Detroit Southeastern WR Fred Smith has set an announcement date. Smith, who is down to just the instate schools, has decided he will announce his college plans Sunday at 6 a his high school.

This is god news for Michigan, as he had previously been rumored to be leaning toward Michigan State. However, a Michigan visit, in conjunction with phone conversations with Sam McGuffie and Ryan Mallett, seemed to have pulled him back toward Michigan. Just as this change occurs, Smith moves up an announcement date that he had postponed just days earlier.

Smith is a four-star prospect, with good size at 6-3, 210. He has been written about in this space before, which you can see here. His family all favors Michigan, and he is a lifelong Michigan fan himself, who was swayed toward State with promises of early playing time and bringing up a flailing program. McGuffie and Mallett sold him on something far more important, however: winning.

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The Kinesiology department is starting a Pat Maloy Scholarship, to be granted to students who have cancer or have been affected by cancer in their families. The scholarship is named in honor of Bernard “Pat” Maloy, a Michigan professor who lost the battle with cancer in 2001.

To fund the scholarship, there will be an online auction, consisting of tons of autographed items, Michigan-related and otherwise. Tons of Braylon, AC, Desmond items, check out the auction for yourself. There’s a good chance you can find something you want, and it goes to a great cause.

Thanks to Jim Stefani for the link.

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Mike Cox, a running back from Avon, Connecticut, has reportedly committed to become a Wolverine. Cox is a sleeper who impressed coaches at the Michigan summer camp. When they offered him this weekend, he did not hesitate to pull the trigger for the maize and blue.

Cox picked Michigan over Duke, BC, UConn, and Maryland, though he had been picking up interest from some bigger programs (i.e. Penn State) lately. He is a north-south runner with good size, who is a likely “Mr. Inside” compliment to Sam McGuffie’s “Mr. Outside,” though neither runner is incapable of going the other way. From reports, Cox sounds like a taller, less elusive version of Mike Hart.

With this commitment, Michigan is full at the true RB position for this recruiting class (Say goodbye to your Michael Shaw, Jonas Gray, or Darrell Scott pipe dreams). They will likely pick up an H-Back (Christian Wilson) to polish off the offensive backfield.

9:30 Update: Scout confirms commitment.

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