27Aug 2011
Recruit Tracker: Kaleb Ringer
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| Kaleb Ringer |
August 27, 2011: Kaleb Ringer will miss today’s season opener against Hamilton due to a broken hand.
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| Kaleb Ringer |
August 27, 2011: Kaleb Ringer will miss today’s season opener against Hamilton due to a broken hand.
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| Sione Houma |
August 19, 2011: Houma’s Highland team beat West by a score of 44-16. Houma had 16 carries for 112 yards, in additiion to a 95-yard kickoff return TD
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| Michigan commit Kyle Kalis is the #40 player in the nation. |
247 Sports re-ranked their top 100 recently, and there are some changes to note (find previous rankings here):
– Michigan commit CB Terry Richardson dropped from #31 out of the top 100.
– Michigan commit (and former Ohio State commit) moved up from #52 to #40.
– Michigan commit LB James Ross dropped from #84 to #100.
– Michigan commit OT Erik Magnuson jumped from #85 to #63.
– Michigan commit DT Ondre Pipkins jumped from #149 to #88.
The new ratings of Michigan offerees:
5-stars
1. Arik Armstead – OT – California (USC)
2. Dorial Green-Beckham – WR – Missouri
3. Eddie Goldman – DT – Washington, DC
5. Andrus Peat – OT – Arizona
7. Kyle Murphy – OT – California
8. John Theus – OT – Florida (Georgia)
9. Keith Marshall – RB – North Carolina
10. Stefon Diggs – WR – Maryland
12. Gunner Kiel – QB – Indiana (Indiana)
14. D.J. Humphries – OT – North Carolina (Florida)
15. Mario Edwards – DE – Texas (Florida State)
16. Noah Spence – DE – Pennsylvania
18. Yuri Wright – CB – New Jersey
20. Devin Fuller – QB – New Jersey
22. Darius Hamilton – DE – New Jersey
23. Jarron Jones – DT – New York
4-stars
24. Nelson Agholor – S – Florida
26. Jordan Jenkins – DE – Georgia
28. Ellis McCarthy – DT – California
30. Dan Voltz – OT – Illinois (Wisconsin)
32. Geno Smith – CB – Georgia
34. Eli Harold – DE – Virginia (Virginia)
39. Joshua Garnett – OG – Washington
40. Kyle Kalis – OG – Ohio (Michigan)
45. Javonte Magee – DE – Texas
46. Tee Shepard – CB – California (Notre Dame)
49. Ifeadi Odenigbo – DE – Ohio
54. Dillon Lee – LB – Georgia (Alabama)
56. Chris Wormley – DE – Ohio (Michigan)
58. Kwon Alexander – LB – Alabama
59. Armani Reeves – CB – Massachusetts
60. Jordan Diamond – OT – Illinois
63. Erik Magnuson – OT – California (Michigan)
64. Jonathan Taylor – DT – Georgia (Georgia)
66. Ronald Darby – CB – Maryland (Notre Dame)
70. Zach Kline – QB – California (Cal)
72. Brock Stadnik – OT – North Carolina (South Carolina)
73. Sheldon Day – DT – Indiana (Notre Dame)
74. Durron Neal – WR – Missouri (Oklahoma)
77. Jabari Ruffin – LB – California (USC)
78. Elijah Shumate – S – New Jersey
80. Connor Brewer – QB – Arizona (Texas)
81. Dominique Wheeler – WR – Texas (Texas Tech)
87. Aaron Burbridge – WR – Michigan (Michigan State)
88. Ondre Pipkins – DT – Missouri (Michigan)
89. Cyrus Jones – CB – Maryland
90. Jordan Simmons – OG – California
92. LaDarrell McNeill – S – Texas
93. Tommy Schutt – DT – Illinois (Penn State)
96. Drew Harris – RB – Pennsylvania
98. Zeke Pike – QB – Kentucky (Auburn)
99. Bryce Treggs – WR – California
100. James Ross – LB – Michigan (Michigan)
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| Missouri defensive tackle Ondre Pipkins |
Defensive tackle Ondre Pipkins from Park Hill High School in Kansas City, MO, committed to Michigan on Monday. He selected the Wolverines over Alabama, Florida, Iowa, Michigan State, Missouri, Ohio State, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. His ratings:
ESPN: 3-star, #45 DT
Rivals: 4-star, #19 DT, #246 overall
Scout: 4-star, #12 DT, #102 overall
24/7 Sports: 4-star, #16 DT, #147 overall
Pipkins stands 6’3″ and 320-ish pounds. He has a 5.15 forty yard dash, benches 385 lbs., and squats 520. He spent some time as a youth in Michigan, attending high school in Rochester Hills for a while before moving to Kansas City for his junior year. He had a particular attraction to Saginaw, a city that produced one of his idols (LaMarr Woodley) and a family friend/mentor (Roy Manning). Pipkins even hopes to wear Woodley’s #56 in Ann Arbor.
There’s not much of a question where Pipkins will play in college. The answer is pretty clear: nose tackle. With his height and girth, he will be very difficult for interior linemen to root him out and overpower him. Height is the main reason William Campbell has struggled at defensive tackle so far in his career, because being a 6’5″ nose tackle is extremely difficult. Pipkins should have no such issue. The first thing I see that I like about Pipkins is his stance. He puts a lot of weight on his front hand and sticks his butt slightly up in the air. With his weight distributed that way, he has no choice but to fire off low and fast. Beyond that first step, he continues to stay low, moves his feet well, and uses a variety of moves to rush the passer. Reports indicate that he has been nearly unstoppable at camps this summer and should make a leap upward when rankings are redone.
I would like to see Pipkins work on delivering a better initial punch with his hands. He often lets offensive linemen make first contact with his chest, which slows him down a little bit. He makes up for it after initial contact by using swim moves, the push-pull technique, ripping, etc., but the first move is the most important. If a defensive lineman’s first move isn’t effective, the quarterback should be able to get rid of the ball if one of his first couple reads is open. Pipkins will also need to keep an eye on his weight. He seemed to put on some bad weight over the winter, although recent reports and photographs suggest he’s turned some of that flab back into muscle. The new coaching staff seems less concerned about having underwear models at all 22 positions, so having a couple extra pounds shouldn’t be as big of a hurdle as it once was.
Pipkins has a good frame, pretty solid technique, and good athleticism. He doesn’t have the overall quickness that current Michigan nose tackle Mike Martin possesses, but he’s bigger and offers the same kind of leverage advantage (Martin is 6’2″). Getting big athletes to play low is such a difficult technique to learn, and Pipkins already seems comfortable with that aspect, which is a huge bonus. With Martin graduating after the 2011 campaign and a dearth of options behind him (Quinton Washington and Richard Ash will be a redshirt junior and a redshirt sophomore, respectively, in 2012), Pipkins has a chance to be a four-year starter at nose tackle. By the time he graduates, he ought to be somewhere between good and very good.
This is the first pure defensive tackle of the class, and Pipkins gives Michigan 22 recruits in the class of 2012. The last Michigan recruit to come from the state of Missouri was Brett Gallimore, an offensive lineman in the class of 2004.
TTB Rating: 82
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| Ohio WR Monty Madaris |
The 2012 Offer Board has been updated:
Indiana DT Sheldon Day committed to Notre Dame.
Florida QB Bennie Coney committed to Cincinnati.
Ohio DE Chris Wormley committed to Michigan.
Utah FB Sione Houma committed to Michigan.
Indiana QB Gunner Kiel committed to Indiana.
Minnesota OT Jonah Pirsig committed to Minnesota.
Michigan WR Aaron Burbridge committed to Michigan State.
Ohio DE LaTroy Lewis committed to Tennessee.
Louisiana OT Derek Edinburgh committed to LSU.
Ohio RB Alden Hill committed to Tennessee.
Florida S Marcus Maye committed to Florida.
Florida OT John Theus committed to Georgia.
Tennessee WR Drae Bowles committed to Tennessee.
Added Texas FB Dennis Smith.
Added Ohio WR Monty Madaris.
California WR Bryce Treggs committed to California.
Ohio OG Kyle Kalis committed to Michigan.
Ohio S Jarrod Wilson committed to Michigan.
Illinois DT Jaleel Johnson committed to Iowa.
Ohio QB Maty Mauk committed to Missouri.
New York DT Jarron Jones decomitted from Penn State.