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Donovan Peoples-Jones declares for the NFL Draft

Rising senior wide receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones declared for the NFL Draft on Friday afternoon.

Peoples-Jones is listed at 6’2″ and 208 lbs. on the 2019 roster. He reportedly ran a 40 time in the 4.4s coming out of high school. He was a 5-star, the #1 wide receiver, and #12 overall in the 2017 class, ranking as Michigan’s sixth-highest ranked recruit in the modern recruiting era (LINK).

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2020 (Army) All-American Bowl

The Army All-American Bowl is now just the All-American Bowl, and the 2020 version takes place today at 1:00 p.m. EST.

Here are some noteworthy players Michigan has offered on each side.

Nightly Roundup: January 3, 2019

Here’s a piece from The Athletic on the quiet season from Green Bay Packer Rashan Gary (LINK).

Blake Corum scored a touchdown!

Michigan RB signee Blake Corum (@blake_corum) finds the end zone in the UA All-America Game #GoBlue pic.twitter.com/tlnD4WDRz4

— “EJ Holland” (@EJHolland_TW) January 3, 2020

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Cesar Ruiz is off to the NFL

Junior center Cesar Ruiz has declared for the NFL. He spent the past two seasons as Michigan’s starting center after playing a backup role mostly at guard as a freshman in 2017. He was ranked as the nation’s #1 center in that 2017 class and was the #47 player overall.

The Draft Network has Ruiz ranked as the #198 overall player, but I have also seen him projected as a 2nd- or 3rd-rounder. It’s too early to say which team(s) might be interested.

Personally, I thought Ruiz was a weakness in 2018, and then he had some slip-ups early this season. But then he started playing pretty darn well. If you’re not blowing protections and/or getting worked by nose tackles, you’re probably pretty good and it might be time to leave if you’re eligible.

Michigan now has 88 guys slated to be on scholarship in 2020, so three more guys still have to disappear between now and August (LINK).

Related:

• Change is Coming: Offense in which I discuss how the center position looks going into next year.
• A History of #1 Rated Center Recruits, in which I discuss top-ranked centers throughout the modern recruiting era.

Chris Partridge, Ex-Wolverine

You probably know this already, but Michigan safeties coach and special teams coordinator Chris Partridge has signed on to coach at Ole Miss in some capacity under Lane Kiffin. Judging from recent developments and coaching staffs at Ole Miss – and with Kiffin himself – I expect this to be a very entertaining coaching tenure for Kiffin and crew. (He also hired former Michigan defensive coordinator and Maryland head coach D.J. Durkin, who was fired because Maryland offensive lineman Jordan McNair died.)

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