Visitor Abraham Alce = Beast Mode!
Under the radar 2018 RB Abraham Alce is on an official this weekend, but 247 does not show an offer. Fred Jackson would say, "Deveon Smith but Faster, Bigger and with better vision".
Looks to be at least 240 so I guess we are recruiting him as a FB but with serious running chops (It's a Trap!!). Is JH looking to return to the days of Leroy Hoard and Jarrod Bunch? Bo would love this kid. He is also a violent LB.
January 24th, 2018 at 11:01 AM ^
January 24th, 2018 at 11:08 AM ^
You can never have too many athletes
January 24th, 2018 at 11:14 AM ^
January 24th, 2018 at 11:18 AM ^
Exactly my point. We can't assume anything. Speculate, yes.
January 24th, 2018 at 11:20 AM ^
January 24th, 2018 at 11:32 AM ^
I definitely was not. I'm suggesting that he is versatile.
January 24th, 2018 at 11:40 AM ^
January 24th, 2018 at 11:44 AM ^
Namaste
January 24th, 2018 at 11:45 AM ^
Oh my god lol why did this happen to me
January 24th, 2018 at 11:01 AM ^
January 24th, 2018 at 11:10 AM ^
Assuming that Barrett is a RB at the next level...
January 24th, 2018 at 12:16 PM ^
Why? We need FB depth pretty badly.
January 24th, 2018 at 11:02 AM ^
January 24th, 2018 at 11:04 AM ^
January 24th, 2018 at 11:08 AM ^
January 24th, 2018 at 11:12 AM ^
OMG I hope the coaching staff realizes that...
January 24th, 2018 at 11:25 AM ^
Someone should inform them immediately!
January 24th, 2018 at 12:40 PM ^
So do I.
January 24th, 2018 at 1:00 PM ^
Of course they realize it. What are they doing about it though? Seemingly not much.
January 24th, 2018 at 11:25 AM ^
When I look at the depth chart by class, I don't see gross roster incompetence given what Harbaugh had to start with.
Yes, a DT in this class would be very nice because it is a little slim. But with Higdon graduating after this season and the posibility that Walker may not last, building RB depth is paramount in this class.
That said, I think Barrett took any chance this kid had at joining Michigan's class. However, the way recruiting works, you are not going to cancel the kids official visit. That would hurt the relationship with the school and it's coaches. Even if you ultimately have to tell the kid there is no room for him, you want to bring him up and let him have a great experience.
January 24th, 2018 at 11:35 AM ^
and your socerous logic
BE-GONE!
January 24th, 2018 at 11:43 AM ^
I'm sooooooory. I won't do it again.
January 24th, 2018 at 12:07 PM ^
What's with this "and the posibility (sic) that Walker may not last". Sam, Chengelis and others have debunked the myth started by some discredited blog/twitterer that Kareem was in the doghouse or on his way out:
Kareem Walker is still on the team and reports of his dismissal are inaccurate per a Michigan source.
— angelique (@chengelis) January 12, 2018
January 24th, 2018 at 12:10 PM ^
he's had 4 violations of team rules. couldn't even get on the practice field his freshman year because of academics....he's not a sure thing to be there to say the least
January 24th, 2018 at 12:30 PM ^
Rumors that he is on thin ice and may not return are still out there.and were relayed here by our favorite insider. I think we all hope he will turn his career around soon.
January 24th, 2018 at 12:45 PM ^
Relayed by the same "insider" who said Peppers was suspended for the Orange Bowl and that Pep and Drevno were both gone. It's a shame this kid has to deal with crap like this.
January 24th, 2018 at 5:11 PM ^
Kinda a shame that we have to deal with the crap you and others spew too. We all have our crosses to bear.
January 24th, 2018 at 12:55 PM ^
January 24th, 2018 at 1:11 PM ^
Bunk. It's Rashan Gary, hands-down.
The notion that "the best players over the last three seasons were Hoke recruits" is bizarre, given the performance of Gary, Hudson, Levert, Bush, and Nordin in 2017.
January 24th, 2018 at 1:13 PM ^
January 24th, 2018 at 1:18 PM ^
Is Harbaugh worth $2 mil a year? Please set the price you think Harbaugh is worth, or, identify who you think Michigan should get as their coach for $7 mil a year.
January 24th, 2018 at 1:36 PM ^
Devin Bush, Jr. (Harbaugh recruit) earned honors as a linebacker.
David Long, Jr. and Lavert Hill (Harbaugh recruits) were two of the best cornerbacks in the entire country.
Khaleke Hudson (Harbaugh recruit) put up some great numbers.
Karan Higdon (Harbaugh recruit) was our leading rusher and supposedly flirting with the idea of leaving early for the NFL.
Sure, Peppers and Hurst and Lewis and Charlton were elite players, but they were in the third and fourth and fifth years - of course they're going to be superior to many of the younger guys.
But Bush, Long, Hudson, and Higdon, among others, beat out Hoke recruits to become elite Big Ten players.
January 24th, 2018 at 11:10 AM ^
You do realize that even with the latest commitments Michigan has fewer defensive backs on the roster than the the average of the teams in the Top 5?
January 24th, 2018 at 11:51 AM ^
get this idea from? This just isn't true.
January 24th, 2018 at 12:22 PM ^
Sam said it yesterday.
January 24th, 2018 at 12:37 PM ^
He said with this years class they will have about the same amount as the top 4 teams. Not still have less than. You should take a look at the last 4 incoming classes of the top 4 teams, keeping attrition in mind, and you will see that we have more DB's with this class than any of them. Just because Sam said it, doesn't mean it's true.
January 24th, 2018 at 12:34 PM ^
We finished the season with 8 scholarship DBs after Hawkins was moved to Viper. That's a crazy low number. The reason we're going after so many DBs shouldn't be a mystery to anyone. But this is a place for superficial analysis and beating jokes and memes to death
January 24th, 2018 at 12:44 PM ^
Hawkins wasn't moved to Viper. He's been practicing at safety and has been for awhile now.
January 24th, 2018 at 12:53 PM ^
We didn't ever have Hudson miss time. I'm not sure who was backing him up at Viper, but it was likely one of the safeties. Also a mea culpa, I miscounted by one. Still alarmingly low numbers.
January 24th, 2018 at 12:56 PM ^
There are 9 plus several guys who could shift to safety. Long, Hill, Watson, Thomas, St. Juste, Kinnell, Metelllus, Woods and JKP. 5 guys for 2 CB spots and 5 (including Hawkins) for 2 S spots isn't light. Throw in Hughes and I don't think 5 freshman DBs shows good roster management.
January 24th, 2018 at 8:19 PM ^
Our numbers were out of whack last year.
January 24th, 2018 at 1:19 PM ^
They've got 21 guys listed as DB/CB/S; Obviously a bunch of them are non-scholarship guys, but I don't know their personnel well enough to know who's on scholarship and who isn't.
Michigan has 20 listed total, so from a total squad standpoint it doesn't seem out of whack, but the key is number of scholarship guys (not to mention how how good they are.)
January 24th, 2018 at 7:34 PM ^
Only 1 scholarship player is leaving (Drake Harris) and we're adding 6. (I don't know how many non-scholarship DBs are included in your 20 and also leaving but it's as likely as not that they will be replaced by an similar number of non-scholarship players).
January 25th, 2018 at 10:27 AM ^
Looks like 11, not 8, to me.
Ambry Thomas
Josh Metellus
Jaylen Kelly-Powell
Brad Hawkins
David Long
Tyree Kinnel
Lavert Hill
Benjamin St. Juste
J'Marrick Woods
Brandon Watson
Jordan Glasgow
January 25th, 2018 at 10:23 AM ^
Including the new transfer, recruits, and the end of season roster (minus graduating dudes) - I see 24 DB's on the Michigan roster.
Can't say how that compares to other teams.
January 24th, 2018 at 11:04 AM ^
January 24th, 2018 at 11:04 AM ^
He has offers from Miami (FL) and Wisconsin, so I can't imagine we are banking on getting him as a walk-on.