Michigan makes top 8 for 2016 DE Kelly.
He tweeted out his top eight today which included Michigan, Bama, Florida St., Clemson, Georgia, Kansas St., Oregon, and TCU.
This is obviously a very loaded list and UM has its work cut out for them, but in Harbaugh we trust.
He is a four star according to 247 comp. and ranked 102 in the nation.
We can easily end up as one of the top classes this year if we bat .400 from here on out. I think it's safe to say Harbaugh and company found their stride....
We're going to have to bat quite a bit higher than that unless some other things happen like:
1. At least a few of our guys get re-rated higher, and nobody gets rated lower
2. A lot more attrition occurs either with the underclasmen on the football team or with the current commits to the class.
Both of those are plausible, but #1 isn't necessarily going to happen, and #2 comes with some bad side effects. If we land Gary and then five more 4* guys on top of that and shed one 2* or 3* guy in the meantime, then we would end up at about where Penn State was last year, which was #15.
Your point is well made. National team ranking services vary in how their formula works as well. For example Rivals only takes the top 20 commits while Scout takes the top 25. Based on ratings of new commitments for us and other teams around us results could be different on Rivals than on Scout.
Upvote just for the mere fact that this has nothing to do with Adidas, Nike, or any other clothing company.
Yeah, I was considering puting "this thread is not about apparell" in title, but thought it would be too much.
I am wearing Michigan adidas shorts right now :(
Jim Harbaugh's MySpace game is on point. Well done.
most likely candidate to soften the blow of KK pledging to Bama.
Interesting, I thought MSU and Nebraska were the major competition and they aren't on there. Unfortunately he just got a ton of people picking Alabama for him on 247 so that doesn't bode well.
I'm only paying attention to any ballz other than mine unless there's a game on or a kid is announcing within 24 hours. My set is good for all other times.
Yeah, but what about adidas?
/ducks
Xavier. Caleb's a linebacker.
Buck LB is the same as WDE. That's where both I believe are being recruited to potentially play.
X. Kelly would be the true rush end that people have been hoping for. Still a lot of work to pull him in though.
where are the apparel threads at?!?!
They unraveled.
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No Nebraska? Interesting - that was the perceived leader.
Moar Alabama? Damnit.
That is a pretty friggin loaded top 8 though - based on the past 5 years UM is #8 in the hierarchy of those teams. Hopefully he watches a lot of film of the 80s and 90s.
#8?? Come'onnnn... you got us below Kansas State? You can at least be a little bit of a homer, no one would be too upset if you slotted us in at like 6 or 7... 8?!?! /s
If that's the case, I'm guessing the safer bet at this point is probably Terrell Lucas, three star WDE out of Florida (Other Offers: South Florida, Syracuse, Minnesota). Michigan is the only school listed as warm on his 247 profile and has all 6 of the Crystal Ball projections. It seemed like he was all but committed to Michigan back during the Summer Swarm. I wonder if the staff told Lucas to hold off until the Kareem and Xavier Kelly situations resolved themselves. With Kareem to Bama and Kelly currently favoring elsewhere, Lucas may become a take pretty soon.
This is incorrect.
The quote was "I’m really comfortable with Alabama, Florida State and Georgia."
On 247, he gave a rundown on all 8. He has family in Georgia and Michigan.
Also, Saban and his staff must use snake oil. Khalid Kareem talked about early playing time as a factor. Xavier Kelly said the same thing. I can't help but roll my eyes. Da'Shawn Hand was lucky to see a few snaps last year.
that Kelley won't be attending K-State or TCU. Should have been a top 6.
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that TCU is not yet big time, despite last year. If they start getting classes like A&M and UT, then i'll be proved wrong.
TCU is quite solid you may want to look into that program a bit more.
Here is his Hudl hightlight reel if you haven't seen it. Hope he goes blue.
Top 8? Who cares!
Michigan is head and shoulders above any of those schools. If a kid wants to lump us with a handful of other schools as potentials it doesn't seem to be very newsworthy to me.
Very confident in the near future there will be a bullrush by prospects to get a ticket on the UM train before it leaves the station. Kids spouting on social media that we're one of eight schools they are interested in will make most of our eyes glaze over. If they get off the fence and decide on Michigan they may just find their seat has already been filled.