Tag: 2019 recruiting

Recruiting Update: August 6, 2018

Oakton (VA) Flint Hill RB Jordan Houston (image via FHS View)

COMMITMENT

Lakewood (OH) St. Edward wide receiver Quintel Kent committed to Michigan.

OFF THE BOARD

Treylon Burks – WR – Warren (AR) Warren: Burks committed to Arkansas. He’s a 6’3″, 225-pounder who looks like he might end up as a tight end down the road.

Ge’mon Eaford – DE – Deerfield Beach (FL) Deerfield Beach: Eaford committed to Oregon. Yet another failed attempt to dip into the alma mater of Denard Robinson.

Jordan Houston – RB – Oakton (VA) Flint Hill: Houston is the type of 5’9″, 180-pounder who seems to have had some success at Maryland in recent years. He’s a shifty little guy.

Jordan Jakes – WR – Baltimore (MD) St. Frances: Jakes, who is originally from Georgia, committed to Indiana. He’s going to play his final high school season at St. Frances, where Biff Poggi coaches.

Jude Wolfe – TE – Bellflower (CA) St. John Bosco: Wolfe committed to USC.

Quintel Kent, Wolverine

Lakewood (OH) St. Edward WR Quintel Kent (image via Wolverines Wire)

Lakewood (OH) St. Edward wide receiver Quintel Kent committed to Michigan on Saturday. He picked the Wolverines over offers from several MAC programs.

Kent is 6’0″, 170 lbs. He claims a 4.56 forty and a 4.36 shuttle. Maxpreps has him down for 18 catches for 414 yards (23 yards/catch) and 7 touchdowns in just three games for the 2017 season.

RATINGS
ESPN: Unranked
Rivals: 2-star WR
247 Sports: 3-star, 84 grade, #130 WR, #1105 overall

Hit the jump for more on Kent’s commitment.

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Recruiting Update: July 30, 2018

Oklahoma City (OK) Putnam City DE Collin Clay (image via NewsOK)

DECOMMITMENT

Stephen Herron – DE – Louisville (KY) Trinity: Herron flipped to Stanford (LINK).

ADDED TO THE BOARD: 2019

Cam’Ron Kelly – S – Chesapeake (VA) Oscar Smith: Kelly is a 6’1″, 190 lb. prospect and he decommitted from Virginia Tech. He also has offers from Clemson and Penn State, among others. He’s a 4-star, the #13 athlete, and #175 overall. Michigan is not really in the mix.

Hit the jump for several guys who went off the board and some other bits.

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Visitors: 2018 BBQ at the Big House

Kalel Mullings is the #48 overall player in 2020 (image via Irish Sports Daily)

Here’s a look at the expected visitors for the upcoming BBQ at the Big House.

2019

Matthew Akuchie – WR – Ft. Lauderdale (FL) St. Thomas Aquinas: Akuchie is a 6’2″, 190 lb. prospect who claims 4.75 speed.

Erick All – TE – Fairfield (OH) Fairfield: All is committed to Michigan (LINK).

Karsen Barnhart – OT – Paw Paw (MI) Paw Paw: Barnhart is committed to Michigan (LINK).

Bryce Benhart – OT – Lakeville (MN) North:

John Branham, Jr. – RB – Columbus (OH) Northland: Branahm is a 5’10”, 218 lb. prospect with offers from Boston College, Cincinnati, and Pitt, among others. He’s a 3-star, the #52 running back, and #832 overall. He’s the older brother of 2020 Michigan commit Kalil Branham.

Zach Carpenter – OG – Cincinnati (OH) Moeller: Carpenter is committed to Michigan (LINK).

Isaiah Foskey – TE – Concord (CA) De La Salle: Foskey is a 6’5″, 240 lb. prospect with offers from Alabama, Clemson, Michigan, Penn State, UCLA, and USC, among others. He’s a 4-star, the #5 tight end, and #177 overall. He was offered as a freshman by the Michigan staff, and he attends the alma mater of former Michigan tight end Devin Asiasi (who transferred to UCLA after one season in Ann Arbor).

Daxton Hill – S – Tulsa (OK) Booker T. Washington: Hill is a 6’0″, 187 lb. prospect with offers from virtually every big-time program in the country. He’s a 5-star, the #1 safety, and #8 overall. His crystal ball picks are 80% in favor of Oklahoma. UPDATE: Hill is no longer planning to visit for the BBQ.

Jamal Hill – S – Morrow (GA) Morrow: Hill is a 6’2″, 190 lb. prospect with offers from Alabama, Arkansas, Michigan, and Pitt, among others. He’s a 3-star, the #66 safety, and #870 overall. As a junior in 2017, he made 67 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 3 interceptions, and 16 pass breakups.

Hit the jump for several more visitors.

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Stephen Herron, Ex-Wolverine

Stephen Herron, Jr.

Louisville (KY) Trinity defensive end Stephen Herron, Jr. flipped his commitment from Michigan to Stanford on Monday.

Herron committed to Michigan a little less than a year ago, in July of 2017 (LINK). There have been rumors of him decommitting in favor of Stanford for months, and those rumors come to fruition more often than not. He insisted to reports over that time that he was solid to Michigan, but if you’ve been following recruiting for a while, you know commitments are only as good as the National Letters of Intent they’re signed on.

Michigan now has 18 commitments remaining in the 2019 class, including three defensive ends: Chris Hinton, Gabe Newburg, and David Ojabo. Newburg is a weakside end like Herron, but Hinton and Ojabo are more like strongside ends or defensive tackles.

Herron is a 4-star, the #5 weakside end, and #86 overall in the 247 Composite.