Wallingford (CT) Choate Rosemary Hall offensive tackle Manuel Beigel, a 2024 recruit, committed to Michigan this afternoon. He picked the Wolverines over an offer from Central Michigan.
Beigel is listed at 6’5″ and 282 lbs.
RANKINGS
ESPN: N/A
On3: N/A
Rivals: N/A
247 Sports: N/A
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Name: Mason Graham
Height: 6’3″
Weight: 292 lbs.
High school: Anaheim (CA) Servite
Position: Defensive tackle
Class: Freshman
Jersey number: #55
Last year: Graham was a senior in high school (LINK). He made 60 tackles, 22 tackles for loss, and 14 sacks.
TTB Rating: 84
Graham made perhaps the biggest leap (for me) from his junior year to his senior year. Watching his junior film, I thought he was a slightly undersized, try-hard player who was a decent prospect. He was committed to Boise State at one point, and I thought that was appropriate. But the more I watched him as a senior, I thought he made great strides with his technique. And his high effort continued to be there, despite putting on some weight and starting both ways.
I’m leery of placing him too high in the countdown based on the spring, but I think it’s clear that he’s ready to play. He got a good number of reps in the spring game and didn’t look out of place. Here at #63 is a good place for a rotational player, but he has older, more experienced guys in front of him, such as Mazi Smith, Cam Goode, and Kris Jenkins, Jr. I think 2022 will be a developmental year for him, and by his sophomore season, he could be a starter if Smith and Goode move on.
Prediction: Backup defensive tackle
Paris (France) Pionniers de Touraine outside linebacker Aymeric Koumba committed to Michigan on Friday. He picked the Wolverines over offers from Buffalo, East Carolina, Vanderbilt, and UConn.
Koumba is listed at 6’4″ and 230 lbs.
RANKINGS
ESPN: N/A
On3: 3-star Edge, 88 grade
Rivals: N/A
247 Sports: N/A
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Name: Davis Warren
Height: 6’2″
Weight: 195 lbs.
High school: Suffield (CT) Suffield Academy
Position: Quarterback
Class: Redshirt freshman
Jersey number: #16
Last year: I ranked Warren #126 and said he would redshirt (LINK). He redshirted.
TTB Rating: N/A
Warren was a true freshman walk-on last season, but he still managed to win Scout Team Player of the Week three times. Here’s what I said about him in last year’s countdown:
I think Michigan got a bit of a steal here with Warren, who has some good athleticism and a live arm. Of course, he’s in the same class as 5-star recruit J.J. McCarthy, but down the road, Warren could be a guy who factors into the depth chart if he continues to build his body and work on his mechanics (which can be inconsistent).
In the spring game back in April, Warren looked like the third best quarterback on the roster – better than former Texas Tech starter Alan Bowman and better than freshman 3-star Alex Orji. Warren completed 12/23 passes for 175 yards and looked like a scholarship quarterback. Will he retain that #3 role during the season? It remains to be seen. What we do know is that both Cade McNamara and J.J. McCarthy will play, and it’s likely that if something happened to either one, the other guy would just be the full-time quarterback. So it would take a couple injuries for Warren to see the field much, but I do think he should be the #3 quarterback.
Prediction: Backup quarterback
Name: Greg Tarr
Height: 6’2″
Weight: 207 lbs.
High school: Washington (MI) Romeo
Position: Long snapper
Class: Redshirt sophomore
Jersey number: #45
Last year: I ranked Tarr #80 and said he would be a backup long snapper (LINK). He did not play in any games.
TTB Rating: N/A
A backup long snapper is completely and utterly useless on game days . . .
. . . until he isn’t.
Will Wagner has Michigan’s long snapping job locked down. Tarr has spent the past two years on campus without seeing the field. Michigan also brought in preferred walk-on Evan Boutorwick in the class of 2022. So how valuable is Tarr, and would he even be the #2 guy? I have to be honest that I don’t know the depth chart of the backup long snappers, but I’m guessing the more experienced guy would be the first one on the field if something happens to Wagner.
Prediction: Backup long snapper