honors by the AFCA, FWAA, Sports Illustrated, The Sporting News and the Walter Camp Football Foundation have made Devin Bush, Jr. the 83rd Consensus All-American in Michigan Football history.
Bush is Michigan's 184th First Team All-American and he just narrowly missed out on becoming a Unanimous All-American. AP was the only official selector who didn't name Bush to their first team.
Michigan has had 5 Consensus All-Americans in the last 3 years.
Michigan as a program had just 1 (David Molk) from 2008-2015.
December 14th, 2018 at 4:22 PM ^
Well deserved
December 14th, 2018 at 4:42 PM ^
I think he needs to come back another year to prove the AP wrong. /s
December 14th, 2018 at 4:22 PM ^
Yeah, but he wasn't a five-star or even top-200 recruit.
DO NOT WANT.
December 14th, 2018 at 4:32 PM ^
He wasn't a 5*? Then I'm confused: how could he possibly be good without being a 5*? I thought you had to be a 5* to be good? Our coaches need to step it up! Fiar Leyland!
December 14th, 2018 at 7:08 PM ^
He was a middling 4 Star.
December 14th, 2018 at 9:27 PM ^
Maybe Maizen can explain this to us.
December 14th, 2018 at 4:45 PM ^
I see what you're doing...
But this kid had offers from FSU, Auburn, Florida, Notre Dame, Texas, etc. Consensus 4 star. Was Under Armour All-American. Top 200 in Rivals and ESPN. Not exactly someone fans would bitch about for getting an offer.
December 14th, 2018 at 5:05 PM ^
Bingo.
Michigan is lucky to get one 5* a year...
nonsensical argument being made
congrats to Devin! Great to see him get some well deserved recognition
December 14th, 2018 at 5:06 PM ^
I think JH takes a more professional approach and along the lines of (don’t kill me here) Bill Belichick, where they don’t care about sizzle and hype and try to look at the player and evaluate. A prime example is Ronnie Bell. Also I think JH focuses on certain aspects of play that a player can do well and will have them do that rather that, so players are more successful rather than having weaknesses exposed, Josh Uche comes to mind, that kid can pass rush at an all conference level no reason to have him cover a flat.
December 14th, 2018 at 5:12 PM ^
For me the interesting thing to look back on was that Michigan lost in-state David Reese in their pursuit of Devin Bush that year. Reese started as a freshman and made Freshman All-American teams while Bush sat behind Ben Gedeon in 2016. But I think there is no question that Michigan's prioritization of Devin Bush looks wise now. Reese probably would have been good here, and he has had a good career at Florida as a 3-year starter, but no Devin Bush.
Crazy that Michigan will line up against David Reese for a second time in the Peach Bowl too.
December 14th, 2018 at 6:47 PM ^
My tiny bit of insider info on David Reese is they demanded he early enroll and Michigan told him no, so off to Florida.
December 14th, 2018 at 5:41 PM ^
Omg I’m so glad we got this non-5 star. He really helped us keep Ohio State under 70 points with all their top 50 players on offense!!!!
I get what you’re doing and Devin Bush is great. There is little doubt about that. But guess what? 11 Top 100 guys usually beat 11 top 350-caliber guys. We discovered that pretty easily in Columbus this year. Teams in the SEC and ACC have discovered that for the last decade against Alabama and Clemson.
December 14th, 2018 at 5:50 PM ^
You're right. Your proposed solution?
December 14th, 2018 at 7:08 PM ^
Learn how to stop a crossing route.
December 14th, 2018 at 4:27 PM ^
He deserves it good job Devin.
December 14th, 2018 at 4:27 PM ^
All-American Bush.
Giggity Giggity.
December 14th, 2018 at 4:29 PM ^
Congrats to Devin. He and Larry Foote were my favorite MLBs to watch play at Michigan.
December 14th, 2018 at 4:29 PM ^
He's too short to be any good!
December 14th, 2018 at 4:29 PM ^
Well played, Devin, well played.
December 14th, 2018 at 4:30 PM ^
I still can't bring myself to say the Bush is for certain better than David Harris.
But I can't say for certain that he's worse, either.
Go forth to the league and get paid, young man.
December 14th, 2018 at 10:39 PM ^
So you're saying he's equal to David Harris. Not >, not <...must be =.
I cannot remember a better Michigan MLB than Devin Bush. And I've been watching since 1986. He is definitely first team on my personal All Michigan team. Bush combined the instincts and tackling ability of Harris and the speed of Ian Gold (but faster!).
December 15th, 2018 at 2:37 AM ^
Larry Foote was pretty damn good!
December 14th, 2018 at 4:36 PM ^
Classic Michigan linebacker, along the lines of Dhani Jones, Victor Hobson, Larry Foote.
December 14th, 2018 at 6:27 PM ^
Don't forget David Harris and Lamar Woodley.
December 14th, 2018 at 7:11 PM ^
Woodley exclusively played DE here
December 15th, 2018 at 6:30 AM ^
Pretty sure he was OLB/DE but I could be wrong
December 14th, 2018 at 7:11 PM ^
Ian Gold. Fast.
December 14th, 2018 at 4:40 PM ^
he has truly been a wonderful backer of the line
December 14th, 2018 at 5:04 PM ^
The line has been well-backed in his time at Michigan.
December 14th, 2018 at 4:42 PM ^
AP got this one wrong. Bush deserves the Unanimous honor, and has more than earned the Consensus selection.
Hope he continues to excel!
December 14th, 2018 at 4:47 PM ^
Congrats Devin. Well deserved!
December 14th, 2018 at 4:51 PM ^
Will be unanimous after next year.
December 14th, 2018 at 5:03 PM ^
AP blew it!
SI isn't an official selector and doesn't matter for consensus/unanimous but it's still a nice one to have.
December 14th, 2018 at 5:27 PM ^
absolutely deserved. Devin is a phenomenal LB.
Go Blue!
December 14th, 2018 at 5:42 PM ^
Congrats!
December 14th, 2018 at 5:43 PM ^
Congratulations! Well deserved!
December 14th, 2018 at 6:26 PM ^
I would love to have him lead the defense as a senior but he is most likely a first rounder already so I wouldn't be surprised if he went to the NFL. Whatever he chooses I pray for success and health. It was an honor watching him.
December 14th, 2018 at 10:42 PM ^
I think he's projecting as a top 10 pick. He gone.
December 14th, 2018 at 6:38 PM ^
If you’re ever in the innards of Schembechler walk up the ramp between the locker room and the coaches offices. It’s probably 40 yds of All-American portraits and brought a chill up my spine as I got around the 1960’s to the present. Devin is a fine addition to the wall.
December 14th, 2018 at 6:46 PM ^
Close call with Ron Simkins as the best LB ever in AA.
Simkins had a 20 tackle game against OSU which is why I would put him first
December 14th, 2018 at 7:14 PM ^
Gonna miss him bad.
Good thing there were three of him at LB, so we still have two left.
Wait . . . what? It only felt like there were three of him at LB?
December 14th, 2018 at 8:31 PM ^
His will be very hard shoes to fill
December 14th, 2018 at 10:06 PM ^
It has been a joy watching that young man play with ruthless abandon. Thank you for all the hustle and the hard work you put in.
December 14th, 2018 at 10:25 PM ^
Congrats Devin. Hope you have a long and successful pro career.
December 14th, 2018 at 11:27 PM ^
I remember looking at his HS film and thinking that he would be good at Michigan but would be hampered by his size.
I was wrong. He turned out to be great.
December 15th, 2018 at 5:59 AM ^
Congratulations Devin! Very well deserved. And WD thank you for the additional context.
December 15th, 2018 at 8:54 AM ^
Harbaugh sucks. He can't coach, we can do better! /s
Just another example of how lucky we are to have Harbaughas our coach.
December 15th, 2018 at 9:37 AM ^
It's been a joy to watch Devin tear up opposing offenses.
December 15th, 2018 at 12:28 PM ^
Congrats to him! Well deserved. He definitely fits into my contention that we put maybe too much emphasis on this 3, 4 or 5 “Star” thing.
Go Blue! And congrats to Devin! I’d love to see him stay another year but couldn’t blame him if he left. Whale of a player who'll have a terrific pro career.