The Blue Board

My opinion:

Roy Roundtree (RS Jr - 6'0 176) - He's been on a lot of the "preseason all-big 10" lists, and for good reason. He had a great season, but Big M's concerns are legitimate. Most of his big plays were as a result of Denard's fake run and him being wide open, so we'll see how good his route running is. He has also had a very bad case of the drops (see: OSU game, IIRC) which he has to fix.

Darryl Stonum (Sr - 6'2 195) - His case is very well documented, but I think he plays next year. It's also not out of the question for him to redshirt and take the year off, but we'll see. If he plays, he's probably going to be our top receiver ahead of Roundtree. He's more reliable IMO, has great hands, and is a tremendous return man. I want to make an example out of him disciplinary-wise, but we really need him

Junior Hemingway (RS Sr - 6'1 225) - Our most experienced receiver. He's not really shown much, as I said in my post above, and Michigan really needs him to step up to be the third (or second, if Stonum doesn't play) option. I think he has a lot of potential, and I see a breakout year from him

Martavious Odoms (Sr - 5'8 175) - A couple years ago, Odoms was our top receiver. He was hampered by an injury last year (against you, IIRC) and didn't play much of the year. He's a short, quick guy who will not beat anyone over the top, but can take the short passes and make a lot of guys miss. That's a theme with our receivers, who are great after the catch. That's why we really need to recruit more of a jump ball guy in my mind.

These are our best bets for WR, but other guys to keep an eye on are Je'ron Stokes (Jr - 6'0 193) and our slot ninja clusterf*ck of Grady (RS Sr), Terrance Robinson (RS Jr), Jeremy Gallon (RS So) and Drew Dileo (So)

At TE, we have Kevin Koger (Sr) who will be our go-to guy. One of the leaders of our team, he hasn't had much experience catching the ball in RR's offense, but he'll be used a lot next year. He's also gotta teach some young, inexperienced albeit talented guys. Ricardo Miller (RS Fr) was originally a highly recruited WR before things fell apart, but he's bulked up and could emerge as our second TE. Chris Barnett (Fr) might need to take a redshirt year to recover from an injury he has, but he's got a lot of upside

Sorry for the long write-up, I feel like Rocky!

Thanks?

FWIW, I like Koger as a pass-catcher. He burned our D a few times in 2009.

I didn't think Hemingway produced as much as he did last year, 32 receptions, 593 yards 18.5 YPC, 4 TDs AND he didn't play vs. UConn, ND or tOSU? That's 3/4 of the season. A full year's projection would be 40 receptions, 741 yards and 5 TDs. Did he have injury problems last year? Sounds like this kid could be a really nice weapon. He had 3 monster games too; Indiana (3 catches 129 yards , TD), Iowa (9 catches, 134 yards, 1 TD) and Illinois (6 catches, 104 yards 2 TDs). Seems like when he's on, he's ON. When he's not . . . his next best effort was a 3 catch, 50 yard game vs. Purdue and he had 4 catches for 49 yards in the bowl game.

We'll lose Hemingway, Stonum, Odoms, and Grady, and Terrance Robinson probably won't get his 5th year. Roundtree would need a better year than last year to go pro, which I don't see happening with the new offense, Odoms and Hemingway healthy, and more attention. Him and Denard both need to learn new routes, he probably won't fit as well, and there will be more options at WR

So then in 2012, our WR corps would be: Roundtree, Stokes, Jeremy Jackson, Drew Dileo, Jeremy Gallon, and Jerald Robinson. Which is scary. Hopefully we can add Jordan Payton and Amara Darboh to that list

EDIT: Noticed Due51 has Kelvin Grady as a RS Jr, and I'm pretty sure that's incorrect. He's a 5th year senior

I'm really hoping Je'Ron Stokes shows something this year. If we're going to have a capable WR Corps next year, he needs to step up.

Outside WR:
Stokes
Jackons
Robinson

Slot WR:
Roundtree
Dileo
Gallon

Not much depth there at all...we really need to hit the WR recruiting hard in 2013.

Rocky, it comes down to where Hoke wanted to fix depth. And he chose the trenches instead of WR. Which I'm not arguing with. In a normal class, we probably would have taken three, but we also had a huge need to fill depth at OL, DL, and DB. As long as the two WRs we take are pretty highly rated (our options are basically: Darboh, Payton, Jehu Chesson, Darius Powe, Madaris, and semi-kinda-maybe Stefon Diggs), then I'm ok.

We also have a couple guys already in our sights for 2013, in LaQuon Treadwell (who basically said that he's waiting for an offer and then he'll commit), and ____ (can't think of the first name) Oliver out of TX who will probably be hard to pull out of Texas, but we've made an impression at least

EDIT: Man, I've gotta work on typing faster. That's the second time someone's beaten me to a response while I'm typing.. Time for finger workouts

It was said the other day that Nebraska might actually lead for Madaris now. I think it came from someone at Scout, but it could of been from someone at Rivals.

That's probably smart; I guess I was under the impression you guys were taking over 25 guys, and were already done with OL, TE, DL, LB and weren't taking a QB. That leaves DB (I think you have 3 already signed, plus 5 I think from last class, can't imagine taking more than 1 more), RB, WR left. Figure you take 1 DB, 1-2 RBs (not counting your FB here) and 2-3 WRs. Or you take 1 more OL, and reduce the # of another position by 1.

Just seems weird to completely neglect the skill positions for an entire class, no matter how bad your OL/DL are. If I were a UM fan, I'd pray hard the Rawls/Hayes works out well, because it may be another 2 seasons before you get a quality RB (assuming no high level RBs commit this year, there's still time).

SpartanRocky,

We are not done on the DL. We still need at least one DT in this class but hoping for 2. Also, looking for one more OL. that would put us at 23 or 24 right there. Just recently they have said they want another high caliber corner. I still think they are looking for a running back for this class as well.

The coaches were saying 25 or 26 a while back. There has been some unsuspected attrition so who knows they might be able to get to 27. There has already been some medical redshirts given so we stand at like 22 maybe 23 available right now. I wouldn't be suprised to see a couple transfers and a couple guys not be given a fifth year.

I'd assume your 2013 class would be closer to 20 then? 26 is still a lot, and you guys haven't had a ton of guys leave right away like you did under RichRod. You guys have been recruiting very well, so I'm not knocking on the quality of guys being brought in, but I do question, in a class where you're taking 26, why there isn't a bit more balance. Not taking a QB seems very odd, even with Morris committed for 2013.

For 2013 i think we are looking at 18-20.

You sort of trolled your own Michigan thread.
There's a time and a place. I'm pretty sure this was neither.