CHANNING STRIBLING

Plenty of questions surrounding the Michigan offer and commitment for WR-DB Channing Stribling. Why offer a 2 star/NR player who's offer sheet is a who's who of low D1 programs, even some D11 schools as well. Don't worry folks, Michigan's staff is trusted by this Wolverine fan. Look, he' lit it up in Michigan's camp and will receive more attention as he lights up more. He will continue to get more offers and Michigan understands that Stribling, being a 2013 commit, won't see the Michigan field for probably three more years. One more year of high school, another year or two of waiting in the wings of a deep secondary. 6'2" 165 lbs will turn into 6'3" - 6'4" and roughly 185 lbs by the time he see's the field at the next level.


A couple years ago I sit in a press box at a high school game, scouting a couple JR's when a young man started to raise my eyebrows. A kid who had one offer from a MAC school and was a 2 star recruit who didn't blow peoples minds at combines either. Not only did he play on a crappy team who had no heart or coaching, but nobody was talking about him as a playmaker. Their team was being destroyed by another mediocre team, he wouldn't stop motoring through the OL and and wrecking every play. This was late in the fourth quarter when losers give up, take the loss and go home, he wasn't having it. He may have been the best player I witnessed in my five years of evaluating. His name was Roosevelt Nix-Jones. Nix Jones, a low star recruit from Reynoldsburg , Ohio is now an All -American candidate playing at Kent State. Kent State was also the team of Jerome Harrison, an all NFL player. He is a 5'11" 265 lb DT who was the MAC defensive player of the year as a freshman. My point? Just because a kid isn't a combine monster or a 6'5" 300 DT, doesn't mean he isn't a football player. There are a ton of kids like this, Stribling may be the next Nix-Jones.