Interesting recruting quote from 247s Steve Wiltfong (silent commits)
Link to full article posted below. Last line of article caught my attention. 2 silent verbals among that group? My guess is Khalid Kareem and Ahmir Mitchell. But any 2 of that group is pretty damn big news.
"Michigan will try and cook up a few more major recruiting wins before National Signing Day. Bredeson was the first win the staff really had to battle for. The other 14 were guys that already favored Michigan or the Wolverines staff evaluated and gave them their first big-time opportunity.
The nation's No. 1 recruit Rashan Gary is a big-time battle the Wolverines could definitely win.
Harbaugh and his staff are also fighing for blue-chippers like five-star linebacker Caleb Kelly, Top100 offensive guard Terrance Davis, Top100 defensive end Xavier Kelly, Top247 defensive end Khalid Kareem, Top100 linebacker Dontavious Jackson, tight end Naseir Upshur, Top247 offensive tackle Devery Hamilton, Devin Bush Jr., Ahmir Mitchell, Brad Hawkins, David Long and Top100 offensive tackle Jean Delance.
From this group, Michigan has already secured a couple of them, just waiting for the right time for it to go public."
http://michigan.247sports.com/Article/Ben-Bredeson-commits-to-Michigan-…
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Dontavious Jackson
so if we get him then we can all give ourselves a nice pat on the back.
...... How many miles south of Michigan????
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Terrance Davis is almost certainly one; the guys at Scout have been dropping hints about him being a silent for a while now. I think the other is likely to be Kareem since he announces next week, but certainly can't ignore the fact that Bush Jr. just visited and both Wiltfong and Lorenz put in CBs for him immediately after this article posted.
Not Kareem. Recruit is from the south.
And Bredeson was not the "silent commitment." The silent is from the south.
— Chris Balas (@Balas_Wolverine) June 17, 2015Windsor?
No 1 rated out of South Detroit High, born and raised :-)
If I did not follow recruiting, I would've thought he was a Michigan fan/student/athelete/alum... anything but a non-committed recruit. If he goes to Maryland, then well played as the ultimate troll job.
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Are people still worried about Harbaugh's ability to recruit? Guy's gonna land a top 5-10 class in his first year. With monster recruiters like Durkin, Mattison, Wheatley, and Campbell it's almost a guarantee we're gonna get top 10 classes every year.
It becomes self-fulfilling. As he starts to land the higher rated recruits this year, the recruiting services will bump up the ratings of the under-the-radar guys he already has committed.
This really could be a top 10 class for 2016 that started off as a bunch of no-name 2/3 stars.
Jim Harbaugh spins straw into gold right before our very eyes.
A lot of these top programs get 2-3 star guys to go with the higher rated guys. I'd rather be in this position where we're probably going to trend up towards NSD, than starting out with a top 5 class that drops after all the big commits go elsewhere.
You're exactly right that every program 'fills in' their class with 3 and 2 star players. The top programs in recruiting though usually load up on 4 and 5 star players.
Below are four of the better programs year in and year out with recruiting. Shown are the number of 4 and 5 stars and the total number of recruits over the last 4 years:
Alabama: 17/26, 17/25, 19/26, 19/24.
OSU: 16/25, 18/24, 16/23, 14/27
USC: 13/15, 12/12, 11/19, 21/26
FSU: 13/19, 11/21, 16/28, 15/20
thanks
I think that we will get a decent amount of 4/5 stars for 2016. I also think that a number of our 2/3 stars won't stay 2/3 stars by NSD.
They will trend up to 3/4 stars as the recruiting services start to see that Harbaugh knows what he is doing (and as other top P5 coaches see it as well and start to offer our sleeper 2/3 stars).
It's early in the the evaluation period. Harbaugh hit the accelerator to get things moving faster. Not a surprise.
Was same for Rodriguez and Hoke though - so probably more a Michigan thing than a Harbaugh thing.
Are you implying that Harbaugh is actually Rumplestiltskin?
I just checked Wiltfong's balls, and the only guys he's predicted to Michigan (from that group) are Davis, Bush, Hawkins, and Kareem.
I don't understand what you're getting at. I stared directly at Steve Wiltfong's balls, searching for satisfaction and answers, and his balls provided them.
That's the big question.
Are no basis for predicting the future, son. For that we need science.
You sure you weren't looking at houses in Iraq?
Those are balls.
.....when the balls flip.
Somebody needs to retweet this to Wiltfong
Did you make him cough too?
....as soon as I find Cynthia and Marty Ackerman but the Pomeranian's Balls are choice, does he have papers?
Devin Bush Jr.
Absolutely. Bush will be a UM commit, RABACK ME.
I think if it's two from that list, then it is 4 total. My guess would be jackson and bush from the list. and if it is bush, i would say gil and the other teammate are also on board.
Chris Ballas from Rivals says Dontavious Jackson is the silent comitment
If Chris Balas indeed said that, he's an even bigger tool than I thought he was.
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Sounds like you think you know the same thing and have been asked to sit on it...
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