Football visitors this weekend
Things have been pretty quiet on the recruiting front lately for Michigan, which is abnormal considering National Signing Day went by recently without a peep. Michigan held steady other than grabbing a bunch of preferred walk-ons.
But this weekend things really get rolling again with several 2020 and 2021 prospects visiting Ann Arbor, including 5-star Justin Rogers from Oak Park. Michigan whiffed on making it into Rogers's top 13, but there's still a chance. I know that sounds like bluster, but if you're visiting a school that's not in your "top 13"...then it's probably in your top 13 now.
Here's the list (LINK).
February 13th, 2019 at 3:15 PM ^
Make it a top 14. Suck it haters!
February 13th, 2019 at 3:27 PM ^
Seems like a huge group of visitors from St. Frances. It would be awesome to get a pipeline going from that school, especially with Biff Poggi hyping Michigan up for his players
February 13th, 2019 at 5:51 PM ^
Yeah, it's a three-day weekend, so you can get out and make some long-distance visits. St. Frances does a good job of getting their players out there to a lot of different schools.
February 13th, 2019 at 3:40 PM ^
How the hell does Michigan not make it into a guy's top...13, apparently... when said kid is a 5 star from Michigan? Did they not contact up until recently?
February 13th, 2019 at 3:44 PM ^
Seems like we havent been doing a great job with these instate guys. (Pissing off Tyrece Woods and Belleville and whiffing on a few tackles last cycle)
February 13th, 2019 at 4:08 PM ^
It seems that way because we haven't.
February 13th, 2019 at 10:25 PM ^
fuck off maizen
February 13th, 2019 at 3:51 PM ^
Probably still picking up after Drevno, who did some things that didn't make sense.
February 13th, 2019 at 5:34 PM ^
I wonder how much of this is the school not wanting to recruit the kid as hard, he has been saying things that can be seen as off-putting to some coaches. Things seem to go back and forth with him after each visit, he has said he wants to be a freshmen starter and it seems like some schools are selling that more than others. Maybe its just a little bit of multiple things that have yet to get michigan back into his “top” group
February 13th, 2019 at 5:48 PM ^
He also wants to be a right tackle in college...which is, um, tough when you're 6'2".
February 13th, 2019 at 3:54 PM ^
That was more of a result of Drevnos poor recruiting. Rogers put the top 13 in June last year. Since then, Warriner has been putting in work to recruit him and he’s been on campus several times. Though it seems like he wants to go south. I wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up at Georgia or Bama
February 13th, 2019 at 6:56 PM ^
a few of the more cynical types on this board were suggesting that he was looking to get paid.
February 13th, 2019 at 7:44 PM ^
If he's visiting, we are in his top 13, imo.
February 15th, 2019 at 12:12 AM ^
If it's an official visit I would agree. Otherwise, going from Oak Park to Ann Arbor doesn't require a lot of effort or planning. Casual interest and curiosity about how the program may have changed under Warner would be enough to justify the time he'll spend.
February 13th, 2019 at 3:47 PM ^
Would love to see Bryce Austin make it back on campus. We need to really impress some Dlineman this cycle. He's a local kid who grew up a big UM fan. His film looks really good.
February 13th, 2019 at 4:17 PM ^
Magnus - thanks for the updates. Do you have any early feeling on the two Clarkston 2021 5 stars: Rocco Spindler and Garrett Dellinger? Both are currently top 10 national recruits in their class for what that is worth 2 years out.
I know it is early for 2021 and the rankings will change but it seems unusual how quiet their recruitments have started.
February 13th, 2019 at 5:46 PM ^
Garrett Dellinger isn't a Michigan native, so he doesn't really have a great affinity for Michigan. What I've heard suggests Notre Dame.
Spindler is a bigger possibility for Michigan. I wouldn't go as far as saying Michigan leads, but he's spent more time in the area. His dad is from Pennsylvania, so you wonder if he might be intrigued by playing for Pitt.
Neither player is extremely talkative in the recruiting arena.
February 13th, 2019 at 9:34 PM ^
yeah, I remember Marc Spindler on the Lions - great player.
hard to imagine top 30 player going to Pitt, but you never know.
February 13th, 2019 at 7:32 PM ^
February 13th, 2019 at 8:20 PM ^
Thanks again Magnus! Can’t belive the size of some of these high school kids - Rogers, 6’2″ & 311 pounds.
February 13th, 2019 at 11:41 PM ^
Why are we continuing to drop the ball on high ranking players in the state the last 2 cycles. Wtf is going on
February 14th, 2019 at 10:12 AM ^
We signed the top 3 MI kids in 2018 and top 6 MI kids in 2017. We missed on Brown and Dixon last year, but landed Barnhart and Mazi, who we feel were underrated, and we also thought Dobbs and Barnett were overrated/not great fits.
For 2020 Braeden McGregor and Rashawn Williams are probably our two top targets in the state, and the staff loves Seldon and Martinez too.
Harbaugh's staff doesn't have an issue not recruiting MI kids they don't think are good cultural fits or they think are overrated. He's never going to recruit a kid just because he's from Michigan - he doesn't care about that. They evaluate talent on their own, independent of recruiting sites, and they evaluate families and personalities as well. They land most every MI kid that fits their criteria.
February 14th, 2019 at 10:17 AM ^
/\ Read this before complaining about in state recruiting. Then read it again and then post your discussion point.
February 14th, 2019 at 11:41 AM ^
There were also some red flags with some of the "top guys" in 2019, so the top guys in the recruiting rankings were not the top guys in Michigan's eyes.
February 14th, 2019 at 10:23 PM ^
Let’s see the only skill players left from Harbaughs 2016 class are Sean McKeon, Nick Eubanks and Brandon Peters. His 2017 RB recruits both gone. Harbaugh hasn’t started a QB he recruited five years into his tenure and his two starting tackles in Year 4 were lowly Hoke recruits.
Yeah that Harbaugh sure can spot talent.
February 14th, 2019 at 10:00 AM ^
Seems like Rogers has been on campus once a month for a while now. He clearly is a kid who likes "the process" and likes being courted. I get a bit of a Cassius Winston vibe there.
WR recruiting for 2020 will be interesting. Seems like we're in on a ton of top 250 WRs and the Gattis hire really helped the legitimacy of our chances with a bunch of them (Fleming and Henning for sure).
February 14th, 2019 at 11:20 AM ^
OT: Go pick the WTKA podcast with Zach Charbonnet's dad...if you have not heard-from the Harbaugh podcast. Good/interesting stuff...a lot to like all the way around...including about how the 8 early enrollees are doing.
February 14th, 2019 at 9:08 PM ^
I added Maryland RB Blake Corum to the list.