Michigan Adds PWO Matt Baldeck
Incredibly honored and blessed to have committed to the University of Michigan. Big thanks to @TheChrisRubio. #goblue pic.twitter.com/iZGV4urXkm
— Matt Baldeck (@MattBaldeck) February 10, 2017
This PWO is actually a little more important than the others because Baldeck is a long-snapper. You might never hear his name but I'd say his chances of seeing the field are a little higher than the other PWO's.
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Link to his long snapping profile on Rubio long snapping
4.5 stars which makes him in between a Division 1 and 2 prospect. Also from Idaho, which I thought was kind of cool. Idaho has two highly rated players in QB Colson Yankoff and DT Tommy Togiai in the 2018 class so it'd be really cool to get an in into that state this year.
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has now officially started with the discussion of inroads made on the Idaho recruiting scene.
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February 10th, 2017 at 11:07 PM ^
So I'm assuming based on all these PWOs that most of them from last year aren't returning? Wasn't there a very high number of PWOs last season?
February 11th, 2017 at 7:16 AM ^
It's not like there's a limit on how many you can have.
February 11th, 2017 at 9:04 AM ^
Yes, there is a maximum. The maximum is about 20. You have 85 scholarships, and preferred walk-ons can make up the 20-ish players you can add to the 105-man roster allowed to begin on the first day of practice. You can have more than 105 players on the team, but they can't practice until after the first day of the fall semester. So anyone who's walk-on #21 or #25 or whatever misses a few weeks of practice. And if you miss a few weeks of practice as a walk-on, you're REALLY far behind.
EDIT: I say 20-ish because if you only have 83 scholarship players, for example, due to attrition, then you can have 83 scholarship players + 22 walk-ons.
February 11th, 2017 at 8:54 AM ^
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They usually have about 140 players.
http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/mich-m-footbl-mtt.html
February 11th, 2017 at 1:54 PM ^
I explained it above. A preferred walk-on is guaranteed a spot on the 105-man roster to begin camp. The team might have more than 105 players, but not until after school starts. So any walk-ons who join after the first day of school aren't "preferred."
February 10th, 2017 at 11:10 PM ^
Looks pretty good here:
February 11th, 2017 at 8:08 AM ^
receiving form. He used his body to catch the ball against his waist instead of catching with hands. /s
February 10th, 2017 at 11:48 PM ^
Loving these western guys. Go Matt!
February 11th, 2017 at 12:38 AM ^
At least his parents didn't name him Richard.
February 11th, 2017 at 6:20 AM ^
But Carl might be on the Dline too.
February 11th, 2017 at 1:56 PM ^
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February 11th, 2017 at 7:25 AM ^
but that also adds a lot of work during the offseason.
Not sure really how many players from Muskegon Catholic have played at UM. I know Reinhold was a hell of a player, but Bo gave two ships to a couple of their All-State Linemen a few years later, VanderLeest and Bohach. Neither, of course, played at the level they did in h.s., and for the most part were probably no better than third string.
I remember Bohach, in an effort to get more field time, asked to try out and won the long-snapper position. With that honore, UM would senh him home during the summer with somewhere around 50 footballs and he was expected to snap about 200 times a day. Something tells me he didn't need the supervision.
Wondering if you could get that type of commitmee from a PWO without the added schooly.
February 11th, 2017 at 7:26 AM ^
but that also adds a lot of work during the offseason.
Not sure really how many players from Muskegon Catholic have played at UM. I know Reinhold was a hell of a player, but Bo gave two ships to a couple of their All-State Linemen a few years later, VanderLeest and Bohach. Neither, of course, played at the level they did in h.s., and for the most part were probably no better than third string.
I remember Bohach, in an effort to get more field time, asked to try out and won the long-snapper position. With that honore, UM would senh him home during the summer with somewhere around 50 footballs and he was expected to snap about 200 times a day. Something tells me he didn't need the supervision.
Wondering if you could get that type of commitment from a PWO without the added schooly.
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