Initial ESPN 150 Released for 2013

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17Apr 2012
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Initial ESPN 150 Released for 2013

Massillon (OH) Washington cornerback Gareon Conley surprised many by being ranked #63

ESPN released its top 150 players on Tuesday.  Here’s a list of all the Michigan offerees that made the cut:

– Shane Morris starts at #37
– Gareon Conley starts at #63
– Mike McCray starts at #75
– David Dawson starts at #92
– Logan Tuley-Tillman starts at #97
– Dymonte Thomas starts at #98
– Chris Fox starts at #105
– Jourdan Lewis starts at #107
– Kyle Bosch starts at #112
– Taco Charlton starts at #115
– Patrick Kugler starts at #121

3. Laremy Tunsil – OT – Florida
4. Vernon Hargreaves III – CB – Florida
12. Eli Woodard – CB – New Jersey (Ohio State)
14. Montravius Adams – DT – Georgia
15. Su’a Cravens – S – California
21. Cameron Burrows – CB – Ohio (Ohio State)
23. Robert Foster – WR – Pennsylvania
27. Kendall Fuller – CB – Maryland
34. Leon McQuay III – S – Florida
36. Keith Ford – RB – Texas (Oklahoma)

37. Shane Morris – QB – Michigan (Michigan)

39. Adam Breneman – TE – Pennsylvania (Penn State)
41. Joey Bosa – DE – Florida
42. LaQuon Treadwell – WR – Illinois
46. Jaylon Smith – LB – Indiana
52. Darrell Daniels – WR – California
56. Eddi Vanderdoes – DT – California
57. Michael Hutchings – LB – California
59. James Quick – WR – Kentucky
62. Priest Willis – S – Arizona

63. Gareon Conley – CB – Ohio (Michigan)

68. Ty Isaac – RB – Illinois
69. Chris Hawkins – CB – California (USC)
72. Ethan Pocic – OT – Illinois
73. Dorian O’Daniel – LB – Maryland (Clemson)
74. Demorea Stringfellow – WR – California

75. Mike McCray – LB – Ohio (Michigan)

77. Kevin Olsen – QB – New Jersey
78. Jake Raulerson – OT – Texas (Texas)
82. Jonathan Allen – DE – Virginia
83. Derrick Green – RB – Virginia
85. Justin Manning – DT – Texas
86. Shaq Wiggins – CB – Georgia (Georgia)
88. Elijah Daniel – DE – Indiana
91. Colin McGovern – OT – Illinois (Notre Dame)

92. David Dawson – OG – Michigan (Michigan)

95. Hunter Bivin – OT – Kentucky (Notre Dame)

97. Logan Tuley-Tillman – OT – Illinois (Michigan)
98. Dymonte Thomas – S – Ohio (Michigan)

104. Matt Rolin – LB – Virginia

105. Chris Fox – OT – Colorado (Michigan)
107. Jourdan Lewis – CB – Michigan (Michigan)
112. Kyle Bosch – OG – Illinois (Michigan)
115. Taco Charlton – DE – Ohio (Michigan)

119. Tashawn Bower – DE – New Jersey
120. Joe Mathis – DE – California

121. Patrick Kugler – C – Pennsylvania (Michigan)

123. Greg Webb – DT – New Jersey (Penn State)
130. Marquez North – WR – North Carolina
131. Standish Dobard – TE – Louisiana (Miami)
142. Evan Lisle – OT – Ohio (Ohio State)
145. Alquadin Muhammad – DE – New Jersey
147. Antwuan Davis – CB – Texas
149. Sebastian Larue – WR – California

10Apr 2012
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Initial Tom Lemming Top 100 released for 2013

Shane Morris is Tom Lemming’s top-rated Michigan commit

The Tom Lemming Top 100 for 2013 was released today, and six Michigan commitments can be found on the list.  Here are those six, along with Michigan’s other offerees on the list:

5. Su’a Cravens – S – California
7. Laremy Tunsil – OT – Florida
8. Ty Isaac – RB – Illinois
13. Adam Breneman – TE – Pennsylvania (Penn State)
15. Robert Foster – WR – Pennsylvania
18. Marquez North – WR – North Carolina
22. E.J. Levenberry – LB – Virginia
23. Shane Morris – QB – Michigan (Michigan)
25. Henry Poggi – DT – Maryland
26. Tray Matthews – S – Georgia (Georgia)
28. Leon McQuay III – S – Florida
29. Vernon Hargreaves – CB – Florida
30. Laquon Treadwell – WR – Illinois
33. Peter Kalambayi – LB – North Carolina
35. Jaylon Smith – LB – Indiana
36. Jonathan Allen – DE – Virginia
38. Montravius Adams – DT – Georgia
40. Cam Burrows – CB – Ohio (Ohio State)
42. Kendall Fuller – CB – Maryland
43. Derrick Green – RB – Virginia
44. James Quick – WR – Kentucky
48. Ethan Pocic – OT – Illinois
50. Logan Tuley-Tillman – OT – Illinois (Michigan)
54. Jake Raulerson – OT – Texas (Texas)
57. Elijah Daniel – DE – Indiana
63. Mike McCray – LB – Ohio (Michigan)
67. Joey Bosa – DE – Florida
69. Priest Willis – CB – Arizona
74. Steve Elmer – OT – Michigan (Notre Dame)
75. Colin McGovern – OT – Illinois (Notre Dame)
78. David Dawson – OG – Michigan (Michigan)
83. Rod Crayton – DT – Alabama
87. Chris Fox – OT – Colorado (Michigan)
89. Kyle Bosch – OG – Illinois (Michigan)
95. Uriah LeMay – WR – North Carolina

2Apr 2012
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Recruiting Update: April 2, 2012

Logan Tuley-Tillman and his mohawk
might be moving to Michigan.

OFF THE BOARDRancho Cucamonga (CA) Rancho Cucamonga cornerback Chris Hawkins committed to USC.  At one time Hawkins showed interested in Michigan, but then he set an announcement date, and all signs pointed toward Stanford.  Then the Trojans flew in with an offer, and he put off his announcement for several weeks . . . until yesterday.

Not much else happened in the past week regarding Michigan’s recruiting.  No new offers, no new commitments, and only one Michigan offeree went off the board.  So here’s a look at where the Big Ten teams’ recruiting classes stand:

Illinois: CB Dillon Cazley, OT Jesse Chadwell

Indiana: None

Iowa: None

Michigan:  OT Kyle Bosch, TE Jake Butt, DE Taco Charlton, CB Gareon Conley, OT David Dawson, WR Jaron Dukes, OT Chris Fox, TE Khalid Hill, OG Patrick Kugler, CB Jourdan Lewis, LB Mike McCray, QB Shane Morris, RB Wyatt Shallman, RB Deveon Smith, S Dymonte Thomas, OT Logan Tuley-Tillman

Michigan State: OG Caleb Benehoch, RB Gerald Holmes, S Jalyn Powell, LB John Reschke, RB R.J. Shelton

Minnesota: CB Keelon Brookins

Nebraska: CB Tre’vell Dixon, S Marcus McWilson

Northwestern: None

Ohio State: CB Cameron Burrows, RB Ezekiel Elliott, OT Evan Lisle, WR Jalin Marshall, DT Billy Price, S Jayme Thompson, CB Eli Woodard

Penn State: TE Adam Breneman, DE Curtis Cothran, CB Ross Douglas, QB Christian Hackenberg, OG Brendan Mahon, DE Garrett Sickels

Wisconsin: LB Garrett Dooley, LB Austin Ramesh, TE T.J. Watt

The biggest surprise in the above list is that Michigan has 16 recruits by the end of March.  This is the earliest Michigan has reached that level since the  modern era of recruiting began in 2002, which is when online sources started tracking such info.  We’re all probably aware of that fact, though.

The second biggest surprise, though, is the fact that Wisconsin only has three commits, and none of them is particularly outstanding.  The Badgers have done a great job of producing talented college and NFL players in recent years, but with their track record of beating up on teams and challenging for Big Ten titles, you have to wonder if they’ll ever consistently compete for big-time prospects.  Madison isn’t the most exciting place in the world to play football, but if running backs and offensive linemen are looking to get to the next level, they ought to be pounding down the doors to wear a Badgers uniform.

Ohio State has a good class going and picked up a couple commitments this weekend, in the form of Ezekiel Elliott and Jayme Thompson.  Thompson was “offered” by Michigan but most analysts think it was the non-committable form, which is why he committed to West Virginia in the first place.  While Michigan has been concentrating on building up depth and talent in the trenches, so far Ohio State seems most interested in getting skill players in this class.

Penn State isn’t taking the world by storm, but they’re doing a pretty good job so far, all things considered.  Breneman is the class’s #1 tight end, and Hackenberg is a pretty solid quarterback to get him the ball.  I guess you can’t knock out the Nittany Lions with one punch, even though it was a huge punch; regardless of how things went down in Happy Valley, a bunch of these 17-year-old kids grew up wanting to wear the blue-and-white.  If I were a parent, though, I don’t know if I would let my kid commit to Penn State right now.  On the one hand, you know that the coaches and administration at PSU are going to be walking on eggshells to avoid any further controversy.  But there’s so much turmoil and the administration has proved so ineffective recently that if my kid had any other options, I would probably be urging him in another direction.

The other seven recruiting classes aren’t anything too interesting for Michigan fans.  No team besides OSU and PSU has grabbed a Michigan offeree, and Michigan State’s best recruit is an in-state kid (Reschke) who was never offered by Michigan.

MISCELLANEOUS
Washington (DC) Gonzaga cornerback Devin Butler has bumped up his decision date from May 12 to this coming Wednesday.  The most recent feeling is that he’s going to pick Notre Dame, and the previous favorite seemed to be Penn State.  Michigan appears to be on the outside looking in, despite his recent visit to Ann Arbor.

Peoria (IL) Manual offensive tackle Logan Tuley-Tillman is planning to move to Michigan over the summer and play his senior season a little closer to college.  If you remember, class of 2010 tight end Ricardo Miller did a similar thing when he moved from Orlando (FL) Dr. Phillips and then played his senior year at Ann Arbor (MI) Pioneer.  Tuley-Tillman’s goal is to get out of Peoria, which can be a rough town.  I would have to think an Ann Arbor school or one nearby (Chelsea, Saline, etc.) would be a likely destination here, but nothing is set in stone yet.

7Mar 2012
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Initial Scout 300 Released for 2013

Patrick Kugler is Michigan’s top-rated 2013 recruit, according to Scout

The initial Scout 300 was released on Wednesday.  Twelve of Michigan’s current commits appear on the list, with three of them nabbing 5-star ratings.  A total of 84 (or 28% of them) have been on the receiving end of Michigan offers. Here you’ll find the Michigan commits (highlighted in blue) along with the rest of the 2013 offerees:

5-stars:
3. Robert Foster – WR – Pennsylvania
4. Laremy Tunsil – OT – Florida
6. Vernon Hargreaves III – CB – Florida
9. Su’a Cravens – S – California
11. Montravius Adams – DT – Georgia
13. Ty Isaac – RB – Illinois
14. Keith Ford – RB – Texas (Oklahoma)
15. Eddie Vanderdoes – DT – California
16. Jaylon Smith – LB – Indiana
17. Justin Davis – RB – California
21. Justin Manning – DT – Texas
22. Adam Breneman – TE – Pennsylvania
24. Joey Bosa – DE – Florida
25. Patrick Kugler – OG – Pennsylvania (Michigan)
26. James Quick – WR – Kentucky
27. Michael Hutchings – LB – California
28. Shane Morris – QB – Michigan (Michigan)
31. Kendall Fuller – CB – Maryland
33. Priest Willis – S – Arizona
35. Dymonte Thomas – S – Ohio (Michigan)

4-stars:
37. Jason Hatcher – DE – Kentucky
39. Darrell Daniels – WR – California
40. Elijah Daniel – DE – Indiana
42. Jake Raulerson – OT – Texas (Texas)
47. Sebastian LaRue – WR – California
49. Kyle Bosch – OT – Illinois (Michigan)
50. John Montelus – OG – Massachusetts
53. Jake Oliver – WR – Texas (Texas)
57. Ethan Pocic – OT – Illinois
58. DeVeon Smith – RB – Ohio
68. Evan Lisle – OT – Ohio (Ohio State)
73. Marquez North – WR – North Carolina
74. Cam Burrows – CB – Ohio (Ohio State)
76. Laquon Treadwell – WR – Illinois
77. Greg Webb – DT – New Jersey
79. Standish Dobard – TE – Louisiana
80. E.J. Levenberry – LB – Virginia
82. Colin McGovern – OT – Illinois
86. Alquadin Muhammad – OLB – New Jersey
90. Eli Woodard – CB – New Jersey (Ohio State)
92. Chris Hawkins – CB – California
93. Peter Kalambayi – LB – North Carolina
94. Joe Mathis – DE – California
96. Leon McQuay – S – Florida
99. Steve Elmer – OT – Michigan (Notre Dame)
102. Jonathan Allen – DE – Virginia
104. Tray Matthews – S – Georgia (Georgia)
110. Michael Hill – DT – South Carolina
111. Billy Price – DT – Ohio (Ohio State)
113. Cole Luke – CB – Arizona
116. Kyle Hicks – RB – Texas (Texas)
118. Kevin Olsen – QB – New Jersey
124. Derrick Green – RB – Virginia
131. Devon Allen – WR – Arizona
132. Larenz Bryant – LB – North Carolina
134. Henry Poggi – DT – Maryland
136. Rob Wheelwright – WR – Ohio
137. Chris Fox – OG – Colorado (Michigan)
141. Shaq Wiggins – CB – Georgia (Georgia)
142. Tashawn Bower – DE – New Jersey
144. Elijah Qualls – DT – California
147. Jake Butt – TE – Ohio (Michigan)
149. Alex Anzalone – LB – Pennsylvania
152. Dorian O’Daniel – LB – Maryland
153. Logan Tuley-Tillman – OT – Illinois (Michigan)
159. Ben Gedeon – LB – Ohio
167. Hunter Bivin – OT – Kentucky
171. Ishmael Thomas – OG – Texas (Texas A&M)
173. Ryan White – CB – Kentucky (Louisville)
177. Eldridge Massington – WR – Texas
179. Wyatt Shallman – FB – Michigan (Michigan)
182. J.J. Gustafson – OT – Texas (Texas A&M)
193. Chase Abbington – OLB – Missouri (Missouri)
202. Mike McCray – OLB – Ohio (Michigan)
204. Christian Lacouture – DT – Texas
208. Darius Latham – DT – Indiana
223. Mike McGlinchey – OT – Pennsylvania
227. Gareon Conley – CB – Ohio
230. Matt Rolin – LB – Virginia

3-stars:
251. Jourdan Lewis – CB – Michigan (Michigan)
258. James Onwualu – WR – Minnesota
264. David Dawson – OG – Michigan (Michigan)
265. Marcell Ateman – WR – Texas
267. Cameron Walker – CB – California
283. Demorea Stringfellow – WR – California
287. Jaron Dukes – WR – Ohio (Michigan)
294. Tim Harris – CB – Virginia
300. Josh Augusta – TE – Illinois

5Mar 2012
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Recruiting Update: March 5, 2012

Josh Augusta looks angry
(image via Scout.com)

ADDED TO THE BOARD
Peoria (IL) Peoria defensive lineman Josh Augusta was offered by Michigan.  He’s a 6’5″, 275 lb. kid who looks like he’ll grow into a 3-tech defensive tackle.  He also has offers from Illinois and Iowa.  The highlights below (the only ones I could find of Augusta on Youtube) appear to show some clips of Michigan commit Logan Tuley-Tillman playing against Augusta:

New Orleans (LA) Edna Karr tight end Standish Dobard has an offer from Michigan.  He’s a 6’5″, 235 lb. end who lists a 4.6 forty.  He also has offers from Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, and Oklahoma, among others.  He attends the alma mater of former Michigan target (and current Cincinnati quarterback) Munchie Legaux.

College Station (TX) A&M Consolidated defensive end Christian Lacouture decommitted from Texas A&M.  The 6’5″, 255-pounder had been committed to the Aggies since January 2011 and plans to visit Michigan soon.



OFF THE BOARD
St. Peters (MO) Fort Zumwalt South running back/athlete Chase Abbington committed to Missouri.  There is some uncertainty about whether he was ever offered by the Wolverines, but regardless, he’s off the board.

Cypress (TX) Cypress Ranch running back Keith Ford committed to Oklahoma.  The powerful 5’11”, 195-pounder expressed interest in visiting Michigan at one point, but Oklahoma’s not a bad choice, either.

Castle Rock (CO) Valor Christian offensive lineman Alex Kozan committed to Auburn.  Kozan was a part of the 2012 class but decided not to sign with a team on (or even near) National Signing Day.  Iowa was apparently out of the picture at the end, and Kozan was deciding between the Tigers and the Wolverines.

Louisville (KY) Trinity cornerback Ryan White committed to Louisville.  White is one of three Trinity teammates to have been offered by Michigan for 2013, along with defensive end Jason Hatcher and wide receiver James Quick.

TTB RATINGS
I released the TTB Ratings for 2013.  You can hit the link or they can be found on the 2013 Offer Board.