Ambry Thomas to wear #1
Early enrollee freshman numbers are starting to trickle out.
According to a video tweeted out by the official U-M recruiting account, Ambry Thomas will wear #1.
Kekoa Crawford also wears #1.
It's not final until the first game because players compete for jersey numbers in Fall camp, but we will get to see #1 on a defensive player in the spring game.
http://michigan.247sports.com/Bolt/Michigan-freshman-donning-the-No-1-j…
Other numbers confirmed-
- #2 Donovan Jeter
- #7 Tarik Black
- #9 Donovan Peoples-Jones
- #16 Jaylen Kelly-Powell
- #25 Benjamin St-Juste
- #26 J'Marick Woods
It's gonna be DPJ vs Grant Perry and Jeter vs Carlo Kemp for those numbers.
DPJ has 9, obviously Perry is also wearing that number. I wouldn't be surprised if Perry's legal situation allows DPJ to earn the number permanently (I know this is a silly consequence of a serious thing).
Edit: Oh, sorry, didn't see your last sentence there.
I'm sure Jim had to get his approval.
/s
How does that endowment fund compare to say..Harvard's?
March 10th, 2017 at 10:52 AM ^
nudge, nudge... say no more!
Doesn't Crawford also wear #1 on offense? Unless Thomas is taking offensive snaps the matter seems settled there--both can rock it. But thanks for this update! Learning freshman jersey numbers is always awesome.
Thomas wants to stick at corner. I believe he may also return punts/kicks.
Whoops--just saw that WD noted Crawford in his post. I'd skipped over it!
There are other numbers up for grabs, though.
Competition in all things!
I remember an interview at Army AA practices where Thomas said that the coaches wanted to see him play on both sides of the ball. I think he said that he would try to get the defensive playbook down before moving on to taking offensive snaps. It will be interesting to see how that plays out given the fact that Crawford is only a year ahead of Thomas.
Yeahhhh JEETS
Love Jeter rocking #2
ha yeah good call on his part.
#2 donovan jeter, #2
but muh michigan man!!1!!!11!
The #1 thing was overrated to me. I'd like to see #1 on a defensive player.
Think we should've put it on Devin Bush last year. Or Mike Onwenu if he played DL.
Planetoid sized humans in single digits feels soooo Notre Dame to me.
March 10th, 2017 at 12:26 AM ^
March 10th, 2017 at 12:25 PM ^
Harbaugh? Delaney made him do it.
Yes.
You've got a real hard-on for me, don't ya?
fat chicks need love too
I just heard spring break and had to get out the ole beer bong !!
....and the week's supply of prophylactics for the trip to Daytona Beach!
Oh, snap!
Yeah okay Judge. I know how you East Germans roll. You'll end up just locking yourself in your hotel room, buying Girls Gone Wild in 2 day blocks and ordering sausage and Schlitz Dark Lager from room service.
My work doesn't give a damn about spring break. I'm taking personal days off for these MBB tournament games.
I'm glad the drama over the #1 jersey is behind us
Yeah but Harbaugh is also winning games, which makes a lot of this little irrelevant stuff go just fall away
March 10th, 2017 at 10:08 AM ^
In some ways, yes. In some ways, no. People aren't going to get as enraged about it now as they were 10 years ago when Braylon Edwards was fresher in people's minds. If Harbaugh allowed a defensive back to wear #1 back in 2008, then there would have been more of an uproar about it.
#2 is available on offense : (
Too soon, man. Too soon.
Jeter #2 = No Brainer
Actually excited to see it on the field
Maybe that'll ignite a spark on Kemp's ass if he doesn't want to lose his number. He redshirted right? Had high hopes for him.
March 10th, 2017 at 10:25 AM ^
March 10th, 2017 at 10:40 AM ^
I would much rather have a freshman wear it and try to live up to that number than someone play for 3 years, and then switch numbers.... #1 and #2 will be special no matter who wears it now, and if some wideout makes their mark at UM wearing a different number (like #9) then good for them for creating a new tradition.