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ESPN 300 released for 2014

Paramus (NJ) Catholic cornerback Jabrill Peppers is the #2 player in the country

ESPN, which had already released its top 150 players, posted its top 300 players on Monday.

Movement for Michigan commits:

– Drake Harris jumped from #96 to #71
– Bryan Mone dropped from #72 to #73
– Lawrence Marshall dropped from #107 to #110
– Juwann Bushell-Beatty dropped from #120 to #121
– Michael Ferns dropped from #112 to #122
– Wilton Speight dropped from #125 to #127
– Mason Cole dropped from #145 to #146

5-stars:
1. Leonard Fournette – RB – Louisiana
2. Jabrill Peppers – CB – New Jersey (Michigan)
3. Andrew Brown – DT – Virginia
4. Da’Shawn Hand – DE – Virginia
5. Adoree’ Jackson – CB – California
6. Myles Garrett – DE – Texas
7. Cameron Robinson – OT – Louisiana
10. Lorenzo Carter – DE – Georgia
11. Quin Blanding – S – Virginia (Virginia)

4-stars:
16. Jalen Tabor – CB – Washington, D.C.
18. Damian Prince – OT – Maryland
19. Bo Scarbrough – ATH – Alabama (Alabama)
24. Jamal Adams – S – Texas
26. Lorenzo Featherston – DE – North Carolina
28. Malachi Dupre – WR – Louisiana
33. Solomon Thomas – DE – Texas
37. Tyler Luatua – TE – California
39. Casey Tucker – OT – Arizona
40. Jalen Hurd – RB – Tennessee (Tennessee)
45. K.C. McDermott – OT – Florida (Miami)
49. Marshon Lattimore – ATH – Ohio
50. Andy Bauer – OT – Missouri (Mississippi)
51. Elijah Hood – RB – North Carolina (Notre Dame)
52. Edward Paris, Jr. – S – Texas (LSU)
55. Alex Bars – OT – Tennessee (Notre Dame)
57. Damon Webb – CB – Michigan (Ohio State)
60. John Smith – ATH – California
62. Nick Watkins – CB – Texas
64. Nyles Morgan – LB – Illinois
66. Jamarco Jones – OT – Illinois
68. Malik McDowell – DE – Michigan
71. Drake Harris – WR – Michigan (Michigan)
73. Bryan Mone – DT – Utah (Michigan)
77. Corey Holmes – WR – Florida
87. K.C. Crosby – TE – South Carolina (South Carolina)
88. Ja’von Harrison – ATH – Florida (Virginia Tech)
89. Artavis Scott – WR – Florida
91. Parrker Westphal – CB – Illinois
94. Jeb Blazevich – TE – North Carolina (Georgia)
102. Demarre Kitt – WR – Georgia (Clemson)
103. Kyron Watson – LB – Illinois (Kansas)
110. Lawrence Marshall – DE – Michigan (Michigan)
111. Saeed Blacknall – WR – New Jersey
113. Wesley Green – CB – Georgia
116. Ian Bunting – TE – Illinois (Michigan)
119. Braden Smith – OT – Kansas
120. Jacory Wahsington – TE – Louisiana (LSU)
121. Juwann Bushell-Beatty – OT – New Jersey (Michigan)
122. Michael Ferns III – LB – Ohio (Michigan)
126. Josh Malone – WR – Tennessee
127. Wilton Speight – QB – Virginia (Michigan)
130. Dravon Henry – ATH – Pennsylvania
131. Bentley Spain – OT – North Carolina
137. Joe Mixon – RB – California
139. Roderick Johnson – OT – Missouri
146. Mason Cole – OT – Florida (Michigan)
147. Khairi Clark – DT – Florida
156. Dante Booker – LB – Ohio (Ohio State)
163. Andrew Williams – DE – Georgia
165. Jermaine Roberts – CB – Louisiana (Texas)
169. Dexter Wideman – DT – South Carolina
170. Dwight Williams – LB – California
172. Otaro Alaka – LB – Texas (Texas)
186. Mattrell McGraw – S – Louisiana
189. Kiy Hester – ATH – New Jersey
193. Demetrius Knox – OG – Texas
194. Adarius Bennett – CB – California
197. Quincy Wilson – S – Florida
202. Devon Thomas – RB – Oklahoma (Oklahoma State)
227. Erick Smith – S – Ohio
233. Steven Parker – S – Oklahoma
248. Montae Nicholson – S – Pennsylvania
261. Christian McCaffrey – RB – Colorado (Stanford)
269. Petera Wilson – LB – Tennessee
272. Brandon Simmons – S – Texas (Stanford)
276. D’Andre Payne – CB – Washington, D.C. (Tennessee)
277. Garrett Dickerson – TE – New Jersey
279. Sam Mustipher – OG – Maryland (Notre Dame)
285. Jonathan Hilliman – RB – New Jersey
295. Mark Andrews – TE – Arizona
299. Kyle Berger – LB – Ohio (Ohio State)

Recruiting Update: June 17, 2013

Lee’s Summit (MO) Lee’s Summit linebacker Jimmie Swain IV (image via 247 Sports)

ADDED TO THE BOARD: 2014
Lee’s Summit (MO) Lee’s Summit linebacker Jimmie Swain IV was offered by Michigan. He’s a 6’3″, 210 lb. prospect who recently announced a top five of Kansas State, Michigan, Nebraska, Northwestern, and TCU. It was rumored that he got an offer a couple months ago, but then it turned out that the coaches were just “interested” but had not fully offered. According to 247’s Composite ranking, he’s a 3-star, the #33 outside linebacker, and the #419 player overall. I don’t say this often, but I think he could play any of the three linebacker positions – he can diagnose plays and run well enough to play WILL, he’s big enough to grow into a MIKE, and he’s long enough and a good enough blitzer to be a SAM.

ADDED TO THE BOARD: 2015
Washington (DC) H.D. Woodson cornerback DuWayne Johnson was offered by Michigan. He’s a 6’1″, 157 lb. prospect with offers from Clemson, Georgia, Miami, and North Carolina, among others.

MISCELLANEOUS
Here’s a list of visitors from this past week.

Here’s a pretty extensive list of players who are camping at Michigan this summer. It’s a four-day camp altogether, and this is the camp that produced offers to guys like Channing Stribling and Damien Harris last summer.

Here’s the working list of BBQ at the Big House visitors for next month.

Visitors: Second week of June 2013

Orlando (FL) Timber Creek running back Jacques Patrick

With school ending at various times around the country, visits won’t really be limited to being on the weekends. These are a few players who have visited in the last couple days or will visit in the next week.

Kalen Ballage – RB – Peyton (CO) Falcon: I wrote up a scouting report on Ballage last week. UPDATE: Ballage canceled his visit due to the wildfires taking place in Colorado.

Dre Brown – RB – DeKalb (IL) DeKalb: Brown is a 5’11”, 190 lb. prospect for 2015 with offers from Illinois and Northern Illinois. As a sophomore in 2012, he had 108 carries for 759 yards and 9 touchdowns. He also plays cornerback for his high school, which may be his position when he reaches college.

Jalen Brown – WR – Phoenix (AZ) Mountain Pointe: The 6’2″, 170 lb. wideout has offers from Arizona, Arizona State, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Oregon, and numerous others.  He was named Gatorade’s Player of the Year in Arizona after a junior season in which he had 67 catches for 1,235 yards and 18 touchdowns, to go along with his 26 tackles, 5 interceptions (1 of which was returned for a touchdown), and 1 fumble recovery. Michigan is looking for a slot receiver to complement the two bigger receivers (Drake Harris, Maurice Ways) who are already committed.

Jashon Cornell – DE – St. Paul (MN) Cretin Derham Hall: Cornell is a 6’4″, 230 lb. weakside end prospect with offers from Florida, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, USC, and lots of others. According to 247 Sports, he’s a 4-star, the #2 outside linebacker, and the #18 overall prospect for 2015.

Noah Furbush – LB – Kenton (OH) Kenton: Furbush is a 6’4″, 240 lb. prospect with offers from Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, and Tennessee, among others.  As a junior in 2012, he had 115 tackles and 1 forced fumble.  He is unranked by ESPN, Rivals, and Scout, but he’s a 3-star and the #52 OLB to 247 Sports.  This is his second visit to Michigan.  Personally, I think Furbush looks more like a future weakside end, but he’s being recruited as a SAM linebacker.

Jamarco Jones – OG – Chicago (IL) De La Salle: Jones is a 6’5″, 290 lb. prospect who has narrowed things down to Michigan, Michigan State, and Ohio State. According to 247’s Composite ranking, he’s a 4-star, the #4 offensive tackle, and the #49 overall player for 2014. Most projections have him going to Ohio State, but there are some rumblings that Michigan is making a late push. He has set an announcement date for June 27.

Jeff Jones – RB – Minneapolis (MN) Washburn: Jones is a 6’0″, 194 lb. prospect with offers from Kentucky, Iowa, Iowa State, Michigan State, and Wisconsin, among others; he has been committed to Minnesota since March, but is considering other options. According to 247’s Composite ranking, he’s a 4-star, the #9 running back, and the #144 overall prospect. As a junior in 2012, he had 110 carries for 1,002 yards and 9 touchdowns.

Stanley Norman – WR – Culver City (CA) Culver City: Norman is a 5’11”, 170 lb. prospect with offers from UCLA, Utah, and a few others. To 247 Sports he’s a 4-star, the #15 wide receiver, and the #157 player overall for 2015.

Jacques Patrick – RB – Orlando (FL) Timber Creek: Patrick is a 6’1″, 213 lb. back with offers from Alabama, Florida, Florida State, Miami, Michigan, Ohio State, and USC, along with many others. The class of 2015 prospect claims a 4.6 forty and had 231 carries for 2,032 yards and 29 touchdowns as a sophomore in 2012.  Patrick is making a swing through the midwest to see Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, and Ohio State, and his cousin Terel Patrick coaches at Detroit (MI) King – which sent Dennis Norfleet to Michigan recently.

Frank Ragnow – OT – Chanhassen (MN) Chanhassen: Ragnow is a 6’6″, 271 lb. prospect with offers from Arkansas, Cal, Florida State, Minnesota, Nebraska, and several others. According to 247’s Composite ranking, he’s a 3-star, the #41 offensive tackle, and the #527 overall player.

Reno Rosene – OT – Thousand Oaks (CA) Oaks Christian: Rosene is a 6’7″, 310 lb. prospect for 2015 with an offer from Notre Dame.  According to 247 Sports, he’s a 4-star, the #14 OT, and the #164 player overall for his class.

2013 Rivals 5-star Challenge

The 2013 version of the Rivals 5-star Challenge will take place this weekend at Soldier Field in Chicago.  Somewhat like Nike’s The Opening, it’s an invitation-only camp for some of the top prospects from around the country.  There will be lots of reports and news coming out of the camp, so here’s a rundown of the Michigan targets who will be participating:

Jamal Adams – S – Texas
Kalen Ballage – ATH – Colorado
Alex Bars – OT – Tennessee (Notre Dame)
Terry Beckner, Jr. – DE – Illinois*
Saeed Blacknall – WR – New Jersey
Andrew Brown – DT – Virginia
Jalen Brown – WR – Arizona
Lorenzo Carter – DE – Georgia
Malachi Dupre – WR – Louisiana
Michael Ferns III – LB – Ohio (Michigan)
Leonard Fournette – RB – Louisiana
Da’Shawn Hand – DE – Virginia
Daniel Helm – TE – Illinois (Tennessee)
Elijah Hood – RB – North Carolina (Notre Dame)
Adoree’ Jackson – CB – California
Sterling Jenkins – OT – Pennsylvania*
Demetrius Knox – OG – Texas
Marshon Lattimore – ATH – Ohio
Tyler Luatua – TE – California
Josh Malone – WR – Tennessee
Iman Marshall – CB – California*
Malik McDowell – DE – Michigan
Joe Mixon – RB – California
Nyles Morgan – LB – Illinois
Sam Mustipher – OG – Maryland (Notre Dame)
Montae Nicholson – S – Pennsylvania
Steven Parker – S – Oklahoma
Jacques Patrick – RB – Florida*
Adarius Pickett – CB – California
Damian Prince – OT – Maryland
Josh Rosen – QB – California*
Bo Scarbrough – WR – Alabama (Alabama)
Artavis Scott – WR – Florida
Solomon Thomas – DE – Texas
Kevin Toliver II – CB – Florida (LSU)*
Casey Tucker – OT – Arizona
Jacory Washington – TE – Louisiana (LSU)
Damon Webb – CB – Michigan (Ohio State)
Dwight Williams – LB – California

*Denotes a 2015 prospect. All others are from the class of 2014.

Scout 300 for 2014 updated

Paramus (NJ) Catholic cornerback Jabrill Peppers is Scout’s #7 overall player

Scout updated its top 300 players for the class of 2014. Here’s what it looked like back in March.

Movement for Michigan commits:

– Jabrill Peppers jumped from #11 to #7
– Drake Harris dropped from #24 to #28
– Bryan Mone jumped from #97 to #94
– Lawrence Marshall fell from #87 to #103
– Michael Ferns dropped from #134 to #146
– Mason Cole from #193 to #251

5-stars:
1. Leonard Fournette – RB – Louisiana
2. Da’Shawn Hand – DE – Virginia
3. Cameron Robinson – OT – Louisiana
4. Lorenzo Carter – DE – Georgia
6. Braden Smith – OT – Kansas
7. Jabrill Peppers – CB – New Jersey (Michigan)
8. Adoree’ Jackson – CB – California
9. Juju Smith – S – California
12. Jamal Adams – S – Texas
15. Quin Blanding – S – Virginia (Virginia)
17. K.C. McDermott – OT – Florida (Miami)
20. Casey Tucker – OT – Arizona
22. Andrew Brown – DT – Virginia
25. Khairi Clark – DT – Florida
26. Joe Mixon – RB – California
27. Malachi Dupre – WR – Louisiana

4-stars:
28. Drake Harris – WR – Michigan (Michigan)
30. Jalen Tabor – CB – Washington, D.C.
32. Damian Prince – OT – Maryland
33. Malik McDowell – DE – Michigan
34. Marshon Lattimore – WR – Ohio
35. Damon Webb – CB – Michigan (Ohio State)
40. Nyles Morgan – LB – Illinois
44. Edward Paris – CB – Texas (LSU)
47. Kyle Berger – LB – Ohio (Ohio State)
48. Jalen Brown – WR – Arizona
52. Jamarco Jones – OT – Illinois
54. Myles Garrett – DE – Texas
56. Jalen Hurd – RB – Tennessee (Tennessee)
58. Nick Watkins – CB – Texas
60. Bo Scarbrough – RB – Alabama (Alabama)
63. Mark Andrews – WR – Arizona
69. Parrker Westphal – CB – Illinois
70. Sam Mustipher – OG – Maryland (Notre Dame)
74. Elijah Hood – RB – North Carolina (Notre Dame)
75. Saeed Blacknall – WR – New Jersey
81. Tyler Luatua – TE – California
84. Sam Hubbard – LB – Ohio (Ohio State)
88. Christian McCaffrey – RB – Colorado (Stanford)
91. Dravon Henry – CB – Pennsylvania
92. Brandon Simmons – S – Texas (Stanford)
94. Bryan Mone – DT – Utah (Michigan)
95. Andy Bauer – OG – Missouri (Mississippi)
100. Roderick Johnson – OT – Missouri
103. Lawrence Marshall – DE – Michigan (Michigan)
108. Demarre Kitt – WR – Georgia (Clemson)
113. Josh Malone – WR – Tennessee
115. Shai McKenzie – RB – Pennsylvania
118. Demetrius Knox – OG – Texas
125. Dwight Williams – LB – California
139. Artavis Scott – WR – Florida
140. Dante Booker – LB – Ohio (Ohio State)
143. Bryson Allen-Williams – LB – Georgia
146. Michael Ferns III – LB – Ohio (Michigan)
147. Montae Nicholson – S – Pennsylvania
149. Ja’Von Harrison – S – Florida (Virginia Tech)
152. Erick Smith – S – Ohio
162. Kiy Hester – S – New Jersey
163. Steven Parker – S – Oklahoma
169. Bentley Spain – OT – North Carolina
171. Garrett Dickerson – TE – New Jersey
172. Daniel Helm – TE – Illinois (Tennessee)
175. Dexter Wideman – DT – South Carolina
186. Jay Hayes – DT – New York (Notre Dame)
187. Devon Thomas – RB – Oklahoma (Oklahoma State)
190. Richard Yeargin III – DE – Florida
192. Alex Bars – OT – Tennessee (Notre Dame)
197. Adarius Pickett – CB – California
201. Corey Holmes – WR – Florida
205. D’Andre Payne – CB – Washington, D.C.
214. Jacory Washington – TE – Louisiana (LSU)
215. Connor Sheehy – DE – Wisconsin (Wisconsin)
216. Marcus Allen – S – Maryland (Penn State)
219. Jeb Blazevich – TE – North Carolina (Georgia)
225. Petera Wilson – LB – Tennessee
230. Chase Winovich – LB – Pennsylvania (Michigan)
248. K.J. Williams – WR – Pennsylvania
251. Mason Cole – OT – Florida (Michigan)
252. T’Kevian Rockwell – LB – Texas
256. Juwann Winfree – WR – New Jersey
259. Jackson Barton – OT – Utah (Utah)
266. Kenny Young – LB – Louisiana
273. Troy Vincent, Jr. – CB – Maryland
292. Malik Hooker – WR – Pennsylvania
298. Andrew Williams – DE – Georgia