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Recruit Tracker: 2024 QB Jadyn Davis

September 8, 2023: Davis completed 11/13 passes for 200 yards and 3 touchdowns in a 49-7 win over Concord (NC) Cabarrus. Providence Day is 4-0.
Season totals: 70/93 passing for 1,213 yards and 14 touchdowns, plus 1 rushing touchdown

September 1, 2023: Davis completed 19/26 passes for 264 yards and 3 touchdowns in a 42-7 win over Charlotte (NC) Catholic. Providence Day is 3-0.
Season totals: 59/80 passing for 1,013 yards and 11 touchdowns. He also has 1 rushing touchdown.

August 25, 2023: Davis completed 16/19 passes for 250 yards and 3 touchdowns in a 47-7 win over Asheville (NC) Asheville. He also ran 1 time for 8 yards and 1 touchdown. Providence Day is 2-0.
Season totals: 40/54 passing, 749 yards, 8 touchdowns, plus 1 carry for 8 yards and 1 touchdown.

August 19, 2023: Davis completed 24/35 passes for 499 yards and 5 touchdowns in a 42-35 win over Rock Hill (SC) Northwestern. Providence Day is 1-0.

Michigan 30, East Carolina 3

Football is back! All is right in the world when it’s football season. In another few days, the NFL season will be back and we can all enjoy Heaven for a few months. It has been a long off-season for me on an individual level, and this is also a chance to break away from the 2023 Season Countdown and get back into a groove with writing about various topics.

This was a boring matchup. I like seeing different opponents, but with East Carolina, there were no storylines. It’s not a geographical matchup. When I looked through the roster and coaching staff, there was no crossover. East Carolina doesn’t recruit in the state of Michigan. No transfers or ex-staffers from Michigan. There was no angle. The most interesting aspect going into the opener, aside from seeing who starts for Michigan, was . . .

. . . Peacock. The Peacock stream sucked. I signed up for Peacock on Friday because there’s really no other reason to do so earlier. And I don’t really care about the expense. I’ll pay $5.99 to watch a Michigan game. But when I’m paying for it, I expect a good product. When I paid for cable, I expected ESPN and FS1 and BTN to give me a good product. Otherwise, I’ll just turn off the volume and think through it myself. I don’t need Mike Tirico and one of the Simms brothers to tell me what’s happening on the game. Peacock actually complied – presumably on accident – when there was just no audio for several minutes. The fourth quarter feed got blurry, too, but maybe that had something to do with my local internet. But Peacock also cut out a play, there was no pregame show, the halftime show was boring, and oh yeah . . . the Simms kid isn’t exactly top-notch. If I wanted crappy analysis, I would watch some of the ex-Buckeye talking heads like Josh Perry and Joey Galloway.

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Ex-Wolverine Updates: Week 1

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FORMER PLAYERS

TE Erick All (Iowa): All caught 3 passes for 15 yards and 1 touchdown in a 24-14 win over Nevada.

WR Andrel Anthony (Oklahoma): Anthony caught 3 passes for 66 yards in a 73-0 win over Arkansas State.

QB Alan Bowman (Oklahoma State): Bowman completed 13/24 passes for 80 yards and ran 2 times for -2 yards in a 27-13 win over Central Arkansas.

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2023 Season Countdown List

Now that the 2023 Season Countdown is in the rear view mirror, here’s the full list so you can see it all in one place.

1. J.J. McCarthy
2. Will Johnson
3. Mike Sainristil
4. Drake Nugent
5. Rod Moore
6. Blake Corum
7. Roman Wilson
8. Kris Jenkins
9. Mason Graham
10. Zak Zinter
11. Trevor Keegan
12. Cornelius Johnson
13. Donovan Edwards
14. Junior Colson
15. James Turner
16. a) Colston Loveland, b) Josh Wallace
17. Braiden McGregor
18. Kenneth Grant
19. Makari Paige
20. a) Tommy Doman, b) La’Darius Henderson
21. Jaylen Harrell
22. A.J. Barner
23. Josaiah Stewart
24. Michael Barrett
25. Rayshaun Benny
26. Karsen Barnhart
27. Derrick Moore
28. Darrius Clemons
29. Tyler Morris
30. Jack Tuttle
31. Ernest Hausmann
32. Amorion Walker
33. Giovanni El-Hadi
34. Trente Jones
35. William Wagner
36. Quinton Johnson
37. Matt Hibner
38. Kalel Mullings
39. Jimmy Rolder
40. Cam Goode
41. Ja’den McBurrows
42. Keon Sabb
43. Zeke Berry
44. Jeffrey Persi
45. Myles Hinton, Hudson Hollenbeck
46. Max Bredeson
47. C.J. Stokes
48. Raheem Anderson II
49. Peyton O’Leary
50. Alex Orji
51. Benjamin Hall
52. Caden Kolesar
53. Keshaun Harris
54. German Green
55. Jyaire Hill
56. Greg Crippen
57. Micah Pollard
58. Greg Tarr
59. Cole Cabana
60. T.J. Guy
61. Joey Velazquez
62. Adam Samaha
63. Reece Atteberry
64. Evan Boutorwick
65. Eamonn Dennis
66. Zach Peterson
67. Kody Jones
68. Semaj Morgan
69. Myles Pollard
70. Davis Warren
71. Kechaun Bennett
72. Andrew Gentry
73. Fredrick Moore
74. Jaydon Hood
75. Cameron Calhoun
76. Tristan Bounds
77. Marlin Klein
78. Tyler McLaurin
79. Ike Iwunnah
80. Tavierre Dunlap
81. Zack Marshall
82. Enow Etta
83. Dominick Giudice
84. Leon Franklin
85. Semaj Bridgeman
86. Connor Jones
87. Joe Taylor
88. Karmello English
89. Christian Boivin
90. Deakon Tonielli
91. Amir Herring
92. Cristian Dixon
93. Brandyn Hillman
94. Cameron Brandt
95. Jake Thaw
96. Jason Hewlett
97. Jerome Nichols
98. Roderick Pierce
99. Empty due to Isaiah Gash’s career-ending surgery
100. Hayden Moore
101. Charlie Mentzer
102. Joshua Nichols
103. Noah Stewart
104. Jayden Denegal
105. Will Rolapp
106. Hunter Neff
107. Danny Hughes
108. Breeon Ishmail
109. Nathan Efobi
110. Alessandro Lorenzetti
111. Sam Staruch
112. D.J. Waller
113. Jesse Madden
114. Joel Metzger
115. Josh Beetham
116. Evan Link
117. Henry Donohue
118. Christian Bartholomew
119. Joseph Klunder
120. Brooks Bahr
121. Chibi Anwunah
122. Brandon Mann
123. Joshua Luther
124. Noah Howes
125. Empty due to A.J. Henning’s transfer
126. Empty due to R.J. Moten’s transfer
127. Empty due to Nikhai Hill-Green’s transfer
128. Peter Simmons
129. Trevor Andrews
130. Aymeric Koumba
131. Bryce Wilcox
132. Damani Dent
133. Alexander Lidback
134. Kendrick Bell
135. Charlie Lovell
136. Nico Andrighetto
137. Logan Forbes
138. Daniel Taraboi
139. James Kavouklis
140. Shomari Stone
141. Declan Byle

Preview: Michigan vs. East Carolina

RUSH OFFENSE vs. ECU RUSH DEFENSE
Michigan’s running game has been talked about so much that it feels kind of insulting to bring up again. But I will, anyway. Michigan returns three-fifths of the Joe Moore Award-winning offensive line in left guard Trevor Keegan, right guard Zak Zinter, and offensive tackle . . . someone. One or both of Trente Jones and Karsen Barnhart should start. Running back Blake Corum surprised most people when he chose a return to Michigan over playing in the NFL, so he brings back his 1,463 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns. Backup running back Donovan Edwards had 991 yards on the ground. Michigan was #5 in rushing with 238.9 yards/game and scored the second-most rushing touchdowns (41), behind only Georgia (44). Last year’s East Carolina unit finished #19 in the country in rushing defense (112.5 yards allowed/game), and they held Tulane star running back Tyjae Spears to 16 carries for 53 yards (Spears finished with 1,581 rushing yards on the season). The Pirates have a couple 300-ish pound nose tackles, but their 3-techniques are around 270, which has to have Zak Zinter champing at the bit. The leading tackler last year was 6’2″, 187 lb. safety Julius Wood (88 stops), and the top guy in the front seven was 6’2″, 237 lb. outside linebacker Jeremy Lewis (60 tackles). The two starting inside linebackers are totally unproven in junior Teylor Jackson (32 career tackles) and South Carolina State transfer B.J. Davis, who are 219 and 227 pounds, respectively. This should be a good day on the ground for the Wolverines.
Advantage: Michigan

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