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Joshua Alabi - DT - Detroit (MI) Cass Tech: Alabi is a 6'4", 260 lb. prospect for 2015. He has offers from Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, Ohio State, Tennessee, and Wisconsin, among others. 247 Sports ranks him as the #26 offensive tackle and #229 player overall.
Jerome Baker - LB - Cleveland (OH) Benedictine: Baker is a 6'1", 205 lb. weakside linebacker prospect with offers from Florida, Illinois, and Ohio State, among others. According to 247's Composite ranking, he's a 4-star, the #7 athlete, and #94 player overall.
Ian Bunting - TE - Hinsdale (IL) Central: Bunting committed to Michigan back in April.
George Campbell, Jr. - WR - Tarpon Springs (FL) East Lake: Campbell is a 6'3", 184 lb. prospect for 2015. He has offers from Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Michigan, Notre Dame, and Texas A&M, among others. As a sophomore in 2012, he had 30 receptions for 766 yards and 5 touchdowns. He's teammates with Michigan commit Mason Cole and Michigan target Artavis Scott (see below). According to 247 Sports, Campbell is a 5-star, the #1 wide receiver, and the #16 overall player.
Freddy Canteen - WR - Elkton (MD) Eastern Christian Academy: Canteen committed to Michigan in June.
Brian Cole - WR - Saginaw (MI) Heritage: Cole is a 6'2", 190 lb. prospect for 2015 with offers from Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, and Tennessee. Michigan is recruiting him for wide receiver and appears to be the front runner. According to 247 Sports, he's a 4-star, the #9 cornerback, and #72 player overall.
Mason Cole - OG - Tarpon Springs (FL) East Lake: Cole committed to Michigan in February. He has been selected to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
Shaun Crawford - CB - Lakewood (OH) St. Edward: Crawford is a 5'9", 165 lb. prospect for 2015 with offers from Arkansas, Florida State, Miami, Michigan, Michigan State, Penn State, and Tennessee, among others. He claims a 4.51 forty and as a sophomore in 2012, he had 66 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack, 2 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 2 forced fumbles, and 1 fumble recovery.
Messiah DeWeaver - QB - Trotwood (OH) Trotwood-Madison: DeWeaver is a 6'2", 180 lb. prospect for 2016 with no offers at this time. He camped at Michigan in June. He was a teammate with incoming freshman linebacker Mike McCray II.
David Edwards - QB - Downers Grove (IL) North: Edwards is a 6'6", 225 lb. prospect for 2015 with offers from Illinois and Vanderbilt. As a sophomore in 2012, he had 502 passing yards for 3 touchdowns, along with 719 rushing yards and 9 touchdowns.
Michael Ferns III - LB - St. Clairsville (OH) St. Clairsville: Ferns committed to Michigan last August.
Desmond Fitzpatrick - WR - Farmington (MI) Farmington: Fitzpatrick is a 5'11", 165 lb. prospect for 2016 offers from Indiana, Ohio, and Toledo. He played for Farmington Harrison last season, but is transferring to Farmington High for the coming year.
Leonard Fournette - RB - New Orleans (LA) St. Augustine: Fournette is a 6'1", 225 lb. prospect with offers from just about everyone; his two leaders appear to be Alabama and LSU. Michigan was not mentioned in regard to Fournette until Jabrill Peppers committed and started talking to and about him being a part of Michigan's class. According to 247's Composite ranking, Fournette is the #1 player in the entire class. As a junior in 2012, he had 196 carries for 2,136 yards and 31 touchdowns. That's 10.9 yards/carry. Chances are slim that Michigan jumps in front of those two SEC schools, but it can't hurt to get him on campus. There's a chance that he might really like it, and it puts Ann Arbor in the minds of other top prospects.
Noah Furbush - LB - Kenton (OH) Kenton: Furbush committed to Michigan at the beginning of July.
Dele Harding - LB - Elkton (MD) Eastern Christian Academy: Harding is a 6'1", 218 lb. prospect for 2016 with offers from Massachusetts, Tennessee, and USC. He's the teammate of Michigan commits Brandon Watson and Freddy Canteen. Harding camped at Michigan back in June and was told by Michigan's coaches that he would probably be offered down the road, but it's still pretty early for the class of 2016.
Drake Harris - WR - Grand Rapids (MI) Christian: Harris committed to Michigan in April.
Justin Hilliard - LB - Cincinnati (OH) St. Xavier: Hilliard is a 6'2", 225 lb. prospect for 2015 with offers from Arkansas, Iowa, Michigan, Notre Dame, and Ohio State, among others. As a sophomore in 2012, he had 65 tackles, 7 sacks, 2 interceptions, and 1 forced fumble. It's still fairly early, but in my opinion, Hilliard is the best Ohio player in his class.
Sterling Jenkins - OT - Pittsburgh (PA) Baldwin: Jenkins is a 6'8", 305 lb. prospect for 2015 with offers from Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, and Pitt, among others. According to 247 Sports, he's a 4-star, the #7 offensive tackle, and the #86 overall player in his class.
Tyree Kinnel - S - Huber Heights (OH) Wayne: Kinnel is a 6'0", 190 lb. prospect for 2015 with offers from Arkansas and Kentucky. He has visited Michigan numerous times and is getting a bit antsy for an offer, but the fact that he keeps visiting Ann Arbor suggests that he really likes the Wolverines.
Marshon Lattimore - WR - Cleveland (OH) Glenville: Lattimore is a 6'0", 175 lb. prospect with offers from Alabama, Michigan, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Tennessee, and USC, among others. According to 247's Composite ranking, he's a 5-star, the #5 cornerback, and the #32 overall player in the country. Almost everyone expects him to pick Ohio State eventually, but he was invited to the BBQ and is considering attending, so there will be a chance to sway him.
Thiyo Lukusa - OG - Traverse City (MI) West: Lukusa is a 6'5", 300 lb. prospect for the class of 2016. He has no offers at this time.
Lawrence Marshall - DE - Southfield (MI) Southfield: Marshall committed to Michigan in May.
Osa Masina - LB - Salt Lake City (UT) Brighton: Masina is a 6'4", 207 lb. prospect for 2015 with offers from Michigan, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wisconsin, along with several others. He has a brother at Utah and the Utes appear to be Osa's favorite. According to 247 Sports, he's a 4-star, the #17 athlete, and the #206 overall player in his class.
Malik McDowell - DE - Detroit (MI) Loyola: McDowell is a 6'7", 290 lb. prospect with offers from Alabama, Florida, Florida State, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, and numerous others. According to 247's Composite ranking, he's a 5-star, the #3 strongside end, and the #33 player overall. He is attempting to transfer to Southfield and become teammates with Lawrence Marshall, but that hasn't been finalized yet.
Riley Neal - QB - Yorktown (IN) Yorktown: Neal is a 6'5", 200 lb. prospect for 2015 with no offers at this point. He had 1,700 yards and 15 passing touchdowns as a sophomore in 2012.
Tommy Roush - OG - Traverse City (MI) West: Roush is a 6'3", 270 lb. prospect for 2016 with no offers at this time. He camped at Michigan in June. Roush played for Petoskey (MI) Petosky last fall before transferring.
Wilton Speight - QB - Richmond (VA) Collegiate: Speight committed to Michigan in February.
Erik Swenson - OT - Downers Grove (IL) South: Swenson is a 6'6", 285. lb prospect for 2016 with offers from Illinois, Michigan, Northwestern, Notre Dame, and Ohio State. Michigan is his stated leader.
Tyriq Thompson - LB - Detroit (MI) King: Thompson is a 6'1", 205 lb. prospect for 2015 with offers from Illinois and Wisconsin. He's the son of former Michigan safety Clarence Thompson.
Brandon Watson - CB - Elkton (MD) Eastern Christian Academy: Watson committed to Michigan in June.
Maurice Ways - WR - Detroit (MI) Country Day: Ways committed to Michigan in April.
Mikey Weber - RB - Detroit (MI) Cass Tech: Weber is a 5'10", 195 lb. prospect for 2015 with offers from Michigan, Michigan State, and Ohio State, among others. As a sophomore in 2012, he had 1,700 yards and 21 touchdowns rushing. He has several former teammates at or heading to Michigan.
Antonio Williams - RB - New London (NC) North Stanly: Williams is a 5'11", 195 lb. prospect for 2016 with offers from Clemson, Georgia, North Carolina, North Carolina State, and South Carolina. As a freshman in 2012, he had 1,516 yards and 17 touchdowns.
Chase Winovich - LB - Clairton (PA) Thomas Jefferson: Winovich committed to Michigan in June.
Good God...this is shaping up to be one hell of a BBQ!
ReplyDeleteMan I would love to see the loaded box with peppers and adoree Jackson on each side
ReplyDeleteScout and Rivals both have Campbell at 6'5" 180 -190 lbs. Scout thinks he runs a 4.4. All of which pretty much makes him Megatron II ..... if it is indeed true.
ReplyDeleteHe's not 6'5". He measured in at the UA Combine at about 6'3".
DeleteIs Parrker Westphal, Darrion Owens, or Corey Holmes going to the BBQ?
ReplyDeleteNo offense, but if I knew they were, they would be on the above list.
DeleteScout has Darrion Owens as visiting, also 2015 QB David Edwards. Corey Holmes father said they would go and UM would send them the info on it, unless something changes on UM's side. Also Da'Shawn Hand wasn't sure if he would make it in a recent interview. Parrker Westphal has been a ghost lately. Let's hope Jamarco Jones visits as well after his decision.
DeleteThat sounds like a pretty elite list of prospects. Interesting to see that Nicholson will be there as his recruitment has been so quiet and it shows some serious interest from both sides. Settle is also interesting, had no idea he was interested in Michigan and I know he really like OSU.
ReplyDeletecan we get drake harris to come and explain to adoree how overrated it is to play 2 sports in college?
ReplyDeleteJackson, although pretty small for a long jumper at 5'10" or so, has a possible shot at a professional track career and the Olympics, having gone 25' at age 17.
DeleteBob Beamon is/was every bit of 6'3 and Mike Powell is also well over 6'.
It's hard for me to consider that path as over rated if he can pull it off, especially since pro track guys on average outlive professional football players regardless of who does the study, NFLPA or the NFL.
Now just imagine if this turned out to be another 8-commitapaloza like last February...Hell yes!
ReplyDeleteMagnus,
ReplyDeleteI am curious. In your scouting report and at that time you said "I haven't seen a better player in 2014 yet"...Now that you have watched Peppers tape, who would you rate #1? And have you watched Fournette's tape? Please include him in this if you have.
Also, if you have seen tape on these guys, could you rank them in order:
Juju Smith, Adoree' Jackson, Blanding, Westphal, Nicholson
Scott, Campbell (2015), Drake Harris, Holmes, KJ Williams
I would like to know the answer to this as well. Might be a bit much to ask though.
DeleteIs Owens still coming to the bbq after committing to Miami?
ReplyDeleteHe just committed yesterday, so I'm not sure if that's been figured out yet.
DeleteIs Artavis Scott supposed to be on this list still?
ReplyDeleteIs Scott supposed to be on this list still? Thought he committed to Clemson...
ReplyDeleteneed to update Ty Scott has moved on
ReplyDeleteIs Fournette coming to the BBQ?
ReplyDeleteFournette is going to be at Michigan this upcoming weekend, but I do not believe he's planning to be at the BBQ. That may change if he has a good visit, but I doubt it. It's a long way from Louisiana to Michigan.
DeleteWould prefer he get the 1 on 1 treatment from the coaches solo. Obviously he will get time with players as well but in a BBQ setting it will be hard to focus on him as much.
Deleteconfusing then. Why do you have him as a visitor to the BBQ?
ReplyDeleteBecause he's supposed to visit for the BBQ.
Deletehow come he (leonard fournette) is on the list then?
ReplyDeleteThiyo Lukasa is playing tackle. And Tommy Roush might be playing tight end, but probably projects as a guard
ReplyDeleteJust a suggestion - I'd somehow differentiate the "Updates"- bold,italic, colored differently. A lot of info on this page and since you prefer not to update the info maybe in a purple color or something highlight the update part. Then readers can quickly scan the page and see everyone who has purple next to them is either not coming or more likely not to come.
ReplyDeleteJust a suggestion - I'd somehow differentiate the "Updates"- bold,italic, colored differently. A lot of info on this page and since you prefer not to update the info maybe in a purple color or something highlight the update part. Then readers can quickly scan the page and see everyone who has purple next to them is either not coming or more likely not to come.
ReplyDeleteI was hoping Commissioner Peppers would make it to the BBQ.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, this is a disappointing list. No Malik M.; no Parker W.; no Nicholson; no Juju Smith; no Hand.... None of our top targets left on the board are attending. Kind of a downer. Fournette is basically the only exciting visitor from the class of 2014. At least some good future prospects are coming.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe that I'm even entertaining the thought, but if I could pick, I'm probably taking Marshon Lattimore over all three DB's you named above, as well as Adoree' Jackson. I'd reserve the right to ponder a choice between Latimore and Nicholson should it come up, but I think I might take him over any 2014 DB/Ath out there with the exception of Peppers and Tabor, who I love.
DeleteI'm taking him over any inside receiver/return guy we've entertained this year as well. That's right, I'm talking to you Artavis Scott .... you and your ridiculous pursuit of academic excellence and chaste women.
Yeah, I guess I don't really consider Lattimore to be a serious possibility for this class, but who knows.... Maybe he will be the big surprise of the 2014 cycle.
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