Wilkins leaving team

Submitted by wile_e8 on

DL Kenny Wilkins, TE Nate Allspach, S Drew Offerdahl won't be back, per Michigan

— Kyle Meinke (@kmeinke) March 14, 2013

Wilkins is the most important person on that list, since IIRC he's the only scholarship player of the bunch. Which means Hoke is now only one away from getting to 85 scholarships. Anyone know if this was the rumored injured player or something else?

jmscher

March 14th, 2013 at 12:43 PM ^

Antonio Poole was/is the rumored injury player - this, to me at least, seems more like he wasn't going to get playing time here so is going to move on to somewhere where he will, type situation.  Best of luck to him.

Rabbit21

March 14th, 2013 at 12:44 PM ^

It's a shame as I remember him being relatively hyped when he first signed.  Too bad to hear he is leaving.  The interesting part is we are now at 86 without further attrition, wonder where that last scholarship is coming from.  Hope he ends up well.

Moleskyn

March 14th, 2013 at 12:45 PM ^

Aw shucks, I won the Nagruski and Lombardi awards with him in my NCAA Dynasty a couple years ago. Guess I'll just have to buy the new one once it comes out, eh? Catch my drift?

Magnus

March 14th, 2013 at 12:47 PM ^

I have not heard anything about Wilkins being injured.  He's been buried on the bench for three years and hasn't played a single down, IIRC.  He came in looking like a strongside end and ballooned up to NT size.  From what I heard, he just never showed much intensity on the field or in the weight room, so this isn't much of a surprise.

aSconnieWolverine

March 14th, 2013 at 1:16 PM ^

Ricardo Miller has officially left too according to Kyle Meinke. I know that was expected, but was that scholarship counted in the 85 that you are refering to? That would get us to 85 if so.

LSAClassOf2000

March 14th, 2013 at 2:14 PM ^

....as well as Nate Allspach and Drew Offerdahl. As I recall, Kenny Wilkins was a four-star according to Rivals and one of the top 20 recruits at WDE in 2010 (I thought another service listed him as an OLB recruit too). Best of luck to all three of these guys. 

Mr. Rager

March 14th, 2013 at 2:38 PM ^

The last one will be Hagerup or one of the injured LBs (Poole / Ringer).  TOTAL GUESS BASED ON WILD SPECULATION.  

[Edit: Chris Bryant can be added to the list as well]

WolvinLA2

March 14th, 2013 at 3:27 PM ^

Probably not Bryant. There have been reports of him working back from his injury (unlike Poole) and there's no reason to think he wouldn't have a good chance to compete for a starting spot when he's healthy (unlike Poole, who is likely buried by younger guys even if he's full strength).

Now, if Bryant comes back from his injury and still can't crack the line-up, then he's in trouble because everyone else at his position is younger than him, and the guys we have coming in are just as good.

Rhino77

March 14th, 2013 at 4:27 PM ^

In less than 3 years it looks like Kenny put up between 50-60+ pounds depending on Scouts or Rivals HS Profile. He is listed now at 294. I am guessing that isn't all "good weight," because if it was he would of been in there last year when we were thin up front.

All the best to him though.

WolvinLA2

March 14th, 2013 at 6:04 PM ^

Although you could be right, I don't think most of that is bad weight, nor do I think that's why he's off the team.  I'm sure a chunk of that is flab, but he came in at around 245 (Rivals had him at 244 as a recruit) and was quite trim.  Before he showed up he was a guy many felt had the frame to add a lot of good weight, which is why most thought he'd end up at SDE. 

So maybe he put on 30 pounds of muscle and 20 of fat, which really isn't a huge deal for a guy who had very little fat to start with and who was slotted for the DL.  With his athleticism, it could have been 20 and 30 and he would have been fine for a DT, which is why I think it was a lot more than weight gain (he wasn't good at football) that led to his departure.