4* 2025 TE Eli Owens commits'
Title says it all but here's the link.. .https://twitter.com/Eli_Owens19/status/1742954177834189161
January 4th, 2024 at 12:12 PM ^
for those who don't wanna jump to X.
January 4th, 2024 at 12:17 PM ^
your OP missed the bit about ".....commits TO MICHIGAN", but it's all good.
January 4th, 2024 at 12:28 PM ^
I've done that myself. Posted something that made perfect sense to me and thought "title sez it all" but my title didn't.
January 4th, 2024 at 12:52 PM ^
and then there's that hanging apostrophe, desperate to add meaning to...something
January 4th, 2024 at 12:13 PM ^
dude already looks like a College Sophmore
January 4th, 2024 at 12:14 PM ^
“HO〽️E”
Love it.
January 4th, 2024 at 12:14 PM ^
To Michigan!? Good news, welcome young man.
BTW, ritle doesn't say it all.
January 4th, 2024 at 12:18 PM ^
ok, fair point, but in my defense I've become overly paranoid about hitting submit .9 seconds after someone else submits the exact same content as me and being "that guy". This is life on the mgoboard I guess.
January 4th, 2024 at 12:27 PM ^
If you’re not first, you’re last, right?
January 4th, 2024 at 12:39 PM ^
That’s not true at all. You can be second, you can be third, hell you could even be fourth!
January 4th, 2024 at 12:48 PM ^
"Second place is the first loser" - Ricky Bobby
January 4th, 2024 at 2:03 PM ^
If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes...
January 4th, 2024 at 12:59 PM ^
Hey, let's just prioritize speed over being accurate and informative.
January 4th, 2024 at 1:15 PM ^
there's a guy who specializes in that type of activity. his name is tony 'ready, fire! aim' petitititi
January 4th, 2024 at 9:21 PM ^
ok, fair point, but in my defense I've become overly paranoid about hitting submit .9 seconds after someone else submits the exact same content as me and being "that guy".
So you know it’s going to get posted. But rush to be first? What does that get you exactly?
January 4th, 2024 at 1:01 PM ^
What's a msitake in a ritle among friends?
January 4th, 2024 at 2:31 PM ^
Moreso, ritle doesn't say anything, really.
January 4th, 2024 at 12:15 PM ^
6'1.5" 245lb TE is... an odd shape for a TE.
Would make an awesome Bredeson replacement just based on size.
January 4th, 2024 at 12:31 PM ^
I was curious how the Ol' Hammering Panda, Khalid Hill, measured out - looks like he was rostered at 6'2", 265 lbs.
Would happily take another OHP. Welcome Eli!
January 4th, 2024 at 12:47 PM ^
He's an interesting shape, but he's got a great offer list and his Hudl highlights are impressive. It's also possible his 247 height is out of date
January 4th, 2024 at 12:56 PM ^
i grew from 6' to 6'2" my senior year. he may 6'3-4 when he reaches campus
January 4th, 2024 at 6:31 PM ^
Or 6' if there's any shrinkage.
January 4th, 2024 at 1:40 PM ^
Fullback. DO want.
January 4th, 2024 at 2:22 PM ^
Looks to be a powerful FB/H-Back who can also catch the ball. He wears Bredeson's number 44 in HS... a classic FB number.
January 4th, 2024 at 12:16 PM ^
6' - 2"ish, 240.
is he going to take over the Bredeson role?
January 4th, 2024 at 12:51 PM ^
I look forward to him being a 5'11 redshirt senior.
January 4th, 2024 at 12:19 PM ^
If there were ever a good decision to make for a low-4/high 3-star tight end to make, it is this one.
January 4th, 2024 at 12:21 PM ^
hell yea welcome to TE university.
we are also DL university, OL university etc.
January 4th, 2024 at 12:26 PM ^
And
WR (who like to block, get some big TDs and win championships) U
January 4th, 2024 at 12:27 PM ^
Might as well ask it here, don't you think if they win the NC the 2025 and 2026 recruiting classes could explode or does it stay about where it has been?
January 4th, 2024 at 12:31 PM ^
All depends on Harbaugh.
January 4th, 2024 at 1:04 PM ^
Fair point.
I don't see Harbaugh leaving though. Never seen him happier. His kids are still young and linked to the university. I suppose some NFL owner could come and offer total control with a talented, young roster, but it would have to be so perfect I can't see it happening.
He has no reason to rush to sign the contract extension and probably likes to be courted a bit.
I think it's much more likely he coaches 10 or so more years and retires than he leaves after this year.
January 4th, 2024 at 2:13 PM ^
"Never seen him happier." I agree with this 100%.
What really drives Jim? I can't say - but, it does seem there are two themes that are important - with the essential point being - "development". It seems to me that Harbaugh values his role - and developing young men into responsible adults / men - which is really "off the field". And, on the field - having those same young men realize their potential playing football.
Jim loves teaching - or seems to. He welcomes the challenge of growth - and preparing those young men for their 40 year plan.
In the NFL how influential would he be over the roster? If he was head coach and GM - the story might be different. At Michigan - he looks at who is offered - whether a high school prospect or transfer.
Then - there's a the culture. Jim loves these young men - and it shows. AND, these young men appreciate / love Jim and the coaches on the staff. Does that happen on Sundays?
No one knows what's going to happen. But, I think - who's got it better than us?
Go Blue!
January 4th, 2024 at 4:38 PM ^
I think this is specifically why we haven't gotten the same recruiting as we would expect from the past two seasons, mixed in with the NIL moneybags culture that's made upfront money a must for the very top tier recruits. Jim has flirted with the NFL in each of the past two offseasons, destroying any momentum we would have otherwise had on the recruiting trail and making what should have been optimistic offseasons stressful ones. If he actually stays and signs a huge contract with a big buyout, particularly one with stipulations about the NFL written in, after an NC, I think we start actually seeing the 5*s role in a bit more.
January 4th, 2024 at 12:37 PM ^
Maybe? Feels like we haven't really gotten much recruiting juice from being in the top 4 teams the last 3 years.
January 4th, 2024 at 12:51 PM ^
Maybe slight uptick but I don't see top 5 in our future without major NIL changes.
January 4th, 2024 at 1:20 PM ^
yes, its not possible without major changes to michigans approach.
doesnt mean they wont build strong rosters, theyll just never do it at this rate by signing scores of top national prospects.
i wouldnt attend michigan as a top prospect if lsu or georgia guaranteed 500k or whatever. guaranteed vs potential earnings, thats an uphill battle. interesting times
January 4th, 2024 at 1:04 PM ^
Same unless NIL builds in guard rails. Michigan ain't paying players up front and it seems the top 100 are not coming without it.
January 4th, 2024 at 1:15 PM ^
Nope. Michigan is content doing what they're doing right now without NIL.
Will be interesting to see if they keep the same tune if productivity dips without Harbaugh
January 4th, 2024 at 2:12 PM ^
IMO, that is not going to happen. Let me define "explode" for you:
We move into the top 5 in high school recruiting (vs transfer portal) for 25/26.
I don't see it. The success we've had thus far has not had any impact on our high school recruiting at a high level..Backup for that statement:
High School recruiting rank, 247
2024 - 19th
2023 - 20th
2022 - 9th
2021 - 13th
2020 - 12th
2019 - 10th
2018 - 22nd
2017 - 5th
It's pretty clear to me that beating OSU/winning the big 10/getting to the playoff has had no substantially positive NET effect on recruiting. Obviously this is a complex situation, with the world changing due to the transfer portal and NIL. I think it's accurate to say that being a very successful program has not (and I believe will not) overcome the impact of NIL/portal/other things on Michigan's general inability to sign top 100 recruits.
I think it's arguable that things overall are now worse in high school recruiting for Michigan.
So far we've made up for it with the portal, with previous success with top 100 guys and of course, great success in developing NON top 100 guys.
But expecting the high school recruiting situation to substantively change based on possibly winning the National Championship is, IMO, not realistic. IMO, this is not doom and gloom. I'm not saying Michigan will fail as a program. I'm talking specifically about high school recruiting success as measured by aggregate ranking.
Rob
January 4th, 2024 at 5:39 PM ^
Hard to quantify but Harbaugh's annual flirtation w the NFL is probably a bigger reason for the lack of recruiting momentum these last 2 years than NIL. It's made it easy to negatively recruit UM because the success is so tightly linked to Jim.
January 4th, 2024 at 12:28 PM ^
The heir to Max Bredeson hopefully
January 4th, 2024 at 12:30 PM ^
Welcome aboard!
January 4th, 2024 at 12:35 PM ^
6'1.5" seems like a fullback.
January 4th, 2024 at 1:40 PM ^
He's a HS Jr, so maybe not done growing. Very few people I knew stopped growing at that point.
January 4th, 2024 at 12:43 PM ^
Obviously we are done with the speed in space experiments and want a fullback again.
January 4th, 2024 at 2:09 PM ^
Disagree. I think we decided on both.
January 4th, 2024 at 12:47 PM ^
My new favorite Wolverine. My sons’ names are Eli & Owen :)
January 4th, 2024 at 1:00 PM ^
All your TEs are ours...
January 4th, 2024 at 1:06 PM ^
Our next elite FB...I mean TE. Bet.