Name: Bennie Coney
Location: Plant City, FL
Position: QB
Ratings: ESPN – 150 Watch List; Rivals – NR*; Scout – 3*
Current Interest: Level three – Michigan has made his initial top six
Offers: Michigan, Auburn, Florida State, Michigan State, South Carolina, Rutgers, Purdue, Minnesota and Texas Tech
Stats: Currently weighs around 205lbs at 6’1 and runs the forty yard dash in 5.1 seconds? (probably inaccurate going by his film) . As a junior he threw for over 1000 yards with around 11 TD’s; he only played in four games.
Film Highlights: Link here.
Recruiting Intro: First off, he only played in four games because he was actually kicked off his team for an incident involving a teammate, so there’s something to watch out for. Early on in the recruiting process he has a top six of Notre Dame, Michigan, FSU, LSU, Virginia Tech and Auburn, so going by this, Michigan is well in with a chance. However, his does describe Florida State as his dream school, and that could be hard to overcome for the Wolverines; still early days though.
Recruiting Updates: N/A
Zeke Pike seems better
ReplyDelete@Edi...Coney is at Pike's level. And we're not getting Pike anyway, so people should stop freaking out over him.
ReplyDeleteI don't see why we couldnt get Pike, and Coney is in love with FSU so he's probaley going there.
ReplyDeleteConey's love for FSU is way over-exaggerated. He did an interview a couple of years ago and said that...his actions haven't backed up his talk. He's open, and is by no mean an FSU lock.
ReplyDeletePike's not coming here. He has offers from just about everyone and is looking for early playing time. Depending on DG's redshirt, he'd be facing 2-3 years on the bench if he came here. Don't get your hopes up, he's not coming here. I'll eat my hat if he does.
2 years to develop, thats what he would be facing just about everywhere he would go. We've been accustomed lately under RR to expect that we won't land the top prospects, Hoke will change that. Under Carr we snagged Chad Henne that was a top 10 recruit, no reason we shouldnt be able to get Pike. Hope you enjoy the hat.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny to read the back n forth arguments over Pike on Superbowl Sunday. Are tots & mustard provided with the hat combo guys ?
ReplyDeleteFirst off, if he gets his redshirt like people expect, it'll be three years. No top QB wants to see that. Even if it ends up like that, they're not going to go to a school with a 5* QB a year of eligibility ahead of them. People are expecting a high caliber QB to come in next year, it's probably not going to happen. We'll most likely end up with a project guy like Robert Gregory or Wes Lunt.
ReplyDeleteSecond, we were on Henne for a long time and he had M connections. It is in no way the same situation. Your expectations are way too high, people are way over-hyping Hoke's recruiting ability. He's good, but he's not going to land every kid he wants. We have a good class coming this year, but Pike won't be coming here.
Jack Slice is right - Pike isn't coming. There was no starter blocking Henne when he committed to Michigan - he just had to compete against Guttierez. Pike would be behind both Denard and Gardner next year. Furthermore, Henne wasn't as highly rated as Pike. Finally, a lot has changed since then - first year starters are far more common in general and Michigan's prestige isn't nearly what it was a couple years after the '97 title. Think about the last 4 QB starters before Henne: Griese, Brady, Henson, Navarre - all NFL QBs. Now, its Sheridan, Threet, Forcier, Robinson - probably no NFL QBs there.
ReplyDeleteMichigan isn't going to get a top 5 national QB right now unless the kid has some sort of tie to the school.
Coney likely won't leave the south. He's got some personal issues as well, as he was kicked out of high school. A premium talent, but not sure the Michigan staff will look at him, especially moving to the pro-style offense.
ReplyDeleteYou people say how a QB wont go to a school where a 5* guy has a year of eligability left but you seem to forget the fact that USC has done it every year since i was old enough to follow recruiting(only 17 following for 4 years). they get really good qbs every year and then they have their pick of which rich kid they want to start the next year
ReplyDelete@Jeff...he wasn't kicked out of school...he was suspended from the football team. There's a major difference there.
ReplyDelete@Logan...It's USC...that's the main point there. Again, we're overhyping Hoke's recruiting. He could be the best recruiter out there, but in the mind of a high schooler, Michigan is still a far cry from USC. USC can get 5* quarterbacks whenever they want them because they are USC, a dominant QB breeding ground. Just because USC can do it, doesn't mean we have the same opportunity.
@Jack... What about USC? I understand that they are elite but historically so is Michigan? QB U? Just because we had some down years under Rich Rod doesn't mean all that tradition vaporates. We can recruit well.
ReplyDeleteI do agree that having Denard Robinson and Devin Gardner on board will make things more difficult, of course.
ReplyDeleteI agree that, in time, we can re-establish that reputation. But it takes time, as in more than just a year.
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