Varsity Blue: Recruiting Board Update

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Recruiting Board Update

A new commit and a lot of changes in other areas (read: coaches) combine to necessitate a recruiting update. All previous commits who haven't reaffirmed their commitment to Michigan are moved into the newly-renamed "near lock" category. "Presumed leans" and "longshots" are combined into one category, as few people are leans, what with the new coaching staff and all.

Offense
QB 1	Commits	Near locks	Prospects	Longshots
	Steven Threet (07)	John Weinke
RB 1-2		Sam McGuffie
		Mike Cox
		Christian Wilson
OL 4-5	Dann O'Neill	Kurt Wermers	Trevor Robinson	Zebrie Sanders
	Elliott Mealer	Rocko Khoury	Zac Hueter
WR 2-3		Darryl Stonum	Elias Kos	Vaughn Carraway
				Jon Baldwin
TE 1-2	Kevin Koger	Brandon Moore
Defense
DT 1-2		Mike Martin
DE 1-2			Nick Perry
LB 2-3	Kenny Demens	Marcus Witherspoon
		J.B. Fitzgerald
S 1-2			Vaughn Telamaque	Rahim Moore
			Brandon Smith	Spencer Adams
			Herman Davidson
CB 1-2		Boubacar Cissoko	Robbie Green
			J.T. Floyd
ST	George Morales (LS)		John Potter (K)

The new head coach will obviously have an impact on which recruits stay, and which new guys commit, etc. Threet is obviously already enrolled, O'Neill, Mealer, Koger, and Demens have reaffirmed their commitments, and Morales committed after the Carr retirement. Cissoko reaffirmed his commitment to the Detroit News, then said he would look around the next day. All the other previous commitments are currently in limbo, but don't be surprised to see most of them recommit. State will go after the Michigan guys, is Illinois hard on Cissoko, Moore is being courted by Ohio State and a bevy of southern schools. If certain assistants leave (Szabo for the two linebackers, DeBord for some of the linemen, English for defensive guys), some commits may be lost that way.

There's also the possibility that a new coach (i.e. Les Miles) will bring some recruits with him who had Michigan in their top list, but picked someone else (i.e. LSU or other southern schools).

Labels: football, recruiting