Juwan Burgess (image via Bulldawg Illustrated)
2017 Team Ranking: #64. Indiana signed twenty-two 3-stars and one 2-star.
Cream of the 2017 Crop: The highest ranked prospect is 6’1″, 185 lb. safety Juwan Burgess from Tampa (FL) Plant. He’s a 3-star, the #26 athlete, and #421 overall. A high school quarterback, wide receiver, safety, and returner, he’s expected to play free safety. He has a pretty impressive highlights film:
Another noteworthy player is the one guy who earned a Michigan offer, and that’s Janesville (WI) Parker defensive tackle Juan Harris (3-star, #62 DT, #875 overall). Harris is an early enrollee after a roundabout recruitment when he committed to Iowa multiple times (I lost track after three, but I think it was four).
Hit the jump for a look at the 2018 recruiting class.
2018 Team Ranking: #59. Indiana has one 3-star commitment.
Cream of the 2018 Crop: Boy, that Jordan Jusevitch from Lowell (IN) Lowell looks like the best of the bunch. He’s a 6’0″, 200 lb. safety who’s a 247 Sports 3-star, the #72 safety, and #901 overall. Okay, if I’m being honest, he’s not incredibly athletic, but the first couple highlights are touchdown returns of the rumblin’ bumblin’ stumblin’ variety:
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Wow I watched the first two minutes of Burgess’s film and it looks really impressive, fast a big hitter and explosive. Why wouldn’t Michigan offer a guy like this, especially given that Kelly-Powell or Woods don’t look particularly explosive.
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That’s a good question. I’m not sure. It could be a lot of things. Maybe they don’t think he’s athletic enough, maybe he has grade issues, maybe they didn’t see him as a personality fit, maybe they have a bad history at that school, etc. Athletically, I do think he would be on par or better than the two safeties we signed.
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