Memphis (TN) Lausanne running back Eric Gray decommitted from Michigan on Saturday. Gray committed to Michigan in early July, but his commitment has been viewed as being “soft” for a couple months. I had originally given him a TTB Rating of 82 (LINK). He’s a 4-star, the #3 all-purpose back, and #209 overall.
Gray’s commitment over the summer meant that he never visited Michigan for the atmosphere in Ann Arbor on game days. He had set up a visit a couple weeks ago, but he chose to visit Tennessee instead. While he had not been expected to sign with Michigan prior to that, the lack of a game visit against Indiana seemed to cement Michigan as an also-ran.
Michigan now has just one running back in the 2019 class, Zach Charbonnet. Michigan recently landed a commitment from Amauri Pesek-Hickson, who’s a running back/linebacker, and they have offered Florida running back D.J. Williams, an Appalachian State commit. Pesek-Hickson is expected to play linebacker in college, and Williams is probably going to stay somewhere in the south. With only three weekends remaining (including this one) for official visits, the Wolverines might be scrambling to get someone on campus before the early signing window.
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There has to be a better word than commitment to describe this process. There is no “commitment” of any kind, from either side, until a LOI is signed. Until then, either the school or the player can bail on a moment’s notice, for any reason, or for no reason at all.
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I agree, though it seems with most recruits, you have a pretty good feeling throughout the process if their verbal is going to stick or not.
Unfortunately with Gray, the writing has been in the wall for quite a while. This one is a bummer. I have a feeling this kid is going to be really good.
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Well, I don’t want any kid who doesn’t want to be here. [Edited by Thunder]
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there is: it’s called “verbal commitment”. The verbal part means it’s just words.
I wouldn’t consider that enough to be a “Wolverine” but Thunder feels different.
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