4 Star OT Jarrett Patterson (Mission Viejo, CA) - Michigan Visit Recap
Full recap of Jarrett Patterson visit over the weekend here:
https://247sports.com/Article/4-star-OL-Jarrett-Patterson-Recaps-Michig…
"The Michigan official couldn’t have gone better," said Patterson. "I loved the change of life in the midwest and the people in Ann Arbor."
Patterson visited Michigan just days after he decommitted from Arizona State and his time with the coaches and players left a good impression.
"What stood out most was the football players even spend time with regular students," said Patterson. "Everyone is interconnected and the players are all laid back guys. My host was Ben Bredeson. He is a starting guard and was super welcoming and showed me all around Ann Arbor. I couldn’t have asked for a better host and guy to be with. I also spent time with Devin Bush and Quinn Nordin."
There were also meetings with the Michigan coaches.
"I met all the coaches on the staff," said Patterson. "I spent the most time with Coach (Joe) Hastings, Coach (Tim) Drevno, and Coach (Jim) Harbaugh. Coach Harbaugh knows when to joke around but also knows when it is work time. He has so many stories to tell and is crazy energetic."
Jarrett visits UCLA next weekend.
Drevno is doing in-home visit in CA this Thursday.
Looks like a January decision.
December 11th, 2017 at 12:37 PM ^
December 11th, 2017 at 12:39 PM ^
Mr. Patterson, I would like to ask you to go ahead and skip your visit to UCLA. Fires and whatnot.
December 11th, 2017 at 12:46 PM ^
We're doomed.
December 11th, 2017 at 12:52 PM ^
Sometimes those big guys just like cooler weather.
December 12th, 2017 at 9:19 AM ^
October would have been a great time for him to visit. December really stress tests that possibility.
December 11th, 2017 at 12:55 PM ^
First, "football players even spend time with regular students".
Is that not the case everywhere?
Second, "I loved the change of life".
Teenage boy goes through menopause, news at 11.
December 11th, 2017 at 1:11 PM ^
December 11th, 2017 at 1:14 PM ^
With seperate dorms, seperate dinning facilities, seperate weight rooms, classes targeted to athletes, and most of a student athletes time spent practicing and reviewing film......no, on most college campuses, athletes do not engage with the regular student body very much.
I think this is one of the reasons fewer students attend games. There's not really a strong connection to the athletes anymore.
December 11th, 2017 at 2:29 PM ^
Great point.
December 11th, 2017 at 5:14 PM ^
some of the football players were in West Quad. Is that not the case today?
December 11th, 2017 at 10:17 PM ^
December 11th, 2017 at 1:10 PM ^
I was wondering if he was calming down after his initial EUTM burst when he first signed on. Nothing to worry about, obviously. GO BLUE!!!
December 11th, 2017 at 1:12 PM ^
Would love for Patterson to be part of the Michigan family! Another highly-talented, well-coached lineman with room to grow into an All-American.
Go Blue, Jarrett!
December 11th, 2017 at 1:26 PM ^
December 11th, 2017 at 2:26 PM ^
GO BLUE!!
December 11th, 2017 at 2:45 PM ^
December 11th, 2017 at 2:58 PM ^
My UCLA booster buddy thinks Patterson is gonna go there. We'll see who's right.
December 11th, 2017 at 3:08 PM ^
Sounds like a bag man....
December 11th, 2017 at 4:32 PM ^
Hate to say it, but this is feeling like another instance of us finishing second behind UCLA for a prospect. We need to land Nicholas Petit-Frere in the worst way.
December 11th, 2017 at 6:47 PM ^
No insider information, but I can't see committing to Michigan now, before a UCLA visit, unless Jarrett is sure that's where he wants to go. Besides, it's not like he hasn't been to UCLA before... he lives sixty miles away. And I'm sure by now he got some "what's it like/ what to expect" intel from Crawford, another South Orange County recruit.
December 11th, 2017 at 7:45 PM ^
December 11th, 2017 at 7:55 PM ^
That's a bad reason to choose a college.
December 11th, 2017 at 8:13 PM ^
Call me Pollyanna, but I don't see anything negative here. Young man says he had a great visit. If nothing else it really sounds like he is seriously considering Michigan.
December 11th, 2017 at 10:44 PM ^