Second-year player Darion Green-Warren is transferring. Green-Warren was a 4-star, the #14 cornerback, and #190 overall in the 2020 class. He was also a participant in the All-American Bowl.
Green-Warren transferred from Santa Ana (CA) Mater Dei to Harbor City (CA) Narbonne before his senior year, and he was a tough, productive corner at both spots. He was never the most athletic player, but he was supposed to be competitive and technical. He played pretty well when we saw him on a national stage in the All-American Bowl, but the athleticism wasn't anything special.
I thought Green-Warren would play well at Michigan because he had some similar traits to other successful Wolverine cornerbacks, but cornerbacks coach Mike Zordich left and so did defensive coordinator Don Brown. Green-Warren never recorded any statistics at Michigan, and I'm not sure he ever played in a game.
Green-Warren is the fifth player from the 2020 class to transfer, joining LB Osman Savage (Alabama A&M), DE Aaron Lewis (Rutgers), LB Cornell Wheeler (Kansas), and LB William Mohan (Tennessee).
Michigan currently has 94 scholarship players slated to be on the roster in 2022, so they still need to shed nine players in order to get down to the limit.
During an unrelated discussion, I found my way to this post, where I ranked Green-Warren as the most overrated player in Michigan's 2020 class:
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Just thought it was interesting to look back on.
Good call. Others were pointing out the athleticism question as well. With the jump in competition level there's an athleticism threshold that gets elevated. Some great players at one level don't have it at the next. It's not always linear. Not a bad thing in terms of success/production at one level, just reality at the next.
DeleteNine players is a fair bit, but I'm guessing Michigan isn't unique in having more than the 85-level given the whole COVID thing.
ReplyDeleteHe wasn't playing, but it is never good to lose All-American corners in back to back classes
DeleteYet another reason I can't question taking projects. Without many of them, we'd be in serious trouble
He was playing. But not enough I guess. Both he and Anthony Solomon should go to UMass to be with Don Brown.
ReplyDeleteNot a surprise given he was buried and getting passed by younger guys already. With the recruiting class coming in being so impressive, the writing was on the wall.
ReplyDeleteBest of luck to him.