UM Football Recruiting - by WM Wolverine

[madootra]

I visit very few places.......so to me, that's like traveling across town to another store to save $1.25......:-)

[DennisT]

Oh cmon. Al Gore has created a huge smorgasbord for us. We owe it to him to sample all we can.

[jaadam4]

Oh cmon. Al Gore has created a huge smorgasbord for us. We owe it to him to sample all we can.

lol

[WM Wolverine]

Joe Mathis DE names M his leader who was thought to be a heavy USC lean. He's probably highest DE on M's board and they probably only take 1 more DE with Taco Charlton already on board.... Mathis is probably a SDE with Charlton a WDE...

[Paul L]

Fantastic news; would be a huge get!

[WM Wolverine]

aNext weekend is the spring game/practice (pril 14th), should be a strong recruiting weekend. Many of M's commits will be attendance and hopefully many of M's top recruits will be too; Kendall Fulller CB (5-star) should be there, Ben Gedeon LB (4-star) is a maybe as-is Henry Poggi DT (4-star)... I should've a better, more accurate list in the middle of the week but lots of commits will be there recruiting the uncommitted.

[lineygoblue]

I think we can probably scratch Levenberry. He spent an entire week at FSU and says they are now "equal" with Michigan.

He's supposed to show up for the spring game, but unless the visit is better than his visit to FSU, he's gone.

Who else are we in on?

[WM Wolverine]

Gedeon; FSU only being equal with M is good news since he'll be back in Ann Arbor in a week.

[Hannibal]

Who was the LB that we sort of turned away? Speculation at the time was that Gedeon was pretty much in the bag.

[SeattleLionsFan]

Dorian O'Daniel.

[Hannibal]

Michigan apparently leads for 4* SDE Joe Mathis.

[WM Wolverine]

Dorian O'Danial and Alex Anzalone... O'Danial said M led and was going to visit for the spring game...

[Pasadena Blue]

Assuming we have 8 spots left (which presumes 6 spots by attrition), I guess we should be hoping for:

Levenberry, Isaac, Fuller, Cravens, Mathis, Treadwell or Foster, Gedeon, Poggi or Vanderhoes.

I am sure we won't get this whole list, but I am glad the coaching staff is aiming for this.

If we do get these guys ... I would imagine it would have to be the best M class since the current 85-scholarship limit was imposed?

[WM Wolverine]

M has 3 spots left by my count; 19 scholarships, 16 commits. Assumption is about 24 spots (5 attrition spots; my numbers maybe off) will be open on signing day on '13 which leaves just like you said; 8 spots left if attrition is as expected. Hoke has a policy of not over-signing unless he knows a kid is already out the door so M can't oversign by 3 like most B10 schools are capable of (and everyone else)...

That would imo be a perfect finish of 8 though I think M takes a 3rd WR at the expense of a longshot like Fuller. M is probably in Vanderdoes (sp?) top group but not too confident M can land him... Foster has never shown much interest in M, he's not close to making my board unless something significant changes...

Joe Mathis and Su'a Cravens are cousins btw and are 'loosely' a package deal, M is in excellent position with Mathis which helps them in regards to Cravens who seems pretty high on M (M likely in his top 3-4)...

Hoping for an excellent spring game/practice weekend; lots of the above 8 are maybes on visiting and would be great if 2-3 of them decided to become Wolverines... Yes, such a class you have above would get M at worst the #2 class in the nation and the best M has ever recruited.

[Hannibal]

The '98 class is probably the most highly regarded of all time. Four guys at least who would be 5* with today's rankings (Henson, Terrell, Walker, Fargas). If this class stays on its current trajectory, it will probably exceed that one.