Zach Charbonnet Has Committed To Michigan
It's one of those weekends.
Michigan added their second commit of the day and fifth of the week when four-star Westlake Village (CA) Oaks Christian running back Zach Charbonnet announced his pledge on Twitter. Charbonnet was among the many prospects on campus this weekend and the official visit led to him choosing the Wolverines over offers from UCLA, USC, Washington, Wisconsin, Florida, LSU, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, and many others. It's not too difficult to see why so many power programs were in pursuit after watching his junior highlights, or even the first few plays on it:
All three recruiting sites list Charbonnet as a four-star; 247 is the most bullish, ranking him ninth among running backs and inside the top 250 overall, while Rivals (#20 RB) and ESPN (#26 RB) have him outside their respective top 300s for now.
A full Hello post will go up early this week. Here's a teaser provided by 247's Barton Simmons:
"Zach Charbonnet out of Oaks Christian in California caught my eye," Simmons wrote. "He’s got the prerequisite production having topped 2,000 yards as a junior against elite competition. At first glance a 11.2 100 meter time in track may restrict him from that elite future first rounder tier until you realize that Saquon Barkley and Rashaad Penny had similar track times in high school. His listed height at 6-foot-2 can be seen as a positive or a negative. Certainly he can carry the big back label but considering the ‘busts’ of Ty Isaac and Chris Warren, the late-round brand on Bo Scarbrough and the still-pending fate of Jalen Hurd, is a 6-foot-2 frame too big? Turn on the film and I see great feet, suddenness and twitch out of Charbonnet and I lean towards optimism on his trajectory."
Charbonnet is the 13th commit in the 2019 class, which ranks 15th nationally and second in the Big Ten.
Welcome Zach, Way to GoBlue!
i really hope I write that again.
And then Chris Hinton tweets "we are not done" Keep 'em coming.
At first I thought this kid wasn't super fast based on the Hudl footage on his 247 page, but watch his Junior year highlights and, wow, this kid has some burst for someone 6'2". He's got size, strength, speed, and agility. Really liking this pick up
Welcome and Go Blue? 4 star!!! Where’s Bluey????? Here Bluey, Bluey!
He is pissed. Anything he says otherwise is a lie.
That kid is smoking fast. Dang. Going to be a good one when he gets here.
So, were his other offers commitable?
Of course not, they were all just done as a favor to Harbaugh to make his offer sheet look better! You'd have to be a simpleton bozo to not know that! Haven't you ever heard of a blue chip ratio?!
Welcome Zach! It is great to have you aboard!!
Wow, very impressive game tape. Quick lateral movement, good vision, sets up his blocks, and can turn on the jets when there’s green in front of him. And if I’m not mistaken, that’s against really good competition.
A few things I look at for backs are vision, feet in traffic, pad level in traffic and fluidness when switching hands with the ball in traffic or in the open field on cut backs..... He checks all the matks. Not saying he's the next great thing but kid looks comfortable and smooth at full speed with the ball in his hands
Impressive film. Size strength speed feet vision. That was enjoyable to watch.
Huuuuuuge get! This is me playing armchair scout here but I don't think players like Bo Scarbrough and Ty Isaac had the juking ability that this kid has! Both of those guys were strong college backs and had great size and speed combinations but they couldn't move laterally the way this kid does. If you haven't watched the video in this post, do it now. You won't regret it! (unless he decomits (crosses fingers))
He doesn't always look like he's running that fast, but his strides just gobble up real estate. Reminds me a little of Terrelle Pryor, who used to look like he was jogging along but he'd always beat you to the edge because his strides were inhumanly long.
Nifty feet for a bigger dude, too. Verrrrrrry nifty.
This might be the one we've been waiting for boys to bring back the ground game. Couldn't have come at a perfect time. If the younger running-backs aren't cutting it next season, this kid can come in and rack em up. The offensive line will be like a fully operational death star by that time.
Nice pull UM!! Keep em’ coming. Seems like Dudek needs a raise maybe!!
This seems like this will be a tough one to hold on to but I hope I’m wrong.
If we could get this train rolling the way it should be (win some big games and a big ten championship) I think this is what our baseline recruiting would be like every year...and then some.
I'd like to see some highlights of him picking up a blitz in pass protection.
Amen to that! I'm surprised that more recruits don't try to include even just 1 or 2 examples of "recognition plays" where they pick up a stunt, make a block on the edge, etc. I assume recruiting coaches must have access to much more video.
He reminds me of Marcus Allen.
First thing comes to mind is I hope this is similar to the success MSC has in recruiting big RB like Bell and Scott, and nott with Isaac and Green...
The jump cuts remind me of Hart.
Except Charbonnet is bigger and faster. Hope that pans out.
Great news! Welcome to Michigan, Zach!
What really jumps out in the video highlights is the quick feet. A lot of big, fast RB's in H.S. can outrun and overpower people. But, Charbonnet has great change of direction and jump cuts that you don't see often. Looks like his vision is very good too. He has a lot of upside from my amateur viewpoint.
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