Position: WR
College: Clemson
Recruitment: Michigan was seemingly in a great position for Sammy Watkins entering the fall of last year. He'd already visited for the spring game and planned to come back for an official visit. UM also had his teammate Dallas Crawford committed. The offense was looking explosive in September, and it looked like Watkins would end up in the class. Unfortunately for UM, things went downhill from there, and Watkins jumped for Clemson.
Clemson: At Clemson, Watkins has already established himself as a starter, and one of the most feared receivers in the ACC because of his speed and agility. Through four games he has a whopping 28 catches and 433 yards receiving, with 6 of those catches being TDs! He even has 92 rushing at over 6 yards per carry. He's looking like one of the top receivers in the nation already, and if he keeps his pace up, he's sure to break records at Clemson.
What could have been: Well it seems like Denard could definitely have used a player like Watkins in the passing game this year. Remember all those deep overthrown passes Denard has made? Well Watkins would have had the speed to catch them! He can stretch the defense, and can also be useful in yards after the catch. UM needs a stud receiver, and they almost had one in Watkins...
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Watkins a beast. Did Diggs trim his list down?? Diamond and the Badgers make a good fit. Remeber Cardale Jones?? Looks like he commited to OSU (Which perplexes me: thought he was being recruited last year as a senior for RR). With Lacy and Richardson tearing it up, don't think Dee Hart would have significant PT even though he has an injury. And Fifa 12 is the shit (Good Way).
ReplyDeleteHaha, my housemate is buying Fifa 12 this week for us, hope ill be on that all week!
ReplyDeleteThere are a load of freshman contributers that were close to picking Michigan, next in the series will be another WR, DeAnthony Arnett.
He does not play in the SEC.
ReplyDeleteDo anthony zettel.. he went to my high school and i played football with him. he played left tackle and i played left guard :p
ReplyDeleteThanks Rellez, typo.
ReplyDeleteIf Zettel has started some games or seen decent playing time, I'll do a post on him.
ReplyDeleteIf anyone is interested, and has the ability to watch Fox Sports Ohio, Monty Madaris plays tonight. It's a huge game with undefeated #2 in the state Moeller vs. undefeated #10 in the state LaSalle. The game starts at 7:00 if I'm not mistaken.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know if UM is still in the running for Stefon Diggs? I thought I remember hearing that he had been saying some positive words about UM's chances a little while back.
ReplyDeleteNo, UM will not get Stefon Diggs. He's got some academic issues, or at least he did in the past and I don't know if they've been cleared up; plus he has a long list of schools he prefers to UM.
ReplyDeleteIf you didn't get a chance to watch Monty Madaris last night, WOW. This kid is a beast. He was a man among boys out there. In a rain soaked contest, Madaris reeled in 197 yards and 3 TD's. He leads the city of Cincinnati in receiving yards and touchdowns, and has 501 yards in his last 3 games. Madaris isn't doing this against inferior competition either. Teams in the GCL South play some of the toughest schedules in the entire country. If I were Hoke, I'd be solidifying this young man ASAP.
ReplyDeleteIn Twitter news.....Shane Morris called Wyatt Shallman(sp?) A future Michigan commit and his response was ";)"
ReplyDeleteJust putting that out there
that is a very good question to ask right now where are they now, I read on a price per head site that Sammy Watkins was going to retire, but I do not know if that is really true
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