Tag: attrition

Derrick Green, Ex-Wolverine

Derrick Green

As expected, rising senior running back Derrick Green is transferring from Michigan. Green will be a graduate transfer and eligible to play immediately wherever he goes. One potential destination is Florida, where he would be reunited with offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier, who made Green the team’s leading rusher when he was offensive coordinator at Michigan in 2014. At no other point before or since has Green approached that level of trust and playing time.

Hit the jump for more on Green’s career.

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Sir Patrick Scott, Ex-Wolverine

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Upper Marlboro (MD) Riverdale Baptist cornerback Sir Patrick Scott decommitted from Michigan on Wednesday. He originally committed to the Wolverines in August (LINK). He had attended the Sound Mind Sound Body camp, as well as Michigan’s summer camp, before Michigan offered. This decommitment had been somewhat expected for a while after Scott mentioned that he had not had much contact with Michigan’s coaching staff. He also had not taken or even scheduled an official visit to Ann Arbor.

As you can see from my original commitment post, I had given Scott a TTB Rating of 68. I was not impressed with his athleticism or playmaking skills, which accounted for the low-ish grade. He also did not have a very productive senior season, although he reportedly did a good job of stopping opposing wide receivers. Other reported offers at the time of his commitment came from Arizona, Kentucky, Michigan State, Pitt, and Wisconsin, among others. He’s currently a 247 Composite 3-star, the #56 cornerback, and #678 overall.

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Terry Richardson, Ex-Wolverine

Terry Richardson

Michigan cornerback/safety Terry Richardson is using the graduate transfer exception to look for other opportunities to play football. He will be a fifth year senior in the fall and eligible to play immediately.

Richardson committed to Michigan in May 2011 (LINK) as part of the 2012 class. A highly touted high school recruit, I thought at the time that he was a very good get for the Wolverines. He was a bigger playmaker in high school than a lot of other Cass Tech cornerbacks of the era. It should be noted that none reached high levels of success in college, and now Jourdan Lewis appears to have taken over that mantle.

Hit the jump for more on Richardson’s departure.

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Ross Taylor-Douglas, Ex-Wolverine

Ross Taylor-Douglas

Michigan running back/cornerback Ross Taylor-Douglas is transferring from Michigan. As a graduate transfer after three seasons, he will have two years remaining and will be eligible immediately. He will be a redshirt junior in the fall.

Taylor-Douglas (formerly just Ross Douglas) was originally committed to Penn State in the 2013 class before flipping to Michigan over the summer of 2012. I was on vacation for a week with no internet, and he had the audacity to pledge in the middle of that week. Perhaps inspired by that terrible timing, I gave him a TTB Rating of 63 (LINK).

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David Reese, Ex-Wolverine

Farmington (MI) Farmington linebacker David Reese decommitted from Michigan on Wednesday night. He had committed to Michigan on the day of the spring game back in April (LINK).

Anyone with a finger on the pulse of Reese’s recruitment saw this moment coming months ago. Reese originally committed with Michigan’s understanding that he would get his first shot to play fullback, but that he would also be looked at as a linebacker. As more offers for linebacker started to come through, Reese started to reconsider and wanted assurances from Michigan that he could be a linebacker through and through. Meanwhile, he was also looking to enroll early. Michigan informed Reese that he could play linebacker, but that they were keeping early enrollee spots open for other prospects. In other words, they said that if he wanted to play for Michigan, he would have to wait until next summer to enroll.

Hit the jump for more on Reese, as well as some analysis of the linebacker recruiting situation.

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