2020 recruiting
I LOVE the two latest hires on the staff, partly because both guys are young and known as ace recruiters. I’m not about to go all Maizen and completely fret about recruiting just yet, but it appears we have some definite work to do in this class. 5 commits currently with a .8792 player rating, while OSU has 6 with a whopping .9575 rating. That’s...not great.
Are we favored for any top 100 guys at the moment? We thought we had one 5 star in Hinton but that didn’t happen. Not hitting the panic button but I hope this staff can follow up a very good class with another very good class, at the very least.
January 11th, 2019 at 3:07 PM ^
2019 =/= 2020
He's talking about the class after the one that still hasn't wrapped up.
January 11th, 2019 at 3:08 PM ^
WTF??? I'm going home to start drinking. If everyone else can, so the hell can I!!!
January 11th, 2019 at 3:12 PM ^
A natural mistake, I know.
Me, personally, I'm worried as hell about our 2027 class. We don't have a single commit!
January 11th, 2019 at 3:55 PM ^
It’s Friday. Drink up and enjoy.
January 11th, 2019 at 3:08 PM ^
I think he is talking about Myles, not Chris.
January 11th, 2019 at 3:10 PM ^
The O-Line opening holes that you could drive a Tank through.
That's what I want!
Callaway (Hogansville, GA)
6-0 / 195
0.9805
January 11th, 2019 at 4:38 PM ^
There's also a kid named Ringo.
January 11th, 2019 at 3:11 PM ^
Nice try, Bluey
January 11th, 2019 at 3:12 PM ^
Michigan has offered at least 203 players in the 2020 class.
Some of them will commit to Michigan.
Some of them won't.
January 11th, 2019 at 3:37 PM ^
I call bullshit
January 11th, 2019 at 4:02 PM ^
It would be fucking awesome if all 203 committed.
Oversign and take them all, I say.
January 11th, 2019 at 4:37 PM ^
That's what grayshirts are for.
January 11th, 2019 at 4:08 PM ^
+1 Insightful
January 11th, 2019 at 4:14 PM ^
Magnus,
Your future as a used crystal ball salesman, just took a big hit.
There's still time to consider other career options ;o)
January 11th, 2019 at 3:14 PM ^
We need to fire our two new coaches because they apparently aren't stepping up!!!
January 11th, 2019 at 3:14 PM ^
I get the excitement or panic but we just signed our 2019 class. The 2020 class has yet to commit then decommit then recommit only to decommit again just so they can rerecommit. Trust the process.
January 11th, 2019 at 3:15 PM ^
Way too early to worry about this. And guys like JD Johnson will be raising that composite next season.
With the two hires we just announced, I'd expect 2020 recruiting to at least keep pace with 2019.
January 11th, 2019 at 3:20 PM ^
The new hires are horrible recruiters. Neither has had a player commit since they were hired.
January 11th, 2019 at 4:21 PM ^
Maybe that's because the recruiting dead period just ended today. Check back on Monday to see how those hires are working out ;o)
January 11th, 2019 at 3:26 PM ^
Michigan looks really good for Kalel Mullings .95, Rashan Williams .938, Makari Paige .924,
January 11th, 2019 at 4:08 PM ^
According to Seldon, Michigan has work to do for Paige who may be looking at other schools. Michigan does look good for Williams and Mullings though Mullings may be a competition with ND. Williams seems to be a strong lean towards Michigan.
QB: Got JD Johnson who will probably rise in rankings and trying to get Jay Butterfield or Parker McQuarrie as the other one in the class
RB: Michael Drennen, Jutahn McClain, Tirek Murphy, Lawrence Toafili, Sam Adams are the top names. Bijan Robinson is the long shot.
WR: Julian Fleming and Johnny Wilson are long shots. Kalil Branham committed. Otherwise theres interest in Williams, Josh Downs, Michael Redding, Mike Wyman, Elijah Badger, Traeshon Holden, Jaden Dottin, Devell Washington, Ian Stewart
TE: Patterson committed. Shooting for one of Ungar, Mark Redman, Theo Johnson, or Maliq Carr. Maybe flip Mayer from ND
OT: Try to flip Myles from Stanford. Otherwise associated with Zak Zinter, Kevin Pyne (probs to ND), Anton Harrison (probs to PSU), Andrew Gentry, Miller Merriwheather Lewis, Michael Carmody, Tosh Baker, and Seth McLaughlin
OG: Justing Rogers (looking to play down south and immediately as freshman), Andrew Raym, Geirean Hatchett
WDE: Bryce Mostella
SDE: Longshot for Bryan Bresee and Darrion Henry, likely for Braiden McGregor
DT: Cole Brevard, Jeffrey M'Ba
ILB: Cornell Wheeler committed. Ethan West leaning towards Michigan
OLB: Kalel Mullings, Osman Savage, Jaheim Thomas, Deamonte Trayanum (he wants to play RB though)
CB: Seldon committed. Myles Slusher, Joshua Moten. Longshot is Dwight McGlothern right now
S: Lathan Ransom, Makari Paige, Jordan Morant
ATH: Mookie Cooper, Cameron Martinez, Daniyel Ngata for RB/WR. Enzo Jennings for S/CB/WR.
January 11th, 2019 at 5:10 PM ^
I'll add, just checking around the recruiting profiles of our two newest hires, that we improved position with many of these recruits:
Campanile recruited: Tirek Murphy, Lucas Ungar, and Jordan Morant, plus Joshua Moten was being recruited for his backfield. Also Mullings and West were recruited on his side of the ball.
As a bonus, Gattis also was recruiting Jordan Morant, which seems to have had an immediate impact. Plus he was recruiting Johnny Wilson's high school teammate who is a WR also: Jermaine Burton. Most importantly, Gattis' NC connections might get us a chance at guys like: SDE's Jacolbe Cowan and Myles Murphy, which would help a bunch since we have no DLine coach yet.
Must lock in WDE Bryce Mostella and get in on DT Bryce Austin from Southfield.
January 11th, 2019 at 5:11 PM ^
Gattis may just start his recruiting work by making Julian Fleming less of a long shot.
January 11th, 2019 at 3:36 PM ^
You are wrong... We have one top 100 signee, Zeb Jackson, with an average ranking of 97 vs 0 signees for OSU, MSU also has 0 FWIW.
January 11th, 2019 at 3:36 PM ^
Jesus fucking Christ. We are a year until signing day. How many freaking guys did we have in this class that started out as mid 3* types, our fans bitched and moaned, and they absolutely EXPLODED once the camp circuit completed?
Harbaugh is known for this. Jumping on under the radar guys that have great camp seasons and senior years and make huge jumps up the rankings.
Can we just NOT freak the fuck out over recruiting rankings of 5 prospects a full 5 months before summer camps even START?
Take a look at our class. JD Johnson is holding back our average a bit. If you exclude him, our average jumps up to .8885. Now go take a look at the Future Blue feature on JD. He’s an under-exposed QB who is expected to make major gains in the rankings.
Take a step back from the ledge. Drink a beer. And go to bed. Let the staff do their job. We’ll be fine.
January 11th, 2019 at 3:37 PM ^
There a chance Hinton ends up in this class..... the tides are turning, we flippin' kids from 'bama. We stealin' their coordinator.... We about to rip up all kinda shit!
January 11th, 2019 at 3:47 PM ^
2020 is a long way off. Might be a little early to ratchet up the concern. I prefer to bask in the glow of our 2019 signees, at least until, say, mid-summer or early fall.
January 11th, 2019 at 3:48 PM ^
5 star Hinton that we led for did not happen and we do not lead for a single top 100 in 247's rankings.
We will end up landing 1 final 5-star and 2 or more other top 100's.
Thanks.
January 11th, 2019 at 3:57 PM ^
It. Is. JANUARY.
January 11th, 2019 at 4:14 PM ^
January 11th, 2019 at 4:15 PM ^
Our 2020 recruiting sucks? Thanks Obama.
January 11th, 2019 at 4:23 PM ^
A better topic would be 2030 recruiting for kids watching Michigan suck in big games for the first time.
January 11th, 2019 at 4:30 PM ^
I am confident that once the whole staff gets situated the recruiting will take care of itself. I think the spring game is going to be very important this year to a lot of the recruits. They are going to want to see how open the offense is. I do think Harbaugh will show a bit of that this year. Depends on how comfortable he is going to be with the guys adapting to it. There is a lot left to see and I have a feeling due to the amount of coaches movement this year the early signing period will not be as big this coming December. Next February is a long way away. When this team performs like I think they will, we won’t be talking about this anymore. Well some of us won't be,,,Go Blue!!!!
January 11th, 2019 at 4:36 PM ^
Here's a quick summary of some 247 interest
RB:
Jalen Berger 57overall/9 position. From Don Bosco-already interested, now Campanile is here
Tirek Murphy 258/21. Only 1 CB, but it’s for Mich
WR: Julian Fleming 5/1. 1st offer, already likes M and Gattis was his lead recruiter at PSU & Bama
Rashawn Williams 156/29. Detroit King, M leads on CBs
Jaden Dottin 274/56. Suffield Academy & Don Brown is lead recruiter
Maliq Carr 390/76; Devell Washington 476/92; Ian Stewart 477/93 locals with interest
TE: Lukas Ungar 301/5. NJ guy so Partridge/Campanile combo may help
OT: Myles Hinton 12/2. Still a chance w/ a good yr and another Stanford down season?
Michael Carmody 196/25. Warm interest, in PA so Gattis may help
OG: Justin Rogers 14/1. Interest growing with Warriner, but who knows
DE: Bryce Mostella 343/14. Local, 100% of CBs, but Mattison was his lead
Braiden McGregor 279/14. Local, CBs split with ND, but Mattison was his lead
DT: Cole Brevard 157/13. Listed as cool, but visited in Nov
Denver Warren 320/28. Did we burn this bridge or can we use Solomon's transfer as a reason to say we now have room?
LB: Ethan West 263/8. 100% CBs, but Washington was lead
Kalel Mullings 102/3. Lead CBs, MA is Don Brown territory
CB: Kelee Ringo 10/2. No interest, but a cool name
Jordan Morant 178/8. NJ guy so Partridge/Campanile combo may help
Makari Paige 200/11. Local, lead CBs
January 11th, 2019 at 4:36 PM ^
I'm not really concerned about recruiting. Plenty of teams do more with less than us. Ohio State should and almost certainly will out-recruit us. Beat them on field and recruiting might eventually follow.
January 11th, 2019 at 4:46 PM ^
Not really, the best teams recruit the best. Bama, Clemson, Ohio St, Oklahoma. ND has great classes year in and year out. Championships and recruiting rankings go hand in hand.
January 11th, 2019 at 4:37 PM ^
Dang Ohio has a lot of top prospects for the 2020 class.
January 11th, 2019 at 4:49 PM ^
I think it's a combination of being early, not lot of obvious holes for early playing time, and a bit of a face dive to finish the year. At some point in the very near future we need to sell more than hope of winning B1G titles and beating OSU to land some top and/or out of region players that have other options that don't have UM ties.
January 11th, 2019 at 6:12 PM ^
Everything will be alright. Long ways to go w this class. They’ll turn up the heat on this class in 2019.
January 11th, 2019 at 9:12 PM ^
Win the games and recruiting will take care of itself
January 11th, 2019 at 9:21 PM ^
It'll be interesting to see who Campanile, Gattis and Partridge can bring in for 2020. Add Jay Harbaugh to that list of strong recruiters. I'll put my money on them helping to secure Michigan a top 10 class.
