6Jun 2018
Attractive Michigan Girl of the Week
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Luke Schoonmaker (image via Youtube)
Name: Luke Schoonmaker
Height: 6’6″
Weight: 229 lbs.
High school: Hamden (CT) Hamden Hall
Position: Tight end
Class: Freshman
Jersey number: N/A
Last year: Schoonmaker was a senior in high school (LINK). He caught 22 passes for 343 yards and 1 touchdown. He also ran 34 times for 306 yards and 1 touchdown, and he was 18/37 for 201 yards and 2 touchdowns passing.
Connecticut isn’t known for its football, and that’s why you find a 6’6″, 229 lb. guy playing both quarterback and tight end at his high school. Throughout his career at Hamden Hall, Schoonmaker was a guy who had to run the ball, throw the ball, and catch passes. He was actually much more productive as a junior, but he was not needed as much to play quarterback during his final season.
Schoonmaker will probably be good at Michigan because all tight ends at Michigan are good unless they fizzle out before they get to see the field. Michigan features tight ends, and this staff doesn’t recruit subpar athletes like, ahem, some other coaches have. But Schoonmaker isn’t a great blocker at this point, and he doesn’t have the size to be effective in that area right now. Furthermore, Michigan already has some good all-around tight ends and some good pass receivers at the position, so Schoonmaker should be able to redshirt. Once Zach Gentry and Sean McKeon matriculate after 2018 or 2019, that should open up the door for Schoonmaker to make a good impact on the field.
Prediction: Redshirt
Washington (DC) St. John’s safety Quinten Johnson (image via Sentelevision)
COMMITMENT
Cincinnati (OH) Moeller offensive guard Zach Carpenter committed to Michigan (LINK).
Morrow (GA) Morrow safety Jamal Hill was offered by Michigan. He’s 6’2″, 190 lbs. and has offers from Arkansas, Memphis, and several others. He’s a 3-star, the #100 safety, and #1233 overall. He claims a 4.45 forty. As a junior in 2017, he made 67 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 3 interceptions, and 16 pass breakups.
Washington (DC) St. John’s safety Quinten Johnson was offered by Michigan. He’s a 5’11”, 190 lb. prospect with offers from Alabama, Maryland, and Penn State, among others. He’s a 3-star, the #40 safety, and #468 overall. He has been a teammate of former Michigan QB commit Kevin Doyle at St. John’s.
Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei tight end Mike Martinez was offered by Michigan. He’s a 6’6″, 240 lb. prospect with offers from Alabama, Cal, LSU, Oregon, and UCLA, among others. He’s a 3-star, the #27 tight end, and #692 overall. There are five crystal ball predictions, and each one is for the Bruins.
Hit the jump for several players who committed elsewhere.
Ronnie Bell (image via 810 Varsity)
Name: Ronnie Bell
Height: 6’1″
Weight: 174 lbs.
High school: Kansas City (MO) Park Hill
Position: Wide receiver
Class: Freshman
Jersey number: N/A
Last year: Bell was a senior in high school (LINK). He caught 89 passes for 1,605 yards and 21 touchdowns.
Bell was a very divisive signee back in February. He planned to play college basketball at Missouri State, and he had even signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the Bears (you didn’t know Missouri State’s mascot, did you?). Then Michigan swooped in with an offer to play football, and that changed everything. The small-college basketball player was suddenly a big-time football recruit, and it’s not hard to see why based on his eye-popping numbers (89 receptions, 1605 yards, 21 TD; 15 carries, 163 yards, 1 TD).
Now Bell joins a roster that is loaded at wide receiver, at least according to the recruiting sites. Michigan brought in four freshmen in the 2017 class, and they have some leftover star power, too (Eddie McDoom, Kekoa Crawaford, etc.). That doesn’t even include Grant Perry, who is a multi-year starter in the slot. Playing time in 2018 is an uphill battle, and I think Bell will redshirt while looking to add size and strength.
Prediction: Redshirt
Hit the jump for some of Bell’s basketball highlights.
Cincinnati (OH) Moeller offensive guard Zach Carpenter committed to Michigan on Wednesday. He picked the Wolverines over offers from Clemson, Ole Miss, Oregon, Pitt, and West Virginia, among others.
Carpenter is listed at 6’5″, 310 lbs. He claims a 430 lb. bench press.
RATINGS
ESPN:
Rivals:
247 Sports: 3-star, 88 grade, #21 OG, #465 overall
Hit the jump for more on Carpenter’s commitment.