Webb Crystal Ball to LB Deuce Spurlock

Cool name

Your link to his profile page is hyperlinked wrong. This gets you where you want to go: https://247sports.com/Player/Deuce-Spurlock-46101976/

Also, can you explain why you referred to him as a very good LB prospect? I'm not saying he isn't, but the profile doesn't support that. Kind of a low 3-star, and his best offer is from ... Mississippi State? South Carolina? Maybe there's been some noise about him being under estimated, like we sometimes here for other recruits?

The 247 recruiting guys spoke at decent length on him on the pod the released today.

Brief highlights:

Steve still has a CB on him from before. Steve believes Michigan to have been very high on him, but it was a matter of whether or not Lander Barton would work out. It looks like now they're ready for him.

However, the question is now, whether or not Spurlock is ready for Michigan. He was ready to go earlier, grandma had a winter jacket ready.

Steve - Not going to take off his CB, but maybe there will be some luck if the ball works out.

Brice - They've seen him in person, worked him out, esp. with the new defensive staff they know he is what he is.  Michigan looks good for him. Plus athlete. Better than ranking, like Dent. And a kid they can't pass up on.

Sam - Lander Barton for them was a guy they take whenever (regardless of what the rankings say). Esp based on the post visit vibe, and the team feels good. Sam is still skeptical,Utah kid with strong Utah ties. In the end, Michigan doesn't want to be left holding the bag without a LB who can't contribute soon, like Spurlock.

Steve - Confirms Barton as their #1 who they would find room for. Junior and NHG's development may mean that LB isn't as dire as it once appeared, and 2023 has a ton of elite LBs in it.

Not the greatest offer list but maybe that's because of covid that he's undervalued. It is a great name!

Appears to be a deep sleeper to the recruiting sites. Looks like his other P5 suitors consist of lower-level to meddling programs: BC, Miss St., Syracuse, Pitt., Washington St. etc.

For those with scouting chops on the board, does his film look like that of an under-recruited prospect, or is this a reach on Michigan's part?

So Sam just dropped info about a Deuce?

At first i didn't like this due to his offers sheet. Then i watched film... He's a demon. Watch him chuck himself coming around the edge at the runner.  Like this.  

This though means that Barton ain't coming.  And we need a big LB inside. 

I'll say it again, i love this new staff. What sucks is that MacDonald won't be here more than two years, and by the time these players play. NFL will be coming after him... Maybe college head coach too. 

Awesome name.  Looks athletic, great jumping ability and good tackler on film.  Come help make it a full house for every home game Deuce and Go Blue !  

Seems like a plan c option, but if he is you might as well take one named Deuce Spurlock.

Aaaahh, we meet again, old friend.

If he never sees the field as a LB, he could be a special teams demon. Fast and aggressive. Hey, you need those players too, right? Need to hit the position hard next year in recruitng, Mr. Helow. Losing Burnham hurt.

Look, I’m never one to worship Harbaugh, and I don’t deify our staff when they make blockhead decisions. That being said, Harbaugh and co have absolutely beat up on the recruiting sites as well as a lot of the other schools when it comes to talent evaluation, not once, but at least five years or so. So don’t take this as one of those “all our two stars are really five stars”, but right now, I’d recommend giving more credit to Harbaugh and his guys than to a web site. Unless you go to TMZ for all your other news. 
 

I’ll also, just for the sake of it, reiterate what some others have referred to; during the lockdown year, the sites were especially weak, seeing far fewer players in person. 
 

Last, and certainly least, in the few clips we got to see, he showed great potential. I don’t know if I’m going to say that he’s a great athlete or football player, but I’m personally drawn to the guys that play a physical game and try to knock people out of their cleats.  
 

Maybe a Ross type, I really really hope. But the great thing is, we always get to find these things out, sooner or later. 
 

Also, no need to whine about Velasquez or Barrett types. We had a DC who wanted those body types. He’s gone. But it’s certainly possible that if UM was more of a viper type D, those guys would be excelling in that role. But we’ll never know. Them’s the breaks.