Sunday 8 May 2011

Commitment Profile: Pharaoh Brown

Name: Pharaoh Brown

Location: Lyndhurst, OH

Position: DE

Ratings: ESPN – NR* (40), Scout – 3*, 247 Sports - 4*

Recruitment: Pharaoh Brown has a pretty impressive offer list and was also hearing from some big time schools like Ohio State and Oregon. Michigan got in on him early, and after he visited Ann Arbor early in the spring, he soon named the Wolverines as his leader. After a surprise visit in May, Brown committed along with fellow DE prospect Mario Ojemudia, proving that commitments really do come in pairs for Michigan. Other schools in the mix were UNC, MSU and WVU.

Offers: Michigan, Michigan State, Illinois, Arizona State, Boston College, Colorado, UConn, UNC, Nebraska, Louisville, West Virginia, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Vanderbilt and others.

Stats: Currently stands at 6’6 and 220lbs, with no reported time in the forty yard dash (he looks fast on film). As a junior he made 49 tackles (13 for loss), seven sacks, three pass breakups and two forced fumbles whilst also playing quarterback and a little TE.

ESPN Analysis: None available.

Scout Analysis: None available.

Improvements: Pending the analysis, but needs to get bigger for sure.

Film Highlights: Link here.

Final Thoughts: Pharaoh Brown is a very intriguing prospect, as he looks great on film but is still miles away from his full potential. Once he fills out his frame, he could be a pass rushing machine at Michigan. The general view here is that he’s underrated, and his overall upside warrants a higher grade. FWIW, 24/7 Sports has him as a top250 prospect and a four star.

Brown, like Ojemudia, is almost certainly heading for a redshirt to give him time to bulk up, but after that his superb athleticism should allow him to work his way into the rotation early.

With Brown and Ojemudia now on board, Michigan probably only wants to take one more defensive end, and that would be a bigger guy, like Chris Wormley (hopefully). But with two D-Lineman committing on the same day, this might cause a rush to commit amongst the others.

Brown is yet another Michigan commit who had an MSU offer, sending a lot of Michigan State fans into meltdown, as they thought they had a good shot early on in his recruitment.

29 comments:

  1. I am making this prediction right now... Brown has at least one double digit sack season in his career at Michigan.

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  2. Benji,
    I just recently discovered your blog and I love it. I had been trying to follow other sites, but they all require pay. So thank you for the hard work you put into this blog.

    I had one question, and I do not know how much information you can give so I will keep it basic. What is the timeline on this silent commit you keep mentioning? Sooner or later...I understand why you cant say much, but I am itching for something! :)

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  3. Well I think the news came out exactly 3 weeks ago, and back then I said it would take the kid 3-4 weeks to announce it....so its going to be soon!

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  4. Welcome to the board Jason! This blog I think is the best one out there. With Benji's great updates and recruiting knowledge and pretty much everyone that post on here are really cool! I think you'll find this blogs usual posters to be great people and not have an agenda like some blogs do.

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  5. Lol, thanks for the kind words Worm, always appreciated! Go blue!

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  6. Yes welcome Jason. This a very cool blog Benji does a great job on keeping us Michigan fans up to date. So thanks Benji I quess we can't say that enough.

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  7. back to the silent commit,are we all in agreement that it's Godin? I mean Benji said he is a instate kid that plays defense so that leaves Godin and Richardson. I don't really see TR committing this early.

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  8. I know we have a silent commit, but what happened to the "secret" commit that was mentioned a week or so ago? Do we still have to prospects waiting in the ranks? And perhaps I should be talking to Chris Barnett instead of this board, but what was all that about a kentucky commit? Ya know this class is looking so good it almost feels greedy talking about more and more talent...almost.

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  9. Worm,
    Jason here...Thanks for the kind words...I have followed Michigan recruiting pretty close for the last 4 or so years, so it nice to find a board like this!
    Benji,
    Thanks forthe information on the silent commit.

    I am also curious about this "secret" commit that Jut is talking about?! :)

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  10. The secret commit was something talked about by Chris Barnett on Twitter. If you don't already know, Chris Barnett is recruiting a lot of guys to Michigan, in fact at least four of our current commits have spoken in depth with Barnett before committing.
    The secret commit is just that, secret. I don't know who it is, although I'm pretty sure he's not from Kentucky, if he even exists at all.

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  11. Welcome Jason. This is a great place thanks to Benji and every contributor. It's a smart crowd and even when we have different opinions, friendly and civil. This is the most excited I've been for my Saturday drive into A2 in a few years. This old man feels like a kid.

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  12. Good to hear Jason that you have been following recruting the last few years,you will add a lot to the threads! I follow as close as I can but if it wasnt for Benji and Mgoblog the last few years I would be lost! So Benji do you know who the "secret" commit is or might be??

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  13. I could only guess, got a couple guys in mind.

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  14. I'm going out on a limb and saying it'sthe O-Linemen from Washington. Isn't he a 5* tackle? Wishfull thinking huh lol By the way Benji on your twitter feed do you have a text alert like TomVH does?

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  15. nevermind Benji,I need glasses I just found your text alerts on twitter lol

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  16. With these 2 commits, do you feel that Matt Godin will commit somewhere other than Michigan??

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  18. No, because Godin is either a strongside DE or a DT. Brown and Ojemudia are weakside DEs, they won't be competing with Godin

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  19. dont mean to be a downer and im very excited about how recruitings going, but it kind of seems like we just have more prospects than a lot of schools, but if were talking really elite programs, we really only have 2 commits that picked us over the usc's,osu's,bamas etc. were clearly beating msu for recruits, but so far anyways, this does not seem like a top 15 class once everyone has the same amount of recruits. obviously if we add 4 or so other top 150 prospects than ignore this, but i don't think all the excitement is justified quite yet.

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  20. The thing about picking up commitments early is that it allows the coaching staff to focus on 2013 recruiting even more, giving them a head start on programs who are still worried about their current class.
    Come February there's probably not going to be a mad rush to finish off the class like last year, instead they'll be pushing guys like Shane Morris to commit early.

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  21. good point, but we're definitely off to a very fast start. do you think the staff might slow down and zero in on more specific targets or are we just going to ride the momentum and take commitments as they come

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  22. Well there should be at least two commitments this week, with Godin and Thompson announcing, plus Standifer is visiting. But after that, yeah, things should slow down as they get more picky about who they recruit the heaviest.

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  23. Do you think that if there is an influx of commitments and then later in the year guys like wormley want to commit we would pull the verbal offer from a lower rated player for a guy with a higher rating? this may be a low life thing if you think like that but i think this is the plan all along. to get as many offers out as we could then gauge the intrest of the prospects and then not send out a written offer till we know how good they truely are and how much they are truely interested

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  24. Well if the low rated guy is committed, Michigan won't pull the offer, even if it was only a verbal one.

    If he's not committed, then it's perfectly acceptable to pull the offer from him.

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  25. I'm not even sure Michigan will pull the offers of recruits, they probably just won't recruit them that hard.

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  26. Hoke, was talking about getting Beefyer up front, but it seems like all the defensive recruits are all undersize, the heaviest being brown at 220lbs. is it that eaasy to bulk up once you hit the college weight training program? because these guys will have to gain atleast 25-35 more lbs to be able to play big 10 football.

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  27. Well from here on out, all commitments on the D-Line will be from much bigger prospects. Weak side DE is the smallest guy on the D-Line, and thats where Brown and Ojemudia play, so it's alright if they are a little undersized right now.

    Strength and Conditioning coaches know what they are doing, and they will have a couple years to help Ojemudia and Brown add the weight, it shouldn't be a big concern.

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  28. beside a very nice and humble fella, Pharaoh Brown is a very special player and I think he will be one of the super stars in this sport in the following years



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