RECRUITIN HEATS UP!

Picturesd above are the no.2 and no.3 ranked LB's in the country on each side. Royce Jenkins Stone on the left and James Ross on the right. In the middle is top ten CB Terry Richardson. All three are from Detroit and have committed to Michigan.

Now that the regular season is over, coaches enter one of the busiest times of the year, recruiting. With just a little over two months until signing day and plenty of players left to choose from, it becomes an absolute frenzy for coaches to sell their programs. I have experience in scouting and evaluating talent so this is one of my favorite times of the year.

I worked for "THE FORBES REPORT RECRUITING SERVICE" for five years. This is a national recruiting service, it caters to all college coaches from major D1 to DIII schools. I scouted for a man named Brandon Duplain from Illinois who was the midwest recruiting coordinator for Terry Forbes. My job was to cover central Ohio and focus mainly on the Columbus City league. My blog will cover recruiting until signing day. I am credible in scouting and have evaluated every top player in Ohio and surrounding states for 2012 and the past five seasons. If you are interested in recruiting, stay up to date with my blog because it will get interesting. Let's get some things out of the way.

I will start by saying that Urban Meyer to Ohio is a huge get for them and he will make the conference more credible and interesting immediately. I am pretty sure ohio has about 16 commitments so far for 2012 and have around for or five schollies left to give out. Meyers first commit came this morning from a 2 star WR out of Lakeland Fla. Just to refresh peoples memory, Lakeland High School was Meyer's stomping ground at Florida and I think this is his way of saying "I'm back Lakeland".
Ohio's recruiting class is interesting considering three different coaches have been involved in it. Tressel has some of his commitments there while Fickell has a few and now Meyer will finish recruiting the class himself. Things of interest to keep an eye on here. Se'von Pittman, who has committed to MSU has been thinking of switching his commitment to ohio. Now that Meyer is there, look for him to visit real soon. I would almost expect a switch by him. Pittman is huge at 6'4" and 270 LBS, a bit of a hothead but is intense and athletic. Another big deal is 5 star RB Brionte Dunn out of Canton Glen Oak. He has been committed to ohio for a while but has been up to Ann Arbor the last two weeks with cousin and Michigan commit (2013)RB/S Dymonte Thomas. What is interesting is that Dunn was on Michigan's sidelines during the ohio vs. Michigan game. He is a bigger back at 6'1" 220lbs and fits into Hoke's offense well when Denard leaves. Sources say he is leaning blue but Meyer could possibly sway him. I don't think he is a spread RB though.


Here are the Big Ten teams who are in the national recruiting rankings according to Scout.com.

1. Michigan - Michigan currently has 23 commitments with players like no.1 Ohio OL KYle Kalis, no.2 and 3 ranked LB's nationally with James Ross and Royce Jenkins stone out of Michigan and also 6'6" 285 LB OL Erik Magnuson from California.

14. Ohio - they have 16 commitments led by last weeks commitment from Cincinatti Taft DE Adolphus Washington. Washington is a five star player who reminds me of Julius Peppers. He is 6'6" 245 lbs and is an absolute bitch to deal with. One of my favorite players in the class is 4 star RB Warren Ball out of Columbus Desales. I have ball ranked as my no.1 RB in the state because he is so versatile with strength, speed, quickness and he can catch the ball. Meyer will love him, he fits right into his kind of offense.


22. PSU - I don't know how many players will leave because of the crap that is going on there but they have a quality class. 5 star DE Noah Spence leads this class and DB Armani Reeves is a hard hitting safety from the Maryland area.


25. MSU - Mark Dantonio has done a great job recruiting ohio. He first recieved a commitment from OL Benny Mcgowan out of Centerville. Mcgowan is the best OG in the state of ohio, he is a great get for MSU. He also recieved a commitment from Canton's Se'von Pittman who was huge but he may lose him to ohio, keep an eye on this.