Hello From The Future: Kurt Taylor Comment Count

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Three-star 2017 Covington (GA) Newton running back Kurt Taylor is the first commitment of what should be a busy recruiting weekend for Michigan. Taylor named the Wolverines as his leader when they offered him in August, had a great trip for the BYU game, and didn't need to wait until the Michigan State game to announce his commitment on his latest campus visit.

Taylor is the third Michigan commit in the 2017 class, joining tight end Carter Dunaway and cornerback Benjamin St-Juste.

We're overstuffed with content today, so for now I'll post Taylor's rankings and highlights. A full Hello post will go up on Sunday.

GURU RATINGS

Scout Rivals ESPN 247 247 Comp
3* RB 3*, #19 RB NR RB 3*, 88, #24 RB,

#308 Ovr
3*, #35 RB,

#484 Ovr

All the sites save ESPN have Taylor ranked as a three-star, though he's within sniffing distance of four-star territory on 247 and Rivals.

VIDEO

Mid-season junior highlights:

Sophomore highlights and single-game reels can be found on his Hudl page.

Comments

1464

October 16th, 2015 at 2:10 PM ^

My super uneducated opinion -

PROs - 

Seems to find gaps, looks to have excellent vision

Not shy about contact

Good balance, shifty

His arms are like extra super jacked, brah

CONS -

Runs so straight up he almost bends backwards

Doesn't seem to have elite top end speed or quickness

Coldwater

October 16th, 2015 at 2:42 PM ^

Unfortunately the "con" of lacking elite top and speed or quickness is a biggie for a running back. Harbaugh and Wheatley must see something in this kid though, so Bring them on. We'll see how he does in about four years

1464

October 16th, 2015 at 3:38 PM ^

I see him as a baseline of De'veon Smith -

+ vision

- size

The one thing you don't see on highlight tapes is his ability to hold onto the ball.  Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING is contingent on that.  Not saying he doesn't.  He seems to hold it correctly.  But it'll take a long time for me to trust Isaac again.

Bando Calrissian

October 16th, 2015 at 2:22 PM ^

Can we discuss the fact that Harbaugh apparently wears nothing but his game coaching gear? Maybe the first coach I've ever seen who gets off the bus for the locker room already dressed in his sideline gear. Love it.

Gitback

October 16th, 2015 at 3:17 PM ^

First: YAY recruits!  If our coaches like him, I like him.

Second: (looking at Taylor's film) anyone else find it odd that there is a school in Georgia (Westlake) that calls itself the Lions and apparently takes its logo directly from Detroit, colors and all?

I mean, I know lots of high schools do this with the Packer's "G" and the Chicago "C"... and the Dallas Star, even the Atlanta Falcon (which is simple/cool)... but a school in Georgia emulating the Detroit Lions?  

I thought it was interesting, especially since they even transitioned to the new more stylized Lions logo that Millen introduced in '04 after sporting the old school lion previously.

 

ScruffyTheJanitor

October 16th, 2015 at 3:20 PM ^

If you told me that was Frank Gores son, I'd believe you. If you told me it was his nearly-idenitical twin, heretofore frozen in carbonite and recently released from his chronostatic state, I'd believe you. 

NYWolverine

October 16th, 2015 at 5:34 PM ^

The thing that jumps out at me is his aggressiveness and decisiveness into gaps and holes as they open up. He doesn't have happy feet; he's not "bouncy". He's letting plays develop and maximizing yardage. Playing within himself and counting on his team for success. Definitive Harbaugh recruit.