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Cole Hussung, Wolverine

Floyds Knob (IN) Floyd Central kicker Cole Hussung committed to Michigan on Wednesday.

Hussung is coming in as a preferred walk-on. He is not rated by 247 Sports, but Kornblue Kicking ranks him as a 5-star and the #6 high school kicker in the 2020 class, so that’s nice. Word on the street is that he made 23 field goals from beyond 60 yards and averaged 102.3 yards per punt with just 1 touchback.

I generally do not give much attention to kickers because they’re hard to gauge, but a 5-star kicker could be really good to have. Or some other guy playing rugby in New Zealand could swoop in and take his spot. So take it all with a grain of salt.

Visitors: January 31-February 2, 2020

2020

Peyton Smith – QB – Traverse City (MI) Central: Smith is a 6’3″, 190-pounder with a couple lower-level offers. Michigan is considering bringing him in as a preferred walk-on quarterback. He’s a 247 Sports 2-star, the #153 pro-style quarterback, and #3691 overall. Highlights can be found here (LINK).

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2021 Recruiting Update: January 28, 2020

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ADDED TO THE BOARD: 2021

Ryan Barnes – CB – Gaithersburg (MD) Quince Orchard: Barnes is a 6’2″, 175 lb. prospect with offers from Georgia and LSU, among others. He’s currently unranked. Michigan is hitting Quince Orchard hard this cycle, with offers out to defensive tackle Marcus Bradley and linebacker Demeioun Robinson, too.

Tristan Bounds – OT – Wallingford (CT) Choate Rosemary Hall: Bounds is a 6’7″, 258-pounder with offers from Maryland and West Virginia, among others. He’s a 3-star, the #64 offensive tackle, and #671 overall. He also has an offer from Virginia Tech, where his mother worked and where he was born. Bounds fit the mold of the long, lanky tackle that I like, so I think ranking at #671 overall is too low.

J.T. Carver – K – Martin (TN) Westview: Carver is a 5’9″, 180 lb. prospect. He’s ranked as Chris Sailer’s #26 kicker in the class and as a 4.5-star. Carver is a teammate of 2022 quarterback Ty Simpson, and both received a visit from Jim Harbaugh last week. (If you follow me on Twitter, I’ve been posting updates on some players that the coaches are visiting.)

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Nightly Roundup: January 27, 2020

Walk-on kicker Alan Selzer is transferring to Indiana State, where former Michigan assistant (and player) Curt Mallory is the head coach. Selzer was on Michigan’s team for the past two years but did not play. Walk-on running back Jordan Castleberry recently transferred to Maryland, too.

The highest-graded player at the Senior Bowl: Michigan edge defender Josh Uche pic.twitter.com/042jjkvm87

— PFF Draft (@PFF_College) January 27, 2020

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Goodbye, Ben Bredeson

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HIGH SCHOOL
Bredeson committed to Michigan over Wisconsin (a surprising move for a Wisconsin native), and here’s what I had to say about him at the time (LINK):

Overall, I think Bredeson is a player who could slide in at all five positions. He can stay low enough to maintain leverage at the interior positions, and he has the foot quickness to block guys on the edge. I do not see him being an elite left tackle prospect like, say, Taylor Lewan because Bredeson just lacks the length and athleticism that Lewan had. He needs to get in the weight and learn some new technique, and then I think he can be a mauler for a powerful offense. He’s a potential All-Big Ten player.

I gave him a TTB Rating of 88, and he was a 247 Composite 4-star, the #5 offensive tackle, and #39 overall.

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