Tony Posada Jumps up the rankings on Scout
Tony Posada is on the rise, looks like another stellar find. Just a week or so ago Tony was ranked as the 64th ranked OT per Scouts. He is now listed as the 40th ranked OT. It's nice to see another U of M commit getting some love from Scout. Just proves that RR and staff know talent when they see it. Go Blue!
October 20th, 2010 at 2:20 AM ^
I just hope he grows some gorilla-length arms before he gets to Ann Arbor.
October 20th, 2010 at 2:25 AM ^
Hey, you know who else had "short arms" and was a total beast? Tyrannosaurus rex, that's who. Oh, and also Brandon Graham.
(And yes, yes, I know BG didn't play OT and TP won't play DE, CTFD)
October 20th, 2010 at 8:25 AM ^
many abbreviations.
October 20th, 2010 at 9:21 AM ^
QED MFer
October 20th, 2010 at 9:50 AM ^
Look at those arms! Come on, that has to suck. You're watching some raptor on raptor love on Skinimax and you can't play with ole' Miss Michigan? If you weren't the hottest Rex on the block, those were some long, cold nights alone with no way to relieve yourself.
October 20th, 2010 at 10:56 AM ^
I'm sure T Rex could pleasure himself. You just have to get creative sometimes.
October 20th, 2010 at 11:19 AM ^
That must be why they were so mean... Just misunderstood is all
October 20th, 2010 at 10:23 AM ^
AQ Shipley also had pretty short arms, and he wound up winning the award for best center in the nation.
October 20th, 2010 at 10:23 AM ^
Anybody else getting the ad for a museum with T Rex's head directly to the left of his post.
October 20th, 2010 at 10:41 AM ^
Boren
October 20th, 2010 at 2:39 AM ^
Ely his HS friend and QB, is committed to play for Alabama. So that should clue you into the ability of his play. Kinda in the mold of Jon Jansen, very exciting!
October 20th, 2010 at 6:05 AM ^
Won't be an issue if he moves to OG as speculation would have it
October 20th, 2010 at 3:48 AM ^
His SAT score was only 1020? Out of 2400? That should be counted against him!
/Sarcasm
Seriously: I love that he's getting love. However, BWC was a 5*. I like the rankings, but this is that "grain of salt"
October 20th, 2010 at 9:18 AM ^
is that good, bad, mediocre? I have no idea since I took the old SAT out of 1600. And what's the NCAA minimum (and isn't there a rolling minimum based on your GPA or something)?
October 20th, 2010 at 9:38 AM ^
1020, if it's out of 2400, is bad. If they're only taking it out of 1600 in this case, that's probably not bad for a UM football player.
October 20th, 2010 at 9:48 AM ^
Sliding scale is the answer. They only look at Math & Verbal scores though, not the writing. As a midline point of reference...if you have a 2.75 GPA you'd need a 720 on those two sections of the SAT. Full link here:
https://web1.ncaa.org/eligibilitycenter/hs/d1_standards.pdf
EDIT: Just saw the article says he has a 3.3 GPA meaning he'd need a 500 on Math & Verbal. Don't know if the 1020 is strictly Math & Verbal or not. Either way, he'd be fine it seems.
October 20th, 2010 at 4:57 AM ^
A jump in recruiting rankings doesn't "prove" anything. Posada could be the #1 offensive tackle and still fail at the next level.
October 20th, 2010 at 6:34 AM ^
*coughwillcampbell*
October 20th, 2010 at 2:15 PM ^
*coughdannoneill*
October 20th, 2010 at 8:57 AM ^
And how did he move up in the rankings despite missing the previous two games?
October 20th, 2010 at 9:07 AM ^
his team struggled to move the ball without him?
October 20th, 2010 at 10:37 AM ^
I'm happy the kid moved up, but it's interesting about the timing. He had been hurt for awhile.
October 20th, 2010 at 12:44 PM ^
Don't read too much into the timing, Scout doesn't update those rankings that often. I'm sure Scount had decided to move him up before he missed his games, and this is when they reshuffled.
It's more that he moved up despite missing 2 games, not because of it.
October 20th, 2010 at 1:25 PM ^
A jump in recruiting rankings doesn't "prove" anything. Posada could be the #1 offensive tackle and still fail at the next level.
That may be so, but all things being equal, I'd rather have Michigan's recruits moving up in the rankings as opposed to down.
October 20th, 2010 at 9:29 AM ^
I know OL guys are often huge projects in their transition from HS to College. But in the 2 games that I watched where Plant was playing, I wasn't too impressed with Tony as a Tackle. I agree that Guard will be a better position for him down the road.
I also find it interesting that Posada has jumped up in the rankings considering he's been hurt for the past month or so. I think the jump has a lot to do with his commitment to UM. This happens sometimes with recruiting services but doesn't make much sense.
Still excited to get Tony in here and build him up into a massive Guard.
October 20th, 2010 at 9:32 AM ^
not a big fan of scouts recruiting services... more of a rivals guy for football
October 20th, 2010 at 9:51 AM ^
Tony Posada has never played a snap of college football in his life or even stepped onto a college practice field.
October 20th, 2010 at 10:17 AM ^
rankings based on the all kids first few high school games.
October 20th, 2010 at 11:00 AM ^
Who are our recent 5 stars? Kevin Grady, Booobie Cisokko, Will Campbell?
My take from the "Hello Tony Posada" piece here was that he is not remotely in Barwis shape, and is most certainly a redshirt prospect. NIce to see him getting some love.
October 20th, 2010 at 11:44 AM ^
Brandon Graham and Steve Schilling were 5-stars. Usually those guys pan out. (Cissoko received four stars.)
As for Posada, it's normal for an OL recruit to redshirt. That's not really a knock on the kid.
October 20th, 2010 at 12:14 PM ^
Boo Boo*