Michigan Football Recruiting 2008

24 Commitments/Late Visitors Scout Rivals
Pryor, Terrelle (Ohio State commitment) 1 1
Cissoko, Boubacar 48 44
Perry, Nick (Southern California commitment) 54 56
Smith, Brandon 62 166
McGuffie, Sam 63 4 star
Stonum, Daryl (enrolled January, 2008) 73 41
Koger, Kevin 115 144
Wilson, Christian (North Carolina commitment) 124 4 star
O'Neill, Dann 147 49
Fitzgerald, J.B. 152 145
Robinson, Terrance 160 4 star
Martin, Mike 196 193
Witherspoon, Tim 212 219
Shaw, Michael 219 102
Cox, Mike 263 3 star
Mealer, Elliott 267 213
Wermers, Kirk 287 3 star
Odoms, Martavious 293 3 star
Mitchell, Charles (Mississippi State commitment) 298 162
Lawrence, T.J. (Florida commitment) 3 star 165
Moore, Brandon (visited Miami-FL) 3 star 187
Hill, Taylor 3 star 245

Demens, Kenny

Khoury, Rocko

3 star

3 star

4 star

3 star

Morales, George 2 star 2 star
Daniels, B.J. (South Florida commitment) 3 star 4 star
Feagin, Justin 2 star 3 star
Brown, Jaron (Clemson commitment) 3 star 3 star
Floyd, J.T. 3 star 3 star
Johnson, Desmond (Southern Mississippi commitment) 3 star 3 star
Pead, Isaiah (Cincinnati commitment) 3 star 3 star
Sanderson, Rhonne (Florida State commitment) 2 star 2 star
Omameh, Patrick 2 star 2 star
Johnson, Leonard (Iowa State commitment) 3 star 3 star
Barnum Ricky 3 star 3 star

Recruits We Lost to Rivals

Recruits We Lost Scout Rivals School
Scott, Darrell 4 6 Colorado
Hill, Will 6 10 Florida
Floyd, Michael 16 27 Notre Dame
Baldwin, Jonathan 20 26 Pittsburgh
Hunter, Omar 27 17 Florida
Middleton, Kavario 29 57 Washington
Moore, Rahim 33 71 UCLA
Shugarts, J.B. 34 87 Ohio State
Golden, Robert 37 123 Arizona
Hale, Shayne 38 117 Pittsburgh
Jenkins, Josh 42 204 West Virginia
Goebel, Garrett 51 64 Ohio State
Fleming, Darius 56 89 Notre Dame
Walker, Deion 58 179 Notre Dame
Major, Jon 61 150 Colorado
Harris, Jerrell 67 34 Alabama
Filer, Steve 72 143 Notre Dame
Guy, Lawrence 92 161 Arizona State
Sweat, Andrew 98 4 star Ohio State
Telemaque, Vaughn 100 171 USC
Robinson, Trevor 112 37 Notre Dame
McCarthy, Dan 121 183 Notre Dame
Woods, E.J. 142 4 star UCLA
Square, Damien 143 3 star Alabama
Gray, Jonas 182 72 Notre Dame
Graham, Hubie 188 4 star Illinois
Kemp, Wes 190 3 star Missouri
Smith, Fred 192 173 Michigan State
Wedderburn, Mark 206 3 star Penn State
Edwards, Tyler 207 3 star LSU
Saddler, Cameron 215 4 star Pittsburgh
Deboskie, Covaughn 217 3 star California
Ladner, Spencer 220 4 star California
Pannell, Deon'tae 237 3 star Penn State
Hatcher, Karnell 249 4 star LSU
Sanders, Zebrie 255 128 Florida State
Adams, Spencer 262 113 Clemson
Davidson, Herman 271 3 star California
Hines, Omarius 281 163 Florida
Stanley, Kye 296 130 Oklahoma State
Beachum, Brandon 4 star 81 Penn State
Bushnell, Adrian UR 157 Florida
Ingram, Mark 3 star 189 Alabama
Holley, Jarred 3 star 226 Pittsburgh
Anthony, Marc 3 star 230 California
Carraway, Vaughn 3 star 3 star Temple
Casey, Jurrell 3 star 4 star USC
Woods, D.J. 3 star 3 star Cincinnati
Price, A.J. 3 star 2 star Penn State
Cooper, Keanon 3 star 4 star Texas Tech
Baylis, Martin 3 star 2 star Undecided
Ellis, Reggie 3 star 4 star Illinois
Crawford, Jack 4 star 3 star Penn State
Burrell, Charles 2 star 3 star Michigan State
Hoover, Tyler 3 star 3 star Michigan State
Zietler, Kevin 3 star 3 star Wisconsin
Meyers, Jon 3 star 4 star Princeton
Pantele, Chris 3 star 3 star Boston College
Weinke, John 3 star 3 star Iowa
Scruggs, Greg 3 star 2 star Louisville
Hoseay, Joevall 1 star 2 star Undecided
Green, Robby 4 star 4 star Alabama

Advice for Official Visits

Visitation Rights

Oversigning: What Does it Mean?

Recruiting Gurus/Experts/Rankings

Top 100 for 2008

Lemming's Top 100 for 2008

Lemming's Top 25 by Position Player Ratings for 2008

Top 100-CNN/Sports Illustrated

Scout Top 100

ESPN 150

Rivals 100

Rivals 250

Scout 300

Midwest 100

Bill Buchalter's Palmetto Sports

ESPN Recruiting Briefing Room

High School All-American Game Rosters: January 4, 2009

O/D All-American Bowl Rosters

Detroit News Top 15 Blue Chip Recruits

Detroit News #16-60 Recruits

Detroit Free Press Dream Team Defense

Detroit Free Press Dream Team Offense

Parade All-Americans

Lansing State Journal's Catch 22

Detroit Free Press Best of the Midwest 2008

Detroit Free Press Best of the Midwest: Who missed the Cut

Mitch McCabe's Fab 50

Official Visits (40+)

September

Appalachian State-September 1

Oregon-September 8

Kenny Demens/Mike Cox/Elliot Mealer/Kevin Koger/Christian Wilson

Notre Dame-September 15

John Wienke/Karnell Hatcher (Host: Brandon Herron)

Penn State-September 22

J.B. Fitzgerald/Brandon Smith/Spencer Adams/Sam McGuffie/Marcus Witherspoon

October

Eastern Michigan-October 6

 

Purdue-October 13

 

Minnesota-October 27

November

Ohio State-November 17

Vaughn Telemaque/Herman Davidson/Jurrell Casey/Trevor Robinson/George Morales

January 11-13

 

January 18-20

Terrelle Pryor/Boubacar Cissoko/J.T. Floyd/Brandon Moore/Michael Shaw/Mike Martin/D.J. Woods

January 25-27

Nick Perry (Brandon Graham-Host)/Jaron Brown (JR Hemingway-Host)/Terrence Robinson (Troy Wolfolk-Host)/Taylor Hill (Brandon Herron-Host)//Patrick Omameh/Kevin Koger/Desmond Johnson (James Rogers-Host)/T.J. Lawrence

February 1-3

Dan O'Neill (Host: Vince Helmuth)/Justin Feagin (Host: Brandon Herron)/Kurt Wermers (Host: Steve Schilling)/Kenny Demens (Host: ???)/Isaiah Pead(Not Coming)/Martavious Odoms (Host: Junior Hemingway)/Onterio McCalebb (Host: James Rogers)/J.B. Fitzgerald (Unofficial)/Khiry Cooper (Not Coming)/Roy Roundtree (Host: ???)/Dominick Britt (Host: ???)/Rocko Khoury (Host: Mark Huyge)/Elliot Mealer (Host: Ryan Van Bergen)/Ricky Barnum (Host: Greg Mathews)

This is what happens at the official visits this weekend

The recruits, their hosts and parents meet for breakfast at 9:00 a.m.
- campus tour and academic meetings
- Schembechler Hall and Big House tour, meetings with position coaches.
- weight room/Barwis meeting around mid-day

- possible event: Basketball/Hockey game/Wrestling match/etc.

- hosts and recruits enjoy dinner at Chop House in downtown Ann Arbor or other restaurant

Players not returning for 2008 season (25); 85-58=27-24 commitments=3 total left

Scholarship Seniors and players leaving after 2007 season (25) and possible replacements:

Jamar Adams (Brandon Smith)

Adrian Arrington (Roy Roundtree and Martavious Odoms)

Antonio Bass (Terrence Robinson)

Anton Campbell (Michael Shaw)

Jeremy Ciulla (George Morales)

Shawn Crable (Marcus Witherspoon)

Grant DeBenedictis (Rocko Khoury)

Brandent Engelmon (J.T. Floyd)

Jason Forcier-transfer to Stanford (Steven Threet)-Transfer from Georgia Tech

Brett Gallimore (Kurt Wermers)

Eugene Germany (Michael Martin)-Transfer to Arizona State

Chris Graham (Kenny Demens)

Michael Hart (Sam McGuffie)

Chad Henne (Justin Feagin)

Adam Kraus (Elliott Mealer)

Jake Long (Dann O'Neill)

Ryan Mallett (Kevin Koger)-Transfer to Arkansas

Mario Manningham (Daryl Stonum)-already enrolled

James McKinney-medical, transfer to Louisville (Ricky Barnum)

Chris McLaurin (Mike Cox)

Alex Mitchell (Patrick Omameh)

Cobrini Mixon-transfer to Kent State (J.B. Fitzgerald)

Chris Richards (Brandon Moore)

Justin Schifano (Taylor Hill)

Johnny Sears (Boubacar Cissoko)

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