2014 Recruiting: What’s Next? (Defense)

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Michigan inked a very impressive 2013 recruiting class and the 2014 class in starting to take shape as well. So far the Maize and Blue have verbal commitments from Wilton Speight (3* QB – Virginia), Drake Harris (5* WR – Michigan), Juwan Bushell-Beatty (4* OT – New Jersey), Mason Cole (4* OG – Florida), Michael Ferns . . . → Read More: 2014 Recruiting: What’s Next? (Defense)

Masters of the Blitzkrieg, Losers of the War

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Around midnight last night, full-on delirium took hold of me as I tried to process the day’s events. In succession, Michigan lost to Ohio in basketball, Michigan’s last hope for landing a #1 CB chose the rival Buckeyes, and a key interior line prospect committed to Iowa over the Wolverines. Taken in isolation, none of . . . → Read More: Masters of the Blitzkrieg, Losers of the War

Recruiting Update

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Things are winding down for the 2012 recruiting class. With only a few days left until national signing day, here is were Michigan stands with it’s handful of remaining recruits (in no particular order).

1. Josh Garnett – Officially down to Michigan, Notre Dame and Stanford, but the consensus is that Michigan and Stanford are . . . → Read More: Recruiting Update

Michigan Recruiting Player Interest

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Following any player’s recruitment is due to have its ups and downs. There will be rumors of visits and alleged family members saying so and so is leaning a certain way or another. Or a YouTube video will come out that everyone has to see. Or a play will commit, decommit, commit, then decommit again. . . . → Read More: Michigan Recruiting Player Interest

The Blueprint to Filling Out the 2012 Class Part 3

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The 2012 Michigan recruiting class has 24 commits and the magic number now seems to be 28.

Running Back – The recent commitment of Drake Johnson will not effect Bri’onte Dunn’s recruitment.

Bri’onte Dunn. Visited UM’s BBQ a few months back and enjoyed his time. To my knowledge a return official visit has not been . . . → Read More: The Blueprint to Filling Out the 2012 Class Part 3

The Blueprint to Filling Out the 2012 Class Part 2

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Michigan now has 22 commitments for the 2012 football class and with the final number is still holding firm at 26 spots. Here are the remaining few that could fill out the class.

Quarterback

With Gunner Kiel (Indiana), Maty Mauk (Missouri) and Devin Fuller (Eliminated Michigan) all going elsewhere, it looks very unlikely that Michigan . . . → Read More: The Blueprint to Filling Out the 2012 Class Part 2

The Blueprint To Filling Out The 2012 Class

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With 18 commits for the 2012 class so far and the final number more than likely 26, numbers are starting to become very, very tight. Here is my list of kids that we are still recruiting to fill out the class.

Quarterbacks (Wanting 1?)

With Maty Mauk giving his pledge to Missouri, Michigan is down . . . → Read More: The Blueprint To Filling Out The 2012 Class

Crystal Ballin’ UM’s 2012 Recruiting Class (5/28/11)

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The first list had 20 kids. I’m thinking that we end up with somewhere around 22, but to make it easier for me I’m making it 24.

1. QB – Tyler O’Connor. Still no offer. UM is probably waiting on Gunner Kiel’s decision before they offer another QB.

2. RB – Alden Hill. Unless OSU . . . → Read More: Crystal Ballin’ UM’s 2012 Recruiting Class (5/28/11)

Crystal Ballin’ UM’s 2012 Recruiting Class

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Here is my first guess on how I believe the recruiting class might look like at the end of the season. Remember recruiting is very fluid and the final list will probably look very different. At this point I have Michigan at 18 scholarships with the Cullen Christian and DJ Williamson transfers. This number will . . . → Read More: Crystal Ballin’ UM’s 2012 Recruiting Class

Michigan Football Recruiting Update (4/21/2011)

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It was a pretty busy in the recruiting world this past week. Michigan picked up it’s second linebacker commit in as many days on Saturday when Royce Jenkins-Stone gave his verbal pledge to Coach Hoke and crew. Michigan was thought to be the long time leader for Royce, but it was a bit of a . . . → Read More: Michigan Football Recruiting Update (4/21/2011)

Michigan Football Recruiting Update (4/15/11)

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Of course the biggest new of the week has been the kind of commitment of Ohio linebacker Kaleb Ringer. His announcement was supposed to come on Friday, but was prematurely leaked by a Dayton newspaper. Kaleb will still make his choice official at 6 PM tomorrow evening. Welcome to the family Kaleb! Other than that . . . → Read More: Michigan Football Recruiting Update (4/15/11)

Michigan Football Recruiting Update (4/8/11)

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Scout.com recently released its top 300 prospects list for the 2012 class. Below is a list of kids who have expressed interest in Michigan and where we stand.

QUARTERBACKS

Gunner Kiel (#1 QB, #17 overall) – has an offer. ND lean? Not sure about his interest level in Michigan, but if Maty Mauk were to . . . → Read More: Michigan Football Recruiting Update (4/8/11)

2011/2012 Offensive Recruiting Update

Michigan Football Offensive Recruiting Update . . . → Read More: 2011/2012 Offensive Recruiting Update