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2020 Recruiting Update: January 31, 2019

Southfield (MI) A&T defensive tackle Bryce Austin (image via Twitter)

ADDED TO THE BOARD: 2020

Bryce Austin – DT – Southfield (MI) A&T: Austin is a 6’2″, 280 lb. prospect with offers from Boston College, Michigan State, Missouri, and Pitt, among others. He’s a 247 Sports 3-star, the #22 defensive tackle, and #314 overall. He visited Ann Arbor last weekend and was given the offer while on campus. He’s a teammate of 2020 quarterback Anthony Romphf, whom Michigan offered a couple weeks ago.

Brian Branch – WR – Tyrone (GA) Sandy Creek: Branch is a 6’0″, 175-pounder with offers from Ohio State, Oklahoma, and Tennessee, among others. He’s a 3-star, the #26 safety, and #442 overall. As a junior in 2018, he had 5 interceptions, 15 catches for 368 yards and 3 touchdowns, and 2 kickoff return touchdowns.

Gary Bryant, Jr. – WR – Corona (CA) Centennial: Bryant is a 5’10”, 160 lb. prospect with offers from Florida, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, and USC, among others. He’s a 4-star, the #17 wide receiver, and #75 overall.

Hit the jump for a bunch of other new offers.

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Nightly Roundup: January 30, 2019

Brandon Peters (image via MLive)

Dylan McCaffrey gives Michigan a reliable backup option at QB (LINK).

Aaron McMann says Brandon Peters has a decision to make (LINK).

Ron English told Sam Webb how Jai Eugene ended up at LSU instead of Michigan (LINK).

New defensive line coach Shaun Nua is going to make $400,000 a year (LINK).

Deion Sanders wrote a letter to his younger self for The Players Tribune (LINK).

A Pittsburgh television station worker got fired for insulting Tom Brady (LINK).

History.com has an article on “Oval Office Athletes: Presidents and the Sports They Played” (LINK). It’s noteworthy that so many presidents involved themselves in athletics.

2019 Preferred Walk-on Commitments and Offers

Lakewood (OH) St. Edward safety Caden Kolesar

Since we’re all superfans of Michigan football, here’s this year’s look at the preferred walk-on offers and commitments that have come along throughout the recruiting cycle. Some of these players have earned scholarship offers from other, lower-level programs or committed elsewhere, but Michigan has landed a few pledges so far.

Hit the jump for the position-by-position list.

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Visitors: February 1-3, 2019

Portsmouth (VA) Norcom DE Antwaun Powell (image via 247 Sports)

Thanks to Matt for the generous Paypal donation!

2019

Mica Gelb – OG – Washington (DC) Woodrow Wilson: Gelb is a 6’5″, 305 lb. prospect who’s a preferred walk-on candidate.

2020

Antwaun Powell – DE – Portsmouth (VA) Norcom: Powell is a 6’2″, 214 lb. prospect with offers from Duke, Michigan, Pitt, and Virginia, among others. He’s a 3-star, the #25 weakside end, and #622 overall.

Peter Skoronski – OG – Park Ridge (IL) Maine South: Skoronski is a 6’4″, 280-pounder with offers from Illinois, Iowa, Notre Dame, and Penn State. He’s a 4-star, the #12 offensive guard, and #326 overall.

Nightly Roundup: January 29, 2019

Adam Schefter

Michigan was #1 in home attendance in 2018:

College football’s home attendance leaders (per game) for 2018 season:

1 Michigan – 110,736

2 Penn St – 105,485

3 Ohio St – 101,947

4 Alabama – 101,561

5 LSU – 100,819

6 Texas A&M – 99,844

7 Texas – 97,712

8 Tennessee – 93,022

9 Georgia – 92,746

10 Nebraska – 89,034

— CFB Home (@CFBHome) January 29, 2019

Michigan alumnus Adam Schefter did an interview on Real Sports about something that’s not really sports related (LINK).

This is crazy: Not too long ago, people figured out that a couple people pictured on a New York Knicks’ Mark Jackson trading card were . . . the infamous Menendez brothers (LINK).

I mentioned last week that I was watching Conan O’Brien’s new show, and I found a Q&A with him from the New York Times (LINK). I appreciated this quote:

Calvin Coolidge was a pretty popular president. I’ve been to his grave in Vermont. It has the presidential seal on it. Nobody was there. And by the way, I’m the only late-night host that has been to Calvin Coolidge’s grave. I think that’s what separates me from the other hosts.

I had a great conversation with Albert Brooks once. When I met him for the first time, I was kind of stammering. I said, you make movies, they live on forever. I just do these late-night shows, they get lost, they’re never seen again and who cares? And he looked at me and he said, [Albert Brooks voice] “What are you talking about? None of it matters.” None of it matters? “No, that’s the secret. In 1940, people said Clark Gable is the face of the 20th Century. Who [expletive] thinks about Clark Gable? It doesn’t matter. You’ll be forgotten. I’ll be forgotten. We’ll all be forgotten.” It’s so funny because you’d think that would depress me. I was walking on air after that.