2012 Recruiting Offer List
Someone in one of the various TomVH threads asked how many offers we have out. I've been keeping a spreadsheet of those confirmed by Tom along with those posted on either Scout or Rivals. Since Tim is still working on the recruiting board, I hope you find this worthwhile.
table.tableizer-table {border: 1px solid #CCC; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 6px;} .tableizer-table td {padding: 3px; margin: 2px; border: 1px solid #ccc;} .tableizer-table th {background-color: #104E8B; color: #FFF; font-weight: bold;}| Targets | Ht. | WT. | 40 | Offer | Rivals 250 | Commit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterbacks | |||||||
| Zeke Pike | 6'5" | 220 | 4.7 | Dixie Heights HS, Edgewood, Kentucky | Yes | Yes | |
| Gunner Kiel | 6'4" | 220 | East HS, Columbus, Indiana | Yes | Yes | ||
| Bennie Coney | 6'2" | 205 | 4.8 | Plant City HS, Plant City, Florida | Yes | Yes | |
| Maty Mauk | 6'2" | 185 | Kenton HS, Kenton, Ohio | Yes | Yes | ||
| Connor Brewer | 6'2" | 195 | 4.7 | Chapparal HS, Scottsdale, Arizona | Yes | Yes | Texas |
| Running Backs | |||||||
| Matt Jones | 6'2" | 200 | 4.53 | Armwood HS, Seffner, Florida | Yes | Yes | Florida |
| Keith Marshall | 5'11" | 190 | 4.32 | Millbrook HS, Raleigh, North Carolina | Yes | Yes | |
| Bri'Onte Dunn | 6'2" | 215 | 4.59 | Glenn Oak HS, Canton, Ohio | Yes | Yes | Ohio St. |
| Wide Receivers | |||||||
| Latroy Pittman | 6'1" | 190 | 4.7 | North Marion HS, Citra, Florida | Yes | Yes | Florida |
| Stefon Diggs | 6’1" | 185 | 4.4 | Our Lady of Good Counsel, Olney, Maryland | Yes | Yes | |
| Dorial Green-Beckham | 6’6″ | 215 | 4.4 | Hillcrest HS, Springfield, Missouri | Yes | Yes | |
| Dwayne Stanford | 6'4" | 200 | 4.5 | Taft HS, Cincinnatti, Ohio | Yes | Yes | |
| Aaron Burbridge | 6'0" | 175 | 4.35 | Farmington Harrison HS, Farmington Hills, Michigan | Yes | ||
| Derrick Woods | 5'11" | 180 | 4.5 | Inglewood HS, Inglewood, California | Yes | Yes | |
| Deontay McManus | 6'0" | 209 | 4.5 | Dunbar HS, Baltimore, Maryland | Yes | Yes | |
| Malik Gilmore | 6'3" | 195 | 4.67 | Lakewood HS, Lakewood, California | Yes | ||
| Jordan Payton | 6'2" | 199 | 4.49 | Oaks Christian High School, Westlake Village, California | Yes | Yes | USC |
| Leonte Carroo | 6’1" | 205 | 4.4 | Don Bosco Prep, Ramsey, New Jersey | Yes | Yes | |
| Avery Johnson | 6'2" | 180 | 4.44 | Blanche Ely HS, Pompano Beach, Florida | Yes | Yes | |
| Tight Ends | |||||||
| Sam Grant | 6’6″ | 230 | 4.8 | St. Edward HS, Lakewood, Ohio | Yes | ||
| Sean Price | 6'4" | 206 | 4.9 | North Marion HS, Citra, Florida | Yes | ||
| Devin Funchess | 6'5" | 205 | Farmington Harrison HS, Farmington Hills, Michigan | Yes | |||
| Ron Thompson | 6'4" | 225 | East Detroit HS, Eastpointe, Michigan | Yes | |||
| Taylor McNamara | 6'5" | 235 | Westview HS, San Diego, California | Yes | Yes | ||
| Offensive Linemen | |||||||
| D.J. Humphries | 6’5″ | 265 | 4.9 | Mallard Creek HS, Charlotte, North Carolina | Yes | Yes | |
| Jordan Diamond | 6’6″ | 289 | 5.0 | Simeon Vocational HS, Chicago, Illinois | Yes | Yes | |
| Zach Banner | 6'9 | 295 | Lakes HS, Lakewood, Washington | Yes | Yes | ||
| Dan Voltz | 6’5″ | 289 | 5.3 | Barrington HS, Barrington, Illinois | Yes | Yes | |
| Andrus Peat | 6’6″ | 270 | Corona Del Sol HS, Tempe, Arizona | Yes | Yes | ||
| Kyle Murphy | 6’6″ | 255 | San Clemente HS, San Clemente, California | Yes | Yes | ||
| Jordan Simmons | 6’5″ | 295 | 4.9 | Crespe HS, Encino, California | Yes | Yes | |
| Taylor Decker | 6’8″ | 270 | 5.0 | Butler HS, Vandalia, Ohio | Yes | ||
| Mark Harrell | 6’5″ | 260 | Charlotte Catholic HS, Charlotte, North Carolina | Yes | |||
| Defensive Ends | |||||||
| Chris Wormley | 6’4″ | 255 | Whitmer HS, Toledo, Ohio | Yes | Yes | ||
| Ifeadi Odenigbo | 6’4″ | 210 | 4.44 | Centerville HS, Centerville, Ohio | Yes | ||
| Pharaoh Brown | 6’6″ | 220 | 4.7 | Brush HS, Lyndhurst, Ohio | Yes | ||
| Tom Strobel | 6'6" | 240 | 4.9 | Mentor HS, Concord, Ohio | Yes | Yes | |
| Mario Ojemudia | 6'3" | 215 | 4.65 | Farmington Harrison HS, Farmington Hills, Michigan | Yes | ||
| Se'Von Pittman | 6’5″ | 235 | 4.65 | McKinley HS Canton, Ohio | Yes | Yes | |
| Adolphus Washington | 6’6″ | 240 | 4.7 | Taft HS, Cincinnatti, Ohio | Yes | Yes | |
| Defensive Tackles | |||||||
| Tommy Schutt | 6’3″ | 301 | Glenbard West HS, Glen Ellyn, Illinois | Yes | Yes | ||
| Eddie Goldman | 6'4" | 307 | Friendship Collegiate Academy, Washington, District of Columbia | Yes | Yes | ||
| Vincent Valentine | 6'3" | 300 | Edwardsville HS, Edwardsville, Illinois | Yes | Yes | ||
| Sheldon Day | 6'2" | 268 | Warren Central HS, Indianapolis, Indiana | Yes | |||
| Danny O’Brien | 6’4″ | 255 | 5.1 | Flint (MI) Powers Catholic | Yes | Yes | |
| Greg Kuhar | 6'3" | 265 | St. Edward HS, Concord Township, Ohio | Yes | |||
| Linebackers | |||||||
| Deaysean Rippy | 6’2″ | 198 | Sto-Rox HS, McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania | Yes | Yes | ||
| James Ross | 6’0″ | 203 | Orchard Lake St. Mary’s HS, Orchard Lake, Michigan | Yes | Yes | ||
| Royce Jenkins-Stone | 6’2″ | 215 | Cass Tech HS, Detroit, Michigan | Yes | Yes | ||
| Vince Biegel | 6'3" | 210 | 4.53 | Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln HS, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin | Yes | Yes | |
| Kaleb Ringer | 6'1" | 225 | 4.45 | Northmont HS, Clayton, OH | Yes | ||
| Cornerbacks | |||||||
| Terry Richardson | 5'9" | 160 | 4.5 | Cass Tech HS, Detroit, Michigan | Yes | Yes | |
| Armani Reeves | 5'11" | 185 | 4.4 | Catholic Memorial HS, West Roxbury, Massachusetts | Yes | ||
| Safeties | |||||||
| Elijah Shumate | 6'1" | 205 | 4.5 | Don Bosco Prep, Ramsey, New Jersey | Yes | Yes | |
| D.J. Singleton | 6'3" | 195 | 4.5 | St. Peters Preparatory School, Jersey City, New Jersey | Yes | ||
| Deon-Bush | 6'1" | 177 | 4.44 | Columbus HS, Miami, Florida | Yes | Yes | |
| Jarrod Wilson | 6’2″ | 190 | 4.5 | Buchtel HS, Akron, Ohio | Yes |
BTW - Rivals lists 41 offers to date and Scout shows 40 (both show players not listed by the other service), while this list (which includes TomVH input) has 57 players. 40 of the 57 offered players appear on Rivals Top 250 watch list.
February 17th, 2011 at 11:33 PM ^
....... first...
February 17th, 2011 at 11:34 PM ^
it's douchebags like you who ruin mgoblog^^ !!!
February 18th, 2011 at 2:17 AM ^
Relax. The negging gets the point across.
February 17th, 2011 at 11:34 PM ^
Seriously dude, great job. This is extremely helpful.
February 17th, 2011 at 11:39 PM ^
I agree.. That took some time to gather this is a HELLUVA lot better than manually looking through rivals for Michigan-interested-top-250 targets. Thanks.
February 18th, 2011 at 12:56 PM ^
Please consider posting whenever TVH does us updates.
I'm curious to know if the number of our offers follows past years (more than most of B10 teams) or tracks more closely with that Ohio school.
February 17th, 2011 at 11:42 PM ^
We haven't offered Bam Bradley?
February 17th, 2011 at 11:45 PM ^
I can't find any posts that say he was offered yet and neither Rivals nor Scout lists him as offered.
February 18th, 2011 at 1:03 AM ^
That kid needs to get offered like yesterday.
February 17th, 2011 at 11:42 PM ^
Great Job, its interesting that a majority of Michigans offers are to the players on the top 250 watch list.
February 18th, 2011 at 2:13 AM ^
Yeah, that was my initial reaction, too. I'd be curious to see how that compares to the offer lists over the past several years.
February 18th, 2011 at 7:22 AM ^
is that there are only 8 in state offers so far and 5 of those come from FHH and Cass Tech.
Not a concern, just a little surprising.
Also, this should be bumped to a diary.
February 17th, 2011 at 11:42 PM ^
with regular updates
February 17th, 2011 at 11:42 PM ^
know how this compares to RR? toward the end i assume he was aiming lower, with a greater percentage of presumptive 3 star sorts getting offers. does that sound right?
February 17th, 2011 at 11:55 PM ^
He liked small shifty guys with extreme speed.
A lot of these guys didn't score high marks on physicals in camps explaining the lack of high star ratings.
Don't really think you can compare the two really.
February 18th, 2011 at 12:30 AM ^
That is correct. Part of rivals rankings are based on how pro ready the recruit is. This means that in most (not all) cases recruits who are taller, bigger, stronger get rated higher.
February 18th, 2011 at 12:21 AM ^
I don't understand the constant need to compare everything the new regime does to the way the old regime did it. My ex-girlfriend made a mean quesadilla, but I don't constantly compare it to the quesadillas I'm currently eating. I've moved on and I'm better for it...
February 18th, 2011 at 4:50 AM ^
it's not a need for "constant" comparison. i'd be just as interested in various other top schools' approaches. the answer to the question i asked here could probably have been answered.
February 18th, 2011 at 9:19 AM ^
RR did not recruit small shifty types. He recruited the best players he could. The reason there were a lot of 3 stars were because the guy was under a constant shitstorm and his job was constantly in flux. Tought to recruit to those conditions and he still did ok.
R. Miller and J. Williamson and J. Jackson are all big WR's in any system.
C. Bryant and Tony Posada are huge OL
Etc...
The only small shifty types are the 4 or 5 slot WR.
February 18th, 2011 at 5:43 AM ^
February 18th, 2011 at 7:43 AM ^
I was going to ask him if he has a highlight reel of quesadillas that he fondly recalls in an hour of darkness.
I love quesadillas.
February 18th, 2011 at 4:01 PM ^
You want a quesadilla? Well, I want a case of beer.
February 18th, 2011 at 4:58 AM ^
Any school can offer any Top 250 recruit they want. The bigger question IMO is if we have a realistic chance to get them. If 0 of those 40 offers commit and we're stuck with 3 star sorts the question then becomes moot. Bottom line, it's very early. I believe RR had a top 25 class evyertime?
February 17th, 2011 at 11:45 PM ^
February 17th, 2011 at 11:50 PM ^
250
They start with their top 250 based on last season and camps, and then throughout the year some players fall off and other players are added based on new data.
link - http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/rankings/rank-2851
February 17th, 2011 at 11:59 PM ^
February 18th, 2011 at 12:03 AM ^
I have a really good feeling about this class.
February 18th, 2011 at 1:00 AM ^
Thanks for putting this together.
It's great to see that we're setting our sights high. 70% of offers are top 250...excellent!
February 18th, 2011 at 1:02 AM ^
Jeez, you'd have thought Magnus would have done something like this on his blog.
Magnus (or Thundercat or whatever you call yourself over there) - put up an page of offers that UM has sent out. You can title it "2012 Offer Board" or something catchy like that. Sorting it by position and listed the players hometown would help too. If you have video of them, maybe you could link to it.
While I'm at it, this it what I would make it look like -
http://touchthebanner.blogspot.com/p/2012-offer-board.html
Just a thought.
February 18th, 2011 at 1:43 AM ^
you are honestly going to be offended because this was done on another site. I could understand if Brain had already done this, but cmon we're talking about content on a different site. Do you really feel posters should check every michigan fansite before posting things? I appreicate the work, Thank you OP.
February 18th, 2011 at 1:46 AM ^
Yes, I was trying to be snarky, but it was more to save the other posters time when there is already a poster on this site that does a very good job compiling this exact list, and has for several years.
There no sense is spending time keeping track of all of this if someone is already doing it, in an easy to read and organized fashion.
Since I'm assuming this OP isn't going to repost this every time we send out a new offer, it might be easier for everyone to just go to Magnus' blog and check it out. I'm not trying to knock the OP, if anything I'm trying to save him some time and work.
February 18th, 2011 at 8:54 AM ^
I love Magnus' blog and I'm certainly not trying to replicate it. I started keeping track of all of the offers because they were happening so fast and at the time neither Rivals nor Scout nor Magus seemed to list them all (although Magnus now has them all).
I also added Ht., Wt., 40 time, and Rivals Top 250 because I was interested in those things and that information isn't available consistently on any of the other sites. Many posters on this site have asked about the Rivals 250 so this list answers that question. I assume most of this information will be included in the MGo Recruiting Board that Tim is working on and then my spreadsheet will be retired.
February 18th, 2011 at 2:18 AM ^
You're acting like a psycho.
February 18th, 2011 at 1:05 AM ^
Per TomVH's twitter
RT @KippLAdams Jacksonville (Fla.) Bolles OT John Theus just got a #Michigan offer from Coach Jerry Montgomery.
Just new names to add.
February 18th, 2011 at 1:13 AM ^
People probably shouldn't get hopes up on Theus. Some regard him as top prospect in the state of Florida. No harm in offering though.
February 18th, 2011 at 1:24 AM ^
Yea I mean offering Taylor from Cali, even though he's committed to USC, seems to offer some hope that he's interested in Mich since he is visiting. Anyone we get on campus can't hurt our chances.
February 18th, 2011 at 1:24 AM ^
To put an "Offer" column in the table when the title is 2012 Recruiting Offer List? Maybe make that into an Interest Level column. Don't want to see too many Sad Josh's on that list....
February 18th, 2011 at 8:40 AM ^
I have this in Excel and I also include prospects who haven't been offered yet. I only posted the players with offers since that was the question that I was answering and the list was already pretty long without including every player we might offer.
February 18th, 2011 at 7:30 AM ^
February 18th, 2011 at 8:29 AM ^
for creating this.......so many new names flying around, it's hard to keep track of......nice to see guys in the top 250 getting offers.
February 18th, 2011 at 8:51 AM ^
We've also offered SC RB Demetrius Williams
February 18th, 2011 at 9:09 AM ^
I only included players that Rivals, Scout, or TomVH claim have offers. I can't find him anywhere in those sources. I assume that a newspaper somewhere reported his Michigan State offer as a Michigan offer.
At this point it looks like our only RB offers are to elite prospects and he doesn't seem to fit the bill.
BTW - I'm a daily visitor to your blog. It's a great aggregator of Twittered recruiting info. For those looking for a great recruiting resource visit http://2012umrecruit.blogspot.com/ for DGDestroys frequent updates.
February 18th, 2011 at 12:22 PM ^
Thanks for the plug
However, scout was reporting an offer about a week ago, I don't know where it went. I should probably take him off my offer board.
February 18th, 2011 at 9:17 AM ^
A few interesting but meaningless notes:
5 of 6 Defensive Ends offered are from OHIO.
Only 1 of 9 Offensive Lineman offered is from OHIO or MICHIGAN.
I thought the Linebackers to be offered would be more of the Willingham 235-240 lb size....instead so far they are similar size to RR's LB recruits.
February 18th, 2011 at 10:25 AM ^
as opposed to Willingham who was a senior when offered. So most of these guys will grow into the size LB that you're talking about
February 18th, 2011 at 11:58 AM ^
thanks, i wasn't taking that into account.
now, imagine that ga dt taylor who is still 16 and 6'4 and 315lbs as a junior. his film was as impressive as keith marshalls, but on the defensive side.
February 18th, 2011 at 10:41 AM ^
Yeah, as me said, the weight of a junior in HS isn't that important really, since most linebackers put on a lot of their weight once they get here. Demens and Fitzgerald were 224 and 225 coming out of HS, and now they're both 250 or so. It's not uncommon for these guys to put on 20-25 lbs over the few years between their senior year of HS and their first couple in college.
So a LB listed at 215-220 on his Rivals profile in 2011 can certainly be 235-245 by the time he sees the field in 2013 or 2014.
February 18th, 2011 at 9:41 AM ^
I love the players Hoke and Mattison are now recruiting.... its like a warm blanket, and feels like the old ways of Michigan.
Am looking forward to the manner in which Brian pulls a 180 on his "stupid hire" stance, a few years from now, in true Orwellian memory hole fashion.
February 18th, 2011 at 12:23 PM ^
I'm wondering why Noah Spence and Rushel Shell haven't been offered. They're both highly rated recruits from PA. I've read Spence was sending his tape to the Michigan coaches. Shell seems like he is the kind of back the coaches would want but I haven't read anything regarding him and Michigan.
February 18th, 2011 at 10:47 AM ^
First of all, great work. Thanks for putting this together!
And one thing I thought I saw: Avery Johnson is an LSU commit, I believe. Would love to have him, but sounds like being Patrick Peterson's younger brother has put LSU in a pretty solid position.