Stephon Herron Jr. Reportedly Firm on Commitment
247's Josh Newkirk is reporting that Stephon Herron Jr. is firm on his commitment to Michigan and he is "not looking right now." It seemed to be a foregone conclusion that Herron would flip to Stanford, but it seems that may not 100% be the case right now. He technically may not be lying about not looking right now as some believe Herron is awaiting admission to Stanford to flip his commitment, but hopefully we can take this at face value. Take this news with a grain of salt, but I'd definitely like to see the coaches get Herron on campus soon and try to sure him up on his commitment
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I hope so we need talent like that. Just win and all these recruiting threads won’t mean shit. WIN THE GAMES!!
Firm on his commitment? So was Tessio. Let's hope this ends better.
Praise be....just win in 2018 and recruiting will be easier.
2 positive recruiting threads in a row. Glory be, the naysayers wont know how to act!
If true, this is fantastic news. Loving the momentum recently...
I'll take
Anyone else have a hard time not focusing on those two words?
I second it, I would have felt more confortable if he had not said that.
That is almost like when an AD says that he is fully in support of the embattled head football coach, you know that means HE GONE! Really hope that is not the case here.
Is he aware, but not fully aware of what the word commitment means?
Non binding. Yeah, he's aware. Not sure the winning thing is that big a deal for a kid waiting on Stanford. It's not like they have been a playoff fixture.
is hard to do
"I am 100% committed to UM until Stanford informs me of my admission status."
This is probably accurate. Not sure anything has changed regarding Stanford for him. I'd sure as well have a hard time turning down Stanford to be honest.
Yeah I'll never fault a kid for going to Stanford. They're not gonna regret that decision.
Unless of course they end up regretting that decision.
Nah, no ragrets
This reads like one of those statements of confidence by an AD behind an embattled coach three weeks before firing said coach.
Yup. But I also take it as if we have another season like last year he is gone for sure. Winning may sway him enough to not go to Stanford if admitted.
Yeah, I'd preferred it if he dropped a "Fuck Michigan."
Agreed, and I know that stars do matter, but I've seen too many stars not pan out to get too stressed about any one. I remain in the, we'll wait and see fraction regarding hopes, dreams, predictions, and results.
defense will be legendary for years
I ran into the postman and the mail went flying everywhere. As I helped the mailman pick up the mail, I saw a postcard that called him Steven "Boom" Herron and quickly hid it in my fanny pack and destroyed it at home.
Your welcome guys.
Michigan is batting 1.000 when spelling a DL's name wrong!
....but we are batting 1.000 every time a recruit says, "Fuck Michigan"
1) Misspell his name
2) Get him to say “Fuck Michigan”
3) Go Karts? (unclear if this step is important)
4) Profit
you're*
Hope so, D-Line is a huge need in this class if everyone's trajectory maintains.
anyone know when Stanford releses their admissions? that might be the day we need to worry about.
But Devery Hamilton flipped to Stanford on January 30th a couple years ago. That would have been just days before signing day. I thought that was an "okay, I was admitted" flip.
If he doesn't sign during Early Signing Period, he is probably not going to be in the class. Early Signing Period is several weeks before Stanford admissions is finalized for some, so I think that will be the day to look at.
Early Signing Period has taken some of the gamesmanship of recruiting out of the process. Much harder to string a school or prospect along to February Signing Day now.
he's still a junior in HS. Can't imagine he could be admitted before the fall at the earliest.
No relation to Brandon, right?
No, but I do believe he is related to Stephon Herron Sr.
Let's be honest here.. If you want to be coached up to play as a DL in the NFL.
Michigan>Stanford
I understand the academics/weather but c'mon!
Solomon Thomas went #3 overall.
Truth is NFL will find you regardless.
With all due respect, I think you are selling Shaw and Stanford short. And let’s remember who hired David Shaw to be his offensive coordinator.
the fact that Stanford has had more first round picks in the last 10 years than Michigan.
why did you bring up the previous coaching!
Someone should post a recap of the Michigan Insider podcasts from today. I'm swamped with my business trying to get it running, but there was a ton of good recruiting and current team info on there today.
Little summary - DE Zach Harrison setting commitment for August - Official to Michigan in June.
Karlaftis Has incredible athleticism and remains interested in Michigan - Sam likes to talk about him a lot to the point where I think there's a lot of options there in taking him from Purdue
Lots of other good recruiting tidbits - D-Line has a ton of excellent prospects high on Michigan.
Oh, and regarding Joe Milton, Sam Webb said that if fall practice goes anything like spring practice, he wouldn't expect him to redshirt and would instead expect the staff to find ways to play him possibly in a Jabrill Peppers kind of small role (not in similar skill set but how they might use him in frequency including RPO). Milton has been that good.
It's weird how a player who completed less than 50% of his passes in HS and that everyone though 100% needed a RS, has completely surpassed expectations to the point where they are actively trying to get him on the field
Milton is not really a dual threat QB. He's a passer with an absolute cannon. If he doesn't redshirt, that means they are planning on using his arm.
I agree. "RPO" can mean handing the ball off vs. throwing the ball, not really running the QB.
I think all the redshirt talk from everyone was in regard to him being a pocket QB only. But if he is going to be used as a wildcat, there would be a difference. But reports at this time of year have to be viewed with discretion.
Burning the redshirt is scary. But if he is QB 2 andrhe starter in 2019 maybe it’s not crazy. I still would redshirt him personally.
I don't believe it one bit. If Joe Milton plays, we are fucked at the QB position, and it will be a long season and an off season of discontent.
Joe Milton won't start unless he is definitely better than Peters and McCaffrey and Shea Patterson is injured. Playing a few snaps a game does not have anything to do with the state of the QB position. No way McCaffrey this year + Peters last year is worse than O'Korn last year + Peters last year, so if Milton is playing over them then that just tells you how good he is.
And I don't even think Milton playing a few snaps a game necessarily even means that he would be starting over McCaffrey and Peters - I think the idea is that he brings a different skillset with his arm that the other two don't have. Maybe he's better at RPO than the other guys, which is a set of plays Jim has publicly stated that he wants to incorporate more into his offense this year.
Does this mean the coaches are going to use him in roles like that and not as a possible starting QB some day?
i bet 100 mgopoints he redshirts.
Most are saying he is going to redshirt. But the commenter above said Sam Webb is high on him. I have been pretty sure he's going to redshirt. But in proportion, if you bet 10000 I'll bet 50. ;-)
Rumblings like. O’korn, Morris, Peters. The list gets bigger every year.