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Spring Football Preview: Wide Receivers

Amara Darboh (image via KSL)

Projected starters: Fifth year senior Amara Darboh was Michigan’s leading receiver for most of last season, and he finished with 58 catches (#1 on the team), 727 yards (#2), and 5 TDs (#2). He returns with a spot virtually locked down, and he should be ready to go when spring begins. The latter cannot be said for fifth year senior Jehu Chesson, who had 50 catches (#3), 764 yards (#1), and 9 TDs (#1). Chesson was injured in Michigan’s bowl game and will likely miss spring ball while recovering from that undisclosed injury. Michigan did not get much production from the wide receivers behind them, but redshirt sophomore Maurice Ways, Jr. earned more playing time as the season went along, finishing with 3 catches for 40 yards total. If we’re going by trajectory, he would be the starter opposite Darboh this spring.

Hit the jump for more on the wide receiver position.

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Rivals 250 for 2016 finalized

Dylan Crawford is the #129 player in the country

Rivals released its final top 100 on Monday (LINK). Here’s the final 250 (LINK). Here’s what it looked like back in December (LINK).

Movement for Michigan commits:

• Dylan Crawford fell from #115 to #129
• Ahmir Mitchell fell from #111 to #139
• Michael Onwenu jumped from #157 to #147
• Brandon Peters fell from #140 to #158
• Kareem Walker fell from #41 to #181
• Devin Bush, Jr. moved up from #184 to #182
• Carlo Kemp remained at #215
• Erik Swenson fell from #223 to #227 (UPDATE: Shortly after I posted this, Swenson confirmed the rumors that had been swirling and officially decommitted from Michigan. I’ll leave him here, though.)
• Brad Hawkins, Jr. fell from #231 to #235

Below the jump are the rest of Michigan’s targets.

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Final Scout 300 for 2016

Brandon Peters has made a huge leap in Scout’s rankings

Scout released its top 300 prospects for the class of 2016 (LINK). Here’s what it looked like in June 2015 (LINK).

Movement for Michigan commits:

• Kareem Walker dropped from #21 to #28
• Ben Bredeson dropped from #24 to #36
• Brandon Peters jumped from #283 to #77
• Jordan Elliott fell from #100 to #105
• Ahmir Mitchell fell from #58 to #131
• Dylan Crawford fell from #90 to #134
• Devery Hamilton moved up from #144 to #139
• Michael Onwenu moved up from #168 to #140
• Chris Evans fell from #164 to #190
• Erik Swenson fell from #124 to #256
• Brad Hawkins fell from #224 to #269
• Carlo Kemp fell from #297 to being off the list

Hit the jump for the full list.

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Rivals 250 for 2016 updated

Brandon Peters made a big leap in the new rankings

Rivals updated its top 250 for 2016 (LINK) after doing just the top 100 yesterday (LINK). Movement for Michigan commits since the last update in August:

• Ahmir Mitchell fell from #102 to #111
• Brandon Peters jumped from #242 to #140
• Michael Onwenu dropped from #83 to #157
• Carlo Kemp fell from #203 to #215
• Erik Swenson dropped from #115 to #223
• Brad Hawkins dropped from #224 to #231
• Ron Johnson fell from #222 to off the list

Hit the jump for the full listing.

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Recruit Tracker: Ahmir Mitchell

Ahmir Mitchell

October 2, 2015: Cedar Creek lost to Bridgeport (NJ) Bridgeport in overtime by a score of 12-6. Mitchell had 1 catch for 2 yards, plus 7 carries for -3 yards. Cedar Creek is 3-1.

September 26, 2015: Cedar Creek beat Absecon (NJ) Holy Spirit by a score of 26-0. Mitchell scored on a 56-yard touchdown catch. Cedar Creek is 3-0.

September 18, 2015: Cedar Creek beat Buena (NJ) Buena by a score of 34-13. Cedar Creek is 2-0.

September 4, 2015: Egg Harbor City (NJ) Cedar Creek beat Cedar Grove (NJ) Cedar Grove by a score of 28-7. Mitchell had 2 catches for 12 yards. Cedar Creek is now 1-0.