ethan burke
We hardly knew ye. Apparently seeing an Austin kid desired by Michigan was too much for Texas, who jumped in at the 11th hour to un-Hello Michigan’s most recent edge commit.
Change of plans, staying home. I would like to thank Coach Salazar, Coach Vasek, and Coach Dodge for making this happen. Looking forward to the future ?? pic.twitter.com/Xz9UwRpb7j
— ethan._burke (@eburke4lax) December 15, 2021
This one’s not tough to swallow: The guy got a chance to play for his hometown, which he didn’t have when he made his Michigan pledge.
Counting Kevonte Henry, whose place in the class is tenuous at best since Courtney Morgan left, Burke marks three edge prospects—with Mario Eugenio—who have decommitted from Michigan this cycle, four if you count Justice Finkley’s hardly silent silent commitment last summer. You would think the program that just produced Aidan Hutchinson, David Ojabo, Kwity Paye, Josh Uche, Chase Winovich, Rashan Gary, Mike Danna, and Taco Charlton would have these guys jumping in the boat.
Michigan does seem likelier to add top-100 DE/DT Derrick Moore, a recent Oklahoma decommit, now, though Moore may project inside or to Mike Morris’s tweener role. Since Burke projected to more of a Hutchinson, Moore does ameliorate this loss. Henry would be the less replaceable, since having him on board might have been a factor in losing their other favorite edge prospect, Joshua Josephs, to Tennessee. Michigan may now use the time before late signing day to check on some of the other pass rushers they targeted over the cycle. They do still have 3* edge/LB tweener Micah Pollard in the class, and LB prospect Deuce Spurlock could grow into an Uche-type down the line.
Next up in our backlog of Hello posts is an extremely intriguing prospect in Ethan Burke, a 3* EDGE who pledged his commitment following The Game, and not terribly long after Michigan began recruiting him. Burke is from Westlake, Texas, and is a late riser in this class, so we've got an interesting name on our hands here to investigate. Burke has played lacrosse in high school and was committed to Maryland for it before his football career took off, so the scouting on him as a football player is rather scant, but we will do our best
GURU RATINGS
| Rivals: 6'7/230 | ESPN: 6'6/225 | 247: 6'7/225 | On3: 6'7/230 | 247 Comp.: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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3*, 5.7, NR NR, NR |
3*, NR #83 Edge, #144 TX |
3*, 87, NR #43 Edge, #105 TX |
4*, 88.67, #420 OVR #33 Edge, #64 TX |
3*, 0.8700, #650 OVR #40 Edge, #90 TX |
| 3.70 | 3.49 | 3.68 | 3.93 | 3.70 |
Bottom row is Seth's conversion to the five star scale. Links are to profile pages
As you often see with late risers, this page is all over the place right now. You have On3, who sees Burke as a 4*, very attractive prospect, while Rivals has the same level of general knowledge about Burke as Craig Ross does about hip hop. Those who have seen Burke play are pretty high on what they've seen, but not all that many in the scouting community have seen him play. Michigan has done pretty well in pulling Who Dat recruits out of the bag and then turning them into Guys (see: Ronnie Bell, Hassan Haskins, Luke Schoonmaker). They hope that Burke could be the next in line for that designation.
One note about the guru ratings that came up in a question on yesterday's Zeke Berry hello post, but we are still sticking with the 247 composite over the On3 composite for the moment until we get more of a sense of how the On3 composite operates.
[AFTER THE JUMP: Lacrosse player turned defensive end???]
Following Joel Starlings' commitment a few days ago, Michigan picks up their second commitment since The Game. This time, it's a 2022 prospect in DE Ethan Burke:
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— ethan._burke (@eburke4lax) December 1, 2021
Burke is a late-rising prospect from Westlake, Texas. His status as a late-riser means he has yet to register on the 24/7 composite, but 24/7 themselves have ranked him as a 3.5* and the #42 edge prospect in the class. The On3 consensus opinion has him as a 4* and the #32 edge prospect in the class. Burke had offers from KSU, Utah, Texas Tech, and Baylor. An injury he suffered as a junior set back his development, and he also dabbled as a lacrosse player (once committed to Maryland for lax), making Burke a rather unique prospect. Michigan's staff appears quite high on him and Burke took his official visit this weekend for The Game. The spectacle seemed to have worked, as the Wolverines snared his commitment.
Michigan currently has the 17th ranked recruiting class for 2022, but with many big targets still out there in the final few weeks before Early Signing Day, including 5* OT Josh Conerly Jr., and 4* DBs Keon Sabb and Zeke Berry. There is no content after the jump.
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