Scholarship Michigan Football Players-2008 Season

SCHOLARSHIP MICHIGAN FOOTBALL PLAYERS 2008
Offensive Linemen (14)
Dorrenstein, Perry (Backup-Left Tackle)

Huyge, Mark (Redshirt-Potential Starter-Left Guard)

McAvoy, Tim (Potential Starter-Left Guard)

Molk, Dave (Redshirt-Potential Starter-Center)

Moosman, David (Potential Starter-Center)

Ortmann, Mark (Potential Starter-Left Tackle)
Schilling, Steve (Starter-Right Tackle)
Zirbel, Cory (Possible Starter-Right Guard)

Walk-ons: Zac Ciullo, Sean Griffin, Brent Nowicki and Michael Ramirez

Top Offensive Line Pledges for February 1, 2008
Dann O'Neill/Elliott Mealer/Kurt Wermers/Rocko Khoury/Patrick Omameh/Ricky Barnum

Left Tackle	Left Guard	Center	Right Guard	Right Tackle
Ortmann, Mark	McAvoy, Tim	Molk, Dave	Zirbel, Cory	Schilling, Steve
Dorenstein, Perry	Wermers, Kurt	Moosman, David	Huyge, Mark	Nowicki, Bryant
O'Neill, Dan	Ramirez, Michael	Barnum, Ricky	Khoury, Rocko	Omameh, Patrick
		Snapper		Mealer, Elliott
		Griffin, Sean

Running Backs (9)

Brown, Carlos (Possible Starter-Running Back)

Grady, Kevin (Redshirt-Running Back)

Helmuth, Vince (Backup-Power Back)

Horn, Avery (Possible Starter-Speed Back)

Minor, Brandon (Possible Starter-Running Back)

Mark Moundros (Starter-Power Back)

Walk-ons: Mike Milano, Jim Potemba and John McColgan

Top Running Back Pledges for February 1, 2008
Mike Cox/Sam McGuffie/Michael Shaw

Power Back	Running Back
Moundros, Mark	Minor, Brandon
Helmuth, Vince	Grady, Kevin
McColgan, John	Cox, Mike
	Speed Back-APB
	Brown, Carlos or Horn, Avery
	Shaw, Michael
	Robinson, Terrence
	Milano, Mike/Jim Potemba

Quarterbacks (3)
Cone, David (Backup)

Walk-ons: Nick Sheridan (Potential Starter) and Ryan Sheridan

Top Quarterback Recruit Pledges for February 1, 2008

Justin Feagin/Steven Threet

Quarterback

Sheridan, Nick

Feagin, Justin

Threet, Steven

Cone, David

Sheridan, Ryan

Tight Ends (6)
Butler, Carson (Starter)

Massey, Mike (Starter)-Senior

Watson, Steve (Redshirt)

Webb, Martell (Backup)

Walk-ons: Jon Bills and Mike Therman

Top Tight End Pledges for February 1, 2008
Brandon Moore/Kevin Koger

Hybrid Tight End/Receiver

Butler, Carson

Webb, Martell

McLaurin, Chris

Moore, Brandon

Tight End

Massey, Mike

Watson, Steve

Koger, Kevin

Bills, Jon

Therman, Mike

Wide Receivers (9)
Babb, Zion (Redshirt-Wide Receiver)

Clemons, Toney (Possible Starter-Wide Receiver-Left)

Hemmingway, Kenneth (Junior) (Starter-Slot Wide Receiver)
Mathews, Greg (Starter-Wide Receiver-Right)

Savoy, LaTerryal (Backup-Wide Receiver-Left)

Walk-ons: Jon Conover, Marcos Esparza, Ryan Meyers, David Middleton, Ricky Reyes, Jacob Stoll, Ben Sutton, Caleb White

Top Wide Receiver Recruit Pledges for February 1, 2008
Daryl Stonum/Terrence Robinson/Roy Roundtree/Martavious Odoms

Wide Receiver-Left	Slot Wide Reciver/Flanker
Cleamons, Toney	Hemingway, J.R.
Savoy, LaTerryal	Robinson, Terrence
Wide Receiver-Right	Roundtree, Roy
Matthews, Greg	Odoms, Martavious
Stonum, Darryl Middleton, David	Conover, Jon

Defensive Linemen (13)
Banks, Greg (Backup-Defensive End)

Criswell, Andre (Backup-Defensive End)

Ferrara, John (Backup-Defensive Tackle)

Graham, Brandon (Starter-Defensive Tackle)

Jamison, Tim (Starter-Defensive End)-Senior

Johnson, Will (Starter-Defensive Tackle)-Senior
Kates, Jason (Backup-Defensive Tackle)
Patterson, Adam (Starter-Defensive End)

Sagesse, Renaldo (Backup-Defensive Tackle)

Slocum, Marques (Backup-Defensive Tackle)

Taylor, Terrence (Backup-Defensive Tackle)-Senior

Van Bergen, Ryan (Redshirt-Defensive End)

Walk-ons: Will Heinager, Tim North and Tom Pomarico

Top Defensive Line (DT/DE) Recruit Pledge for February 1, 2008
Michael Martin

DE-Strong Side	DT-Strong Side (Nose Tackle)	DT-Weak (Wide) Side	DE-Weak (Wide) Side
Graham, Brandon and/or Patterson, Adam	Taylor, Terry	Johnson, Will	Jamison, Tim
VanBergen, Ryan	Slocum, Marques	Ferrara, John	Criswell, Andre
Banks, Greg	Sagesse, Renaldo	Martin, Mike	Pomarico, Tom
North, Tim	Kates, Jason	Heinager, Will

Linebackers (11)

Evans, Marell (Starter-OLB-SAM)

Ezeh, Obi (Starter-ILB-MIKE)

Herron, Brandon (Redshirt-ILB-WILL)
Logan, Brandon (Backup-ILB-WILL)
Mouton, Jonas (Starter-ILB-WILL)

Panter, Austin (Backup-ILB-MIKE)-Senior

Thompson, John (Backup-ILB-MIKE)-Senior

Walk-ons: William Bostic, Mike Fish, Kevin Leach and Ohene Opong-Owusu

Top Linebacker Recruit Pledges for February 1, 2008
Marcus Witherspoon/J.B. Fitzgerald/Kenny Demens/Taylor Hill

ILB-WILL	ILB-MIKE	OLB-SAM
Mouton, Jonas	Ezeh, Obi	Evans, Marell
Logan, Brandon	Thompson, John	Witherspoon, Marcus
Herron, Brandon	Panter, Austin	Fish, Mike
Hill, Taylor	Fitzgerald, J.B.	Opong-Owusu, Ohene
Demens, Kenny	Bostic, William	Leach, Kevin

Defensive Backs (12)

Brown, Steve (Starter-Free Safety)
Chambers, Artis (Backup-Free Safety)

Dutch, Doug (Backup-Nickel)

Harrison, Brandon (Starter-Nickel)-Senior

Rogers, James (Redshirt-Right Cornerback/Punt Returner)

Stewart, Charles (Possible Starter-Strong Safety)

Trent, Morgan (Starter-Left Cornerback)-Senior

Warren, Donovan (Starter-Right Cornerback)

Williams, Michael (Redshirt-Nickel)

Wolfolk, Troy (Backup-Left Cornerback)

Walk-ons: Tony Anderson, Bobby Centrelivre, Shakir Edwards, Jermaine Jackson, Zach Johnson, Nick Koenighsknecht, Doug Rogan and Karl Tech

Top Defensive Back/Safety Recruit Pledges for February 1, 2008
Boubacar Cissoko/Brandon Smith/J.T. Floyd

RCB	SS	FS	LCB	Nickel
Warren, Donovan	Stewart, Charles	Brown, Steve	Trent, Morgan	Harrison, Brandon
Rogers, James	Smith, Brandon	Chambers, Artis	Wolfolk, Troy	Williams, Michael
Floyd, J.T.	Edwards, Shakir	Tech, Karl	Cissoko, Boubacar	Dutch, Doug
Johnson, Zach	Koenihsknecht, Nick	Rogan, Doug		Anderson, Tony
Jackson, Jermaine				Centrelivre, Bobby

Kickers/Punters (2)-1 offense (PK)/1 defense (P)
Mesko, Zolton (Starting Punter)
Wright, Brian (Starter-Kickoffs/Place Kicker)

Walk-ons: Jason Gingell, K.C. Lopata, Chris Berry, Scott Schrimscher and Jason Olesnavage

Top Placekicker/Punter Recruit Prospects for February 1, 2008

Scholarship Summary

If my math is correct, 14 OL, 9 RB, 3 QB, 6 TE, 9 WR=41 offense; 13 DL, 11 LB and 12 DB=36 Defense. 41+36=77+2 specialists (placekicker/punter)=79. We have 6 scholarships to use for walk-ons, transfers, etc.!!!

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

Jamar Adams (Boubacar Cissoko)

Adrian Arrington (Roy Roundtree)

Antonio Bass (Terrence Robinson)

Anton Campbell (Mike Cox)

Jeremy Ciulla (Taylor Hill)

Shawn Crable (Marcus Witherspoon)

Grant DeBenedictis (Rocko Khoury)

Brandent Engelmon (Brandon Smith)

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

Brett Gallimore (Kurt Wermers)

Eugene Germany (Michael Martin)-Transfer to Arizona State