QB Davis Mills to Stanford

Submitted by Mr Miggle on

Not OT for the nervous Nellies, Mills was the QB Stanford offered instead of McCaffrey.

MGoBoard
Football

M-Dog

March 15th, 2016 at 5:02 PM ^

Was Mills Stanford's first choice, or did they feel they were not going to get McCaffrey so they did not bother to pursue him much?

Joined: 07/06/2008

MGoPoints: 257470

JonnyHintz

March 15th, 2016 at 5:30 PM ^

McCaffrey would have been torn between us and Stanford had Stanford offered in all likelihood. I mean, his older brother is a Heisman front runner on the team and he is a legacy recruit. Mills was always #1 on Stanford's board. Never even considered McCaffrey.

Joined: 01/11/2015

MGoPoints: 48326

ken725

March 15th, 2016 at 7:45 PM ^

I guess it is possible that happened.

I think the reason why they never made a serious play is that they are very selective in who they offer. For example from 2014-2017, they only offered 6 recruits. Seems like they only offer kids who are high on their board and who show high level of interest back.

Joined: 10/26/2008

MGoPoints: 32866

JonnyHintz

March 16th, 2016 at 5:07 PM ^

I meant they never even considered him as a top option. They offered three 4* QBs, and pursued Mills the hardest. McCaffrey never received an offer. Leading one to think he is at best, 4th on their QB board. I'm sure they "considered" him. Scouted him and have had talks with him. But they never followed with an offer.

Joined: 01/11/2015

MGoPoints: 48326

PutInPeters18

March 15th, 2016 at 8:29 PM ^

Not so sure about that. Know several people from Valor and they all stated that Michigan had been Dylan's dream school since he was young. Not saying Stanford wouldn't have had a chance, it's just that Dylan picked his dream school so I don't think it would've been that hard of a decision for him.

Joined: 12/27/2014

MGoPoints: 508

Real Tackles Wear 77

March 15th, 2016 at 5:14 PM ^

McCaffrey seemed pretty confident in his Michigan decision. As much as Stanford is part of his family's history, it would be awful hard trying to follow his brother's Heisman finalist footsteps.

Joined: 07/05/2008

MGoPoints: 9685

FrankMurphy

March 15th, 2016 at 5:47 PM ^

I hate losing recruits to SEC schools (or Ohio State or Michigan State, for that matter) because Michigan is hands-down academically superior to those schools. I hate losing recruits to Stanford because Stanford is hands-down academically superior to Michigan. So basically, I hate losing recruits, period.

In all seriousness, best of luck to him. When a kid chosses Stanford over Michigan because of academics, it's hard to argue with his decision. 

Joined: 08/19/2008

MGoPoints: 31944

Magnus

March 15th, 2016 at 9:05 PM ^

I figured this would happen. Mills is a good one, though. I had him #3 out of the 10 quarterbacks Michigan offered in the 2017 class. I wouldn't have been too disappointed if we had to "settle" for him instead of McCaffrey. It does help me feel a little more settled about the McCaffrey situation, though, even though I thought he was pretty solid.

Joined: 07/17/2008

MGoPoints: 166007