Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Rivals 250 for 2014 updated

The Rivals 250 for the class of 2014 was released on Tuesday (the Rivals 100 was released yesterday).  Here's what it looked like back in February.

Movement for Michigan commits:

- Mason Cole dropped from #107 to #118
- Michael Ferns dropped from #84 to #128
- Bryan Mone dropped from #172 to #181

Here are the rest of the Michigan's targets on the list:

108. Dante Booker - LB - Ohio
109. Saeed Blacknall - WR - New Jersey
114. Jacory Washington - TE - Louisiana (LSU)
118. Mason Cole - OG - Florida (Michigan)
119. Lorenzo Featherston - DE - North Carolina
121. Steven Parker - S - Oklahoma
122. Adarius Pickett - CB - California
123. Sam Mustipher - OG - Maryland (Notre Dame)
124. Tyler Luatua - TE - California
127. Montae Nicholson - S - Pennsylvania
128. Michael Ferns III - LB - Ohio (Michigan)
136. Kalen Ballage - ATH - Colorado
139. Khairi Clark - DT - Florida
142. Dexter Wideman - DT - South Carolina
150. Quincy Wilson - CB - Florida
152. Bentley Spain - OT - North Carolina
154. K.J. Williams - WR - Pennsylvania
164. Devon Thomas - RB - Oklahoma (Oklahoma State)
168. Dravon Henry - S - Pennsylvania
169. Nick Watkins - CB - Texas
175. Daniel Helm - TE - Illinois (Tennessee)
176. Jeb Blazevich - TE - North Carolina (Georgia)
177. Shai McKenzie - RB - Pennsylvania
181. Bryan Mone - DT - Utah (Michigan)
184. Otaro Alaka - LB - Texas (Texas)
198. Erick Smith - S - Ohio
199. Kenny Young - LB - Louisiana
204. Roderick Johnson - OT - Missouri
206. D'Andre Payne - CB - Tennessee
208. Christian McCaffrey - RB - Colorado (Stanford)
216. Kyle Berger - LB - Ohio (Ohio State)
227. T'Kevian Rockwell - LB - Texas
228. Corey Holmes - WR - Florida
229. Parrker Westphal - CB - Illinois
231. Brandon Simmons - S - Texas (Stanford)
235. Garrett Dickerson - TE - New Jersey
250. Kiy Hester - CB - New Jersey

5 comments:

  1. Someone with available time (and the interest) needs to do a study of Rivals 100/250 trajectories. Do the recruits of some schools drop more than those of others? If you're committed/uncommitted, what are your odds of rising/falling in the rankings?

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    1. That study would be next to useless. They do the initial rankings pretty early. As new players perform well at camps, there are undoubtedly going to be drops solely to make space for the newly "discovered" players. I would bet every school has similar drops to Michigan.

      -JC

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    2. I think you're ignoring the (very real) possibility that some players with high early rankings might improve their profiles (at least as far as college coaches are concerned).

      How realistic is it that so many of Michigan's players have failed to hold their rankings? (And, yes, I'd guess it's the same for most other schools.)

      I'd expect _some_ guys to fall ... just not so many.

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    3. I understand that. Derrick Green started off ranked in the 200's or outside of the rivals 250 when they came out with their initial rankings. He rose up to be a 5 star.

      Ondre Pipkins was in a similar situation. I think he was ranked outside of the 250 and then came back to be a 5 star.

      I wouldn't really say any of these guys "failed." Michael ferns dropped the most, and he's still at #128.

      When these kids DROP in the rankings, it's not like they're dropping 100 spots because they committed to Michigan. Usually there are some good reasons. Poor camp performances, missing most of your senior season with mono (Shane Morris), or a plethora of other reasons. I really don't think there is some kind of conspiracy.

      Unless something terrible happens, Peppers will finish in the top 10. Of all the tape I've watched I can only think of a couple players better than him.

      -JC

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  2. Commits to Michigan dropped on Rivals, I am F@cking Shocked !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!wait no, this happens every year. Prepare for Peppers to be ranked 204 next time the rankings are updated.

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