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3-20-17 Recruiting Update: Old Testament Football

Jamarcus Chatman (image via Scout)

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ADDED TO THE BOARD: 2018

Rome (GA) Rome defensive end Jamarcus Chatman was offered by Michigan. He’s a 6’3″, 261 lb. prospect with offers from Florida, Florida State, LSU, and Texas, among others. He’s a 247 Composite 3-star, the #14 strongside end, and #355 overall.

Houston (TX) Dekaney tight end Malcolm Epps decommitted from Alabama. He’s a 6’5″, 218 lb. prospect with offers from Florida State, Texas, and Texas A&M, among others. He’s a 4-star, the #6 tight end, and #134 overall. This happened back in early February, but somehow I forgot to post about it. Anyway, despite Michigan pursuing him hard at times, he appears right now to be headed for in-state Texas.

DeSoto (TX) DeSoto cornerback German Green was offered by Michigan. He’s a 6’2″, 168 lb. prospect with offers from Colorado, Houston, and Oklahoma State, among others. He’s a 3-star, the #78 cornerback, and #848 overall. He’s the twin brother of 2018 cornerback Gemon Green, whom Michigan offered previously and is recruiting pretty hard. Gemon is the #34 cornerback and #398 overall.

Hit the jump for a new 2019 offer, a new 2020 offer, and some other bits.

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2018 Recruiting Update: May 19, 2016

Jacksonville (FL) Trinity safety Tyreke Johnson (image via Youtube)

The new-ish regime at Michigan is running me ragged with new offers. I used to do a pretty concise roundup each week of all the new offers to have gone out, but that appears to no longer be possible. Brandon Brown from The Wolverine tweeted out that Michigan has offered 42 prospects in the month of May, and while I don’t keep track by month, that sounds . . . low. The Wolverines have offered a record 276 prospects in the 2017 class, and they’re already up to 99 in the class of 2018 before those players even wrap up their sophomore year of high school. Because of that fast pace, I may continue to break up these recruiting roundups into classes, rather than doing 2017-2019 prospects all in one update.

ADDED TO THE BOARD: 2018
Pensacola (FL) Pine Forest wide receiver Jacob Copeland was offered by Michigan. He’s a 6’0″, 188 lb. prospect with offers from Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, and Georgia, among others. He’s a 247 Sports 4-star, the #2 wide receiver, and #38 overall. He claims a 4.44 forty. He has good speed, excellent body control, and can go up and make tough, acrobatic catches. Florida State has 80% of the Crystal Ball picks.

Hyattsville (MD) DeMatha defensive tackle Austin Fontaine was offered by Michigan. He’s a 6’3″, 318 lb. prospect with offers from Clemson, Georgia, Maryland, Ohio State, and Penn State, among others. He’s a 247 Sports 4-star, the #6 defensive tackle, and #28 overall. I don’t really understand the high ranking, because he doesn’t show a lot of athleticism, explosiveness, etc. But there are still a couple years for those things to improve or for the rankings to change. He’s a teammate of 2017 RB Anthony McFarland, Jr. and DE Chase Young.

Jacksonville (FL) Trinity linebacker Eriq Gilyard was offered by Michigan. He’s a 5’11”, 225 lb. prospect with offers from Alabama, Duke, LSU, and Virginia Tech, among others. He’s a compact, hard-hitting linebacker with a quick first step. Gilyard is a teammate of 2017 FB Chase Lasater (Michigan) and 2018 safety Tyreke Johnson (see below).

Hit the jump for a lot of new offers in the 2018 class.

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