Winston Berglund - S - Carmel (IN) Carmel: Berglund is a 6'1", 191 lb. prospect with offers from Boston College, Indiana, Missouri, and Purdue, among others; he was also being recruited to play safety by Jesse Minter at Vanderbilt. Berglund is a 247 Sports 3-star and the #50 safety in the class.
Hunter Clegg - DE - American Fork (UT) American Fork: Clegg is a 6'4", 235-pounder with offers from Auburn, Baylor, LSU, and USC, among others. He's a 4-star, the #23 edge player, and #268 overall.
Johntay Cook II - WR - DeSoto (TX) DeSoto: Cook is a 6'0", 170 lb. speedster with offers from Alabama, Ohio State, and Oklahoma, among others. He's a 4-star, the #7 wide receiver, and #41 overall. As a junior in 2021, he caught 38 passes for 806 yards and 19 touchdowns. DeSoto is the alma mater of Michigan defensive backs Gemon and German Green.
Kelze Howard - DT - Las Vegas (NV) Spring Valley: Howard is a 6'5", 260-pounder with offers from Miami, Oregon, and USC, among others. He's a 247 Sports 4-star and the #35 defensive lineman.
Jeremiyah Love - S - St. Louis (MO) Christian Brothers: Love is a 6'1", 195 lb. athlete with offers from Alabama, Missouri, Oregon, Stanford, and Washington, among others. He's a 3-star, the #33 running back, and #526 overall. Love could end up playing running back, safety, or linebacker at the next level.
Steve Sarkasian at Texas is likely getting Johntay Cook II. Xavier Worthy is an example of what a talented and fast WR can do under Sarkasian. Michigan isn't in the running in that league.
ReplyDeleteBerglund, I see potential. But he kinda light for the BIG10.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I don't think he's quick enough to be a safety, so he's going to have to bulk up and play a LB/S hybrid role. Offers are thrown out pretty easily these days, but he's not a guy I really think is offer worthy at this juncture. He seems like a guy Rich Rodriguez might have offered back in his Michigan days and left people scratching their heads a little bit.
DeleteJesse Minter is at Michigan now. This is the BIG10. I hope he grasps that. He can't have the same players here as at Vanderbilt.
DeleteLooks like they're assigning only their fast sideline judges to Johntay Cook's games.
ReplyDeleteThat's Texas football for you. Sometimes they look faster because they actually have more of them. A lot of places don't have enough officials to field a full crew, so they go with a skeleton crew.
DeleteI have a friend that used to coach in Texas, he told me that when 7v7 started catching on down there, the club team that was closest to his school and was mostly made up of their kids, never travelled with fewer than four teams, and if the tournament had a U10 division, they'd go with 5.
DeleteTexas football is a whole different animal than what you find in Michigan. People in other parts of the country just don't understand. Football is a way of life there.
DeleteYep. Been to a few games, and Texas is a beast. Louisiana was too, but almost a religion in Texas
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