Probably a bigger loss than Pryor will (would?) be, Detroit DE Nick Perry has pledged to become a USC Trojan.
This hurts Michigan’s Defensive End depth (and Perry would likely have been a starter in 2009). Perry cited USC’s lack of depth among his reasons for becoming a Trojan. In related news, Nick Perry has never seen USC’s depth chart.
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Thus far,
Have all pledged to Michigan this morning. each is surprising to a certain extent, though all are certainly welcomed with open arms. Michigan is waiting on news from Nick Perry, who is announcing in Detroit at 11EST. Prognosticators are split on this one, thinking he’ll head to either USC or Michigan. Michigan certainly needs him a lot more than the Trojans. Of course, Michigan is also waiting to hear from Terrelle Pryor, who is not announcing, but still holding a press conference at 12:05EST on ESPNU (and I’d be surprised if it wasn’t on News as well). Conventional wisdom on Pryor is as follows:
At the press conference, Jeannette Jayhawks head coach Ray Reitz will answer 5 questions that ESPN has kindly given him all week to prepare for, and Pryor will likely lay out the details of his announcement.
UDPATE: Shaw has pushed his announcement back to 1PM. Not sure if this is a good, bad, or neutral thing.
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GoBlueWolverine reports that Patrick Omameh, a three-star offensive lineman from Columbus St. Francis De Sales, has switched his commitment from Cincinnati to Michigan. Omameh only entered the radar of Michigan fans during the month of January, but visited both Michigan and Michigan State during that month.
Omameh is an athletic OT prospect, who currently measures only 6-5, 240, but is expected to grow further. With TE-like current weight, he will almost assuredly need a redshirt year to put on the mass needed to succeed along the offensive line in college. Omameh is also a basketball player, manning the center position in high school. Multi-sport players are typically regarded as perhaps more athletic than their football-only counterparts, particularly basketball players.
With his long arms and projected further growth, expect to see Omameh as a left tackle project in the future. He is also a scholar-athlete, with a 4.0 grade point average.
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Terrelle Pryor has changed his mind once again, now opting to announce his college decision on Wednesday, eliminating Oregon from contention.
This sudden change, including moving his decision forward, implies that Pryor has made up his mind in the past few days, and will announce that decision on signing day. From an outsiders perspective, this would seem to be good news for Ohio State.
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Christian Wilson removed from commits, Justin Feagin and Terrence Robinson added.
| 2008 Recruiting Class – 18 Commits | |||||
| Boubacar Cissoko | CB | ***** | Detroit, MI | Cass Tech | Michigan’s Lockdown Corner in the class |
| Mike Cox | RB | **** | Avon, CT | Old Farms | A bigger back who may have been wavering |
| Kenny Demens | LB | *** | Beverly Hills, MI | Country Day | |
| Justin Feagin | QB | ** | Delray Beach, FL | American Heritage | Run-pass QB #1 for the class. |
| J.B. Fitzgerald | LB | **** | Princeton, NJ | W.W.P.H.S.-South Campus | Will still take other visits |
| J.T. Floyd | CB | *** | Greenville, SC | J.L. Mann | Could be a corner or safety in college. |
| Taylor Hill | LB | *** | Youngstown, OH | Cardinal Mooney | Committed recently |
| Rocko Khoury | OT | *** | Traverse City, MI | West High | Will he look at MSU? |
| Kevin Koger | TE | **** | Toledo, OH | Whitmer | Rumored to be looking around |
| Mike Martin | DT | **** | Redford, MI | Catholic Central | Cancelled a Notre Dame visit. Not far from a five-star. |
| Sam McGuffie | RB | **** | Cypress, TX | Cy-Fair | Superstar RB of the class. Spent a lot of time as a five-star on Scout this year. |
| Elliott Mealer | OG | **** | Wauseon, OH | Wauseon | In a catastrophic car accident earlier this winter. |
| Brandon Moore | TE | *** | Trotwood, OH | Trotwood-Madison | Was a five-star when he committed. He’s been on a slide all year with poor production. |
| George Morales | LS | ** | Las Vegas, NV | Mojave | A WTF? offer. A better long snapper (and similarly ifted student) resides down the road in Saline. |
| Dann O’Neill | OT | **** | Grand Haven, MI | Grand Haven | Close to being a five-star. Michigan fans are hoping he’s the next Jake Long. |
| Terrence Robinson | WR | **** | Houston, TX | Klein Oak | Slotman extraordinaire. Plays a variety of positions in HS. |
| Brandon Smith | S | **** | New Brunswick, NJ | New Brunswick | Army game commitment. |
| Darryl Stonum | WR | **** | Sugarland, TX | Dulles | HS teammate of Herron and Woolfolk. Already enrolled. |
| Kurt Wermers | OG | **** | Crown Point, IN | Crown Point | Michigan won a fight against Notre Dame. ND apparently took Braxton Cave over Wermers. |
| Marcus Witherspoon | LB | **** | Absecon, NJ | Holy Spirit | Visiting Tennessee still, but a lot of people still think he could end up in blue. |
Justin Feagin, J.T. Floyd, and Terrence Robinson removed for obvious reasons. Christian Wilson NOT added. B.J. Daniels mysteriously dropped. T.J. Lawrence is not going to pick Michigan. Rhonne Sanderson committed to Florida State. Domonick Britt and Roy Roundtree added to the list.
| 2008 Recruiting Class – Remaining Prospects | |||||
| Terrelle Pryor | QB | ***** | Jeannette, PA | Jeannette | Nation’s #1 recruit. All the stories, etc. are well known. |
| Nick Perry | DE | **** | Detroit, MI | King | PSL Player of the year down to Michigan, Miami of Florida, USC, and State. |
| Michael Shaw | WR | **** | Trotwood, OH | Trotwood-Madison | Currently committed to Penn State. Michigan originally finished second for him, when they recruited him as an RB. |
| Patrick Omamaeh | OT | ** | Columbus, OH | St. Francis DeSales | The Cincinnati commit is coming in for a visit, and could be swayed to turn blue. |
| Domonick Britt | QB | *** | Trotwood, OH | Madison | Teammate of Michael Shaw, Roy Roundtree, and Brandon Moore. Run-pass QB wh is rail-thin. No offer yet. |
| Roy Roundtree | WR | *** | Trotwood, OH | Madison | Teammate of the other Trotwood-Madison guys. Purdue commit. No offer yet. |
| Desmond Johnson | RB | *** | Yazoo City, MS | Yazoo City | A new guy on the radar, not sure if he’ll be scared off by Michigan’s other recruits at the position. |
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Terrence Robinson, four-star slot receiver prospect from Houston, has announced his intention to sign with Michigan on Wednesday. Robinson is a scholar-athlete who chose the maize-and-blue over Boston College and Wake Forest. Robinson announced his choice on the same show that Sam McGuffie and Darryl Stonum made their Michigan commitments. Good luck finding the video on their website. UPDATE: Thanks to commenter Joel for finding the direct link.
Robinson was the Greater Houston 5A MVP in 2007 (the team did not include fellow Michigan commit Sam McGuffie).
Robinson also has some pretty sweet YouTube-age, including the “Dream Shake,”so-named after the Hakeem Olajuwon move.
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Florida dual-threat QB Justin Feagin has given his commitment to Rich Rodriguez and the Michigan Wolverines. Feagin, who traveled to Ann Arbor this weekend, gave his word during the official visit.
Feagin had favored West Virginia when Rich Rodriguez left for Michigan, and his interest moved with the new Wolverines headman. The offensive scheme was a large selling point for Feagin. He is a two-star prospect on Scout, and a three-star on Rivals. He is a small-school prospect whose numbers were good, but didn’t translate into rankings because of the competition he played against (see: Mike Hart). He was an all-area selection his senior year (as a defensive back, though many of the stats listed in his blurb are from the QB position).
Those who are both interested in Feagin’s film and have a program that plays Windows Media files (I fit only one of these criteria) can click here for video goodness from Sunshine Preps. Also, highlights of the state championship game here. Feagin looks good on offense, bad on defense.
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With signing day fast approaching, most of the content in this space over the next week will be related to the class of ’08 (and then, of course, obsession with the class of ’09 begins). With the commitment of J.T. Floyd, Michigan has only a few prospects remaining.
QBs (Chengelis overview)
Terrelle Pryor will decide on Signing Day between Michigan and OSU, or sometime thereafter with Oregon thrown into the mix.
B.J. Daniels and Justin Feagin are both in town on official visits this weekend. They are considered less highly-touted prospects than Pryor. The two are considered backup plans, though it is likely that Rodriguez would like to take two QBs in the class if he can, regardless of how uber any of the prospects may be.
WRs
Terrance Robinson, to whom I shall henceforth refer as “Skinny Black Sam McGuffie,” is a high school QB that Michigan hopes (at this point expects?) to land as a slot WR.
Michael Shaw, a currently-decommitted Nittany Lion, is expected to pick between Michigan and Penn State, who wants him as a running back.
T.J. Lawrence out of Florida is a possibility here as well, but it is not expected that he turns Blue.
Martavious Odoms is another slot possibility.
OL
Patrick Omameh has a pending decision between Michigan, Michigan State, and Cincinnati. He is a sleeper OT prospect.
DE
Detroit’s own Nick Perry will pick on signing day between Michigan, Michigan State, Southern Cal, and Miami of Florida. At King’s banquet last night, Rich Rodriguez was in attendance, along with the head coaches of Michigan State and Miami of Florida.
Non-recruiting etc.: You may remember the story of Elliott Mealer being injured in an auto accident. Mealer’s brother, Brock, has been rehabbing at UM Hospital. He was originally listed in critical condition, and never expected to walk again. He has made great progress, and we wish all the best to him in the future.
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As expected, J.T. Floyd has committed to Michigan. Floyd is a 3-star DB from Greenville, South Carolina. His other finalist was Tennessee, to whom he had been committed earlier in the recruiting season.
Floyd (5-11, 185, 4.5) is listed as a safety on Scout, but all indications are that Michigan intends to use him as a corner. This makes him Michigan’s second corner in the class, joining Boubacar Cissoko.
He is considered a high-end 3-star, being coveted by Michigan, Tennessee, and several mid-level ACC (is there any other kind?) and SEC teams.
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No commits yet this week (though J.T. Floyd is expected to pull the trigger for weither Michigan or Tennessee sometime tomorrow).
Scout has this handy commitment tracker, which gives announcement times and finalists (and, less importantly, guru predictions) for the 30 as-yet-uncommitted Scout 300 prospects. Persons of note to Michigan fans:
#1 Terrelle Pryor, choosing between Michigan and Ohio State 12PM on ESPN, 2-6-08(or is he?)
#54 Nick Perry, choosing between Michigan, USC, Michigan State, and Miami 3PM 2-6-08
#160 Terrence Robinson, choosing between Michigan, Wake, BC, and Houston 7PM on local TV 2-4-08
#293 Martavious Odoms, choosing between Michigan, Miami, and South Florida 3PM 2-6-08
#298 Charles Mitchell choosing between Michigan, Missippi State, Nebraska, and Southern Miss 2-6-08
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