Final Rivals 250 Released for 2012

Joe Bolden is the nation's 111th-best player

Rivals released its Rivals 250 on Wednesday.  This comes on the heels of yesterday's Rivals 100, which I discussed yesterday.  Here's what it looked like in May 2011, August 2011, and then November 2011.

Michigan commits have made the following moves since November:

- Joe Bolden moved from #152 to #111
- James Ross dropped from #163 to #172
- Royce Jenkins-Stone dropped slightly from #182 to #184
- Amara Darboh dropped from #208 to #215
- Terry Richardson dropped from #217 to #224

There are still a couple weeks remaining to recruit class of 2012 kids, but at this point, Michigan has offered 115 of the top 250 (or 46%) players in the country.  During the last recruiting cycle, Michigan offered 84 of the top 250 players (or 33.6%).  Brady Hoke has sent out 190 reported offers this season, while Rodriguez (with a small dose of Hoke at the end) offered 195 kids in the 2011 recruiting class.  This supports my opinion that I've held since last spring that Brady Hoke is targeting a higher level of talent than Rich Rodriguez did during his tenure.

Here are the rest of Michigan's 2012 offerees on the Rivals 250:

103. Aaron Burbridge - WR - Michigan (Michigan State)
105. Dillon Lee - LB - Georgia (Alabama)
111. Joe Bolden - LB - Ohio (Michigan)
113. Elijah Shumate - S - New Jersey (Notre Dame)
127. Peter Jinkens - LB - Texas (Texas)
128. Scott Starr - LB - California (USC)
130. Drae Bowles - WR - Tennessee (Tennessee)
133. Keith Brown - LB - Florida (Louisville)
137. John Michael McGee - OG - Texas (Oklahoma)
138. Bri'onte Dunn - RB - Ohio (Ohio State)
147. Paul Thurston - OT - Colorado (Nebraska)
148. Evan Boehm - OG - Missouri (Missouri)
149. Dalvin Tomlinson - DT - Georgia
153. Dan Voltz - OT - Illinois (Wisconsin)
154. Pharaoh Brown - DE - Ohio (Oregon)
158. Sean Price - TE - Florida (South Florida)
159. David Perkins - ATH - Indiana (Ohio State)
161. Danny O'Brien - DT - Michigan (Tennessee)
163. Ty Darlington - C - Florida (Oklahoma)
164. Dwayne Stanford - WR - Ohio (Oregon)
165. Jake Rodrigues - QB - California (Oregon)
166. Leonte Carroo - WR - New Jersey (Rutgers)
167. Camren Williams - LB - Massachusetts (Penn State)
169. Deontay McManus - WR - Maryland (West Virginia)
170. Devonte Fields - DE - Texas (TCU)
171. Dominique Wheeler - WR - Texas (Texas Tech)
172. James Ross - LB - Michigan (Michigan)
173. Jaleel Johnson - DT - Illinois (Iowa)
175. Michael Starts - DE - Texas (Texas Tech)
178. Kyle Dodson - OT - Ohio (Wisconsin)
184. Royce Jenkins-Stone - LB - Michigan (Michigan)
188. Wes Brown - RB - Maryland (Maryland)
189. Taylor McNamara - TE - California (Oklahoma)
190. Matt Jones - RB - Florida (Florida)
191. Michael Moore - DE - Maryland (Virginia)
192. Greg McMullen - DE - Ohio (Nebraska)
193. Warren Ball - RB - Ohio (Ohio State)
195. Jonathan Williams - RB - Texas (Arkansas)
199. Jarron Jones - DT - New York (Notre Dame)
203. Adam Bisnowaty - OT - Pennsylvania (Pitt)
209. Ken Ekanem - LB - Virginia
212. Shane Callahan - OT - Colorado (Auburn)
215. Amara Darboh - WR - Iowa (Michigan)
216. Derrick Woods - WR - California (Oklahoma)
218. Latroy Pittman - WR - Florida (Florida)
219. Armani Reeves - CB - Massachusetts (Penn State)
221. Taylor Decker - OT - Ohio (Ohio State)
222. Kenny Lawler - CB - Washington, D.C.
224. Terry Richardson - CB - Michigan (Michigan)
226. Darius Powe - WR - California (Cal)
230. Jody Fuller - WR - North Carolina (South Carolina)
237. Reginald Davis - WR - Texas (Texas Tech)
239. Troy Hinds - DE - Utah (BYU)
244. Sheldon Day - DT - Indiana (Notre Dame)
246. Jason Croom - WR - Georgia (Tennessee)
247. Avery Johnson - WR - Florida (LSU)
249. Faith Ekakitie - DT - Illinois (Iowa)

Michigan offerees who fell out of the top 250 are:
- Indiana QB Zeke Pike (Auburn)
- Arizona QB Connor Brewer (Texas)
- North Carolina OT Brock Stadnik (South Carolina)
- Louisiana OT Derek Edinburgh (LSU)
- South Carolina DE Martin Aiken (Clemson)
- Tennessee RB I'Tavius Mathers (Ole Miss)
- Colorado OG Alex Kozan