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2019 Season Countdown: #66 Jalen Perry

I just finished reading Foreign Influence by Brad Thor, which you can find on Amazon if you’re interested:

Name: Jalen Perry
Height: 6’1″
Weight: 185 lbs.
High school: Dacula (GA) Dacula
Position: Cornerback
Class: Freshman
Jersey number: N/A
Last year: Perry was a senior in high school (LINK). He made 28 tackles, 3 interceptions (1 TD), and 12 pass breakups; he ran 42 times for 332 yards and caught 26 passes for 297 yards, totaling 5 touchdowns.
TTB Rating: 88

Perry, a one-time Georgia commit, picked the Wolverines in November of 2018. I never had the time to do a commitment post on him, since it was near the end of football season, and then the holidays happened, etc. So this might be the first you’ve read any kind of assessment of him from me.

Anyway, I like Perry a good amount. He has size, speed, athleticism, physicality, ball skills, and all the things you want from a cornerback prospect. Considering Michigan’s track record of developing cornerbacks over the past several years, good things are likely to happen. This season it will be tough to get on the field much, because Lavert Hill and Ambry Thomas are the starters. But a year from now, Perry should be pushing for playing time, and I think the coaching staff will start to get his feet wet this fall.

Prediction: Backup cornerback

Morning Roundup: June 26, 2019

Michigan is 1-1 in the College World Series championship, with the rubber game against Vanderbilt coming up (LINK). Go Blue!

Hit the jump for a look at several players who named Michigan to their top lists.

2019 Season Countdown: #67 Chuck Filiaga

Name: Chuck Filiaga
Height: 6’6″
Weight: 341 lbs.
High school: Aledo (TX) Aledo
Position: Offensive guard
Class: Redshirt sophomore
Jersey number: #66
Last year: I ranked Filiaga #83 and said he would be a backup offensive guard (LINK). He played in nine games, four at offensive tackle and six on special teams.
TTB Rating: 86

With Committapalooza temporarily paused until more commitments become public, let’s take a look at Chuck Filiaga. When he was recruited, I alerted Michigan fans that he did not represent a quick fix on the offensive line. Technique and body issues both threatened to delay his development, and that seems to be the case. Upperclassmen have a stranglehold on the starting gigs, and Filiaga is battling to be the primary backup guard.

Filiaga has not been mentioned as being in the mix at offensive tackle, and he’s typically the third backup interior guy mentioned, behind Stephen Spanellis and Joel Honigford. Filiaga is probably going to see playing time on the field goal/extra point unit as a huge body who will be tough to move, but on offense, he’s a huge body that finds itself tough to move. This will be an important year to glance at Filiaga’s future. If he’s the first or second guy off the bench on the interior, he might end up with a starting gig in 2020 after Ben Bredeson and Michael Onwenu graduate. If other guys move ahead of him, the writing might be on the wall.

Prediction: Backup offensive guard

Jeffrey Persi, Wolverine

San Juan Capistrano (CA) Junipero Serra offensive tackle Jeffrey Persi publicly committed to Michigan on Monday night, or Sunday morning if you’re on Eastern Standard Time. He picked the Wolverines over offers from Oklahoma, UCLA, and USC, among others.

Persi is listed at 6’7″ and 265 lbs. He claims a 5.36 forty, a 4.75 shuttle, and a 24″ vertical.

RATINGS
ESPN: 4-star, 80 grade, #33 OT
Rivals: 4-star, 5.8 grade, #35 OT
247 Sports: 3-star, 87 grade, #43 OT, #539 overall

Hit the jump for more on Persi.

Eamonn Dennis, Wolverine

Worcester (MA) St. John’s running back/wide receiver Eamonn Dennis publicly committed to Michigan on Monday. He picked the Wolverines over offers from Duke, Iowa, and UMass, among others.

Dennis is listed at 5’10” and 173 lbs. He claims a 4.52 forty, a 4.33 shuttle, and a 40″ vertical.

RATINGS
ESPN: 3-star, 78 grade, #44 ATH
Rivals: 3-star, 5.7 grade, #73 WR
247 Sports: 3-star, 88 grade, #41 ATH, #505 overall

Hit the jump for more on Dennis.