Ja’Khi Douglas – WR – Houma (LA) Terrebonne: Douglas is a 5’9″, 187 lb. prospect with offers from Alabama, Auburn, Florida, and Florida State, among others. He’s a 4-star, the #33 wide receiver, and #180 overall. He’s built a little bit like a running back, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see him play in the backfield a little bit when he gets to college. He claims a 4.48 forty, a 4.51 shuttle, and a 37″ vertical.
Kyle Edwards – RB – Destrehan (LA) Destrehan: Edwards is a 6’0″, 210-pounder with offers from Alabama, Notre Dame, and Texas A&M, among others. He’s a 3-star, the #34 running back, and #463 overall. He’s a burly running back who reminds me a little bit of former Michigan back Thomas Rawls.
Montra Edwards – DT – Lexington (MS) Holmes Central: Edwards is a 6’2″, 282-pounder, and with those measurements, I can’t help thinking of Maurice Hurst, Jr. He’s a 3-star, the #62 defensive tackle, and #785 overall. His stat line of 102 tackles, 25 tackles for loss, and 13 sacks as a junior is also pretty impressive, if not unbelievable.
Muskegon (MI) Muskegon ATH Cameron Martinez (image via MLive)
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2020
Kalil Branham – WR – Columbus (OH) Northland: Branham is committed to Michigan (LINK).
Maliq Carr – TE – Oak Park (MI) Oak Park: Carr is a 6’6″, 215 lb. prospect with offers from Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, and Penn State, among others. He’s a 3-star, the #75 wide receiver, and #414 overall. Only two crystal ball picks have come in so far, one for OSU and one for Notre Dame. He wants to play wide receiver in college, but his body may necessitate a move to tight end.
Deontae Craig – DE – Fort Wayne (IN) Culver: Craig is a 6’4″, 230 lb. prospect with offers from Indiana, Northwestern, Notre Dame, and Ohio State, among others. He’s a 3-star, the #25 strongside end, and #522 overall.
Miles Fleming – WR – Columbus (OH) Bishop Hartley: Fleming is a 6’0″, 175 lb. prospect with offers from a few MAC programs. He’s a 247 Sports 3-star, the #74 athlete, and #892 overall. He plays quarterback in high school but will probably be a wide receiver or safety in college.
Drake Heismeyer – OG – St. Charles (MO) Francis Howell: Heismeyer is a 6’3″, 283 lb. prospect with offers from Indiana, Iowa State, and Missouri, among others. He’s a 3-star, the #27 offensive guard, and #705 overall. He visited Michigan last weekend, but I didn’t find out about it until afterward.
Devin Hightower – LB – Akron (OH) Hoban: Hightower is a 6’2″, 205 lb. prospect with offers from Cincinnati, Iowa, and Michigan, along with a few MAC schools. He transferred from Lakewood (OH) St. Edward after his junior season.
Theo Johnson – TE – Windsor (Ontario) Holy Names: Johnson is a 6’5″, 235-pounder with offers from Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, and Penn State, among others. He’s a 4-star, the #7 tight end, and #312 overall. His crystal balls are all for Penn State right now.
Cameron Martinez – WR – Muskegon (MI) Muskegon: Martinez is a 5’11”, 175 lb. prospect with offers from Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, and several others. He’s a 3-star, the #43 athlete, and #515 overall. Though he plays some QB at Muskegon, he is likely to be a receiver or defensive back if he comes to Michigan. His crystal ball is 100% on Michigan.
Justin Rogers – OG – Oak Park (MI) Oak Park: Rogers is a 6’2″, 311 lb. prospect with offers from Alabama, Georgia, Michigan, and Ohio State, among others. He’s a 5-star, the #1 offensive guard, and #17 overall. He has 53% of his crystal balls for Ohio State and the other 47% for Georgia, but he has visited Michigan a lot lately, including last weekend.
Andre Seldon, Jr. – CB – Belleville (MI) Belleville: Seldon is committed to Michigan (LINK).
Branson Taylor – OT – Elyria (OH) Catholic: Taylor is a 6’6″, 290-pounder with offers from Cincinnati, Indiana, Pitt, and Purdue, among others. He’s a 247 Sports 3-star, the #71 offensive tackle, and #670 overall.
Jaheim Thomas – LB – Cincinnati (OH) Princeton: Thomas isa 6’5″, 215 lb. prospect with offers from Michigan, Michigan State, and Wisconsin, among others. He’s a 4-star, the #17 outside linebacker, and #253 overall, although with his size, I think he will probably end up at defensive end in college.
Cornell Wheeler – LB – West Bloomfield (MI) West Bloomfield: Wheeler is committed to Michigan (LINK).
2021
Drapher Cribbs – RB – Kentwood (MI) East Kentwood: Cribbs is a 6’2″, 210 lb. prospect with no offers right now. He played for a very talented East Kentwood team in 2018, so he didn’t get a chance to shine on offense, but he is expected to be a solid prospect.
Will Johnson – CB – Groose Pointe (MI) South: Johnson is a 6’1″, 180 lb. prospect with offers from Kentucky, Michigan, Michigan State, and Penn State, among others. He’s a Michigan legacy, as his father Deon was a defensive back for the Wolverines in the early 1990s.
Myles Rowser – S – Belleville (MI) Belleville: Rowser is a 5’10”, 175 lb. prospect with offers from Central Michigan, Michigan, Michigan State, and Western Michigan. He’s the younger brother of 2020 Michigan commit Andre Seldon.
Demon Clowney – DE – Baltimore (MD) St. Frances:Clowney is a 6’4″, 225 lb. prospect with offers from Clemson, Georgia, LSU, and Michigan, among others. He’s a 4-star, the #5 weakside end, and #78 overall.
Blake Corum – RB – Baltimore (MD) St. Frances:Corum is a 5’9″, 180 lb. prospect with offers from Georgia, Maryland, and Michigan, among others. He’s a 4-star, the #18 running back, and #210 overall.
Luke Hill – CB – Baltimore (MD) St. Frances: Hill is a 5’11”, 180-pounder with offers from Alabama, Clemson, and Florida, among others. He’s a 4-star, the #7 cornerback, and #59 overall.
Traeshon Holden – WR – Baltimore (MD) St. Frances:Holden is a 6’3″, 195-pounder with offers from Alabama, Florida, Michigan, and West Virginia, among others. He’s a 4-star, the #43 wide receiver, and #235 overall. His crystal ball is 100% for WVU right now.
KeAndre Lambert – WR – Norfolk (VA) Maury: Lambert is a 6’1″, 167 lb. prospect with offers from Clemson, Florida, Notre Dame, and others. He’s a 4-star, the #35 wide receiver, and #188 overall. He claims a 4.56 forty and a 36″ vertical. Right now both of his crystal ball picks are for Virginia Tech. He has named Michigan to his top 11.
Micah Mazzccua – OG – Baltimore (MD) St. Frances:Mazzccua is a 6’5″, 289-pounder with offers from Maryland, Michigan, Syracuse, and Temple. As a transfer from Philadelphia, he’s not quite as highly touted or well known as a lot of the other St. Frances Academy prospects.
Braiden McGregor – DE – Port Huron (MI) Northern:McGregor is a 6’5″, 248 lb. prospect with offers from Alabama, Clemson, Michigan, and Notre Dame, among others. He’s a 4-star, the #20 strongside end, and #330 overall. His crystal ball is split between the Wolverines and the Fighting Irish.
Justin Rogers – OG – Oak Park (MI) Oak Park:Rogers is a 6’2″, 311-pounder with offers from Georgia, LSU, Michigan, and Ohio State, among others. He’s a 5-star, the #1 offensive guard, and #16 overall. His crystal ball is 53% for Georgia and 47% for Ohio State right now.
Osman Savage – LB – Baltimore (MD) St. Frances: Savage is committed to Michigan (LINK).
Brandon Taylor – DE – Lima (OH) Lima: Taylor is a 6’4″, 240 lb. prospect with offers from Cincinnati, Michigan State, and South Florida, along with a bunch of MAC schools.
Oak Park (MI) Oak Park offensive guard Justin Rogers (image via MLive)
I used to do recruiting capsules on Recruiting Season, a Blogger site where I updated the recruitment of various players in the State of Michigan. Unfortunately, that took a lot of time, especially going back and forth between the WordPress and Blogger platforms. So now that it’s the off-season, I’m going to try incorporating in-state recruiting nuggets on the weekends, unless something significant is happening over the weekend to replace them.
The first capsule is on Oak Park offensive guard Justin Rogers.
Height: 6’2″ Weight: 311 lbs. High school: Oak Park (MI) Oak Park Position: Offensive guard Class: 2020 Offers: Alabama, Arizona, Auburn, Boston College, Central Michigan, Cincinnati, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas State, Kentucky, Louisville, LSU, Maryland, Miami-FL, Miami-OH, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Rutgers, Syracuse, Temple, Texas, Toledo, USC, Western Michigan Commitment: Uncommitted
Notes: Claims 4.82 forty and 24.5″ vertical . . . 247 Composite 5-star, #1 OG, #1 in Michigan, #14 overall as of 1/4/18
Jordan Castleberry – RB – Lakewood (OH) St. Edward: Castleberry is a 5’7″, 190 lb. prospect. He committed to Michigan as a preferred walk-on during the visit.
Danielson Ike – OT – Kansas City (MO) Rockhurst: Ike is a 6’6″, 300 lb. prospect with offers from Alabama, Michigan, and Oklahoma, among others. He’s a 3-star, the #44 offensive tackle, and #589 overall. Nobody has a good line on where Ike will end up, so Michigan has as good of a shot as any school. This is his official visit. UPDATE: Ike is no longer visiting.
Cornelius Johnson – WR – Greenwich (CT) Brunswick: Johnson is a 6’3″, 195-pounder with offers from Alabama, Michigan, Notre Dame, Penn State, and Stanford, among others. He’s a 4-star, the #39 wide receiver, and #256 overall. The most recent crystal ball pick comes for Michigan from Notre Dame writer Tom Loy, but that’s the only pro-Michigan pick out of seven. This is his official visit, and he plans to announce his decision on December 19.
