Another Gholston at Ohio State?

Michigan fans hope that Ohio State doesn't get anymore Gholston family members. Some of you may not know that the No. 1 ranked player prospect out of the state of Michigan this year is William Gholston, who is a 6'7," 237 pound defensive end. As you may have guessed, Williams is the cousin of the former Buckeye and first round draft pick by the NY Jets, Vernon Gholston.

We all remember this, don't we?

Ironically, Vernon is considered one of the biggest busts from last year's draft. He was available for 15 games last year for the Jets and only made 13 tackles. This year, he has a new defensively-minded head coach who said some good things about him during last month's mini-camp: "Ryan said he's pleased with LB Vernon Gholston through three practices. "He's out there flying to the ball," said Ryan. "He has made a couple of sacks. I'm happy he's here."

So will William follow in his cousins footsteps?

That wasn't an option until yesterday, because the Buckeyes hadn't offered the 47th ranked player in the nation. But now they have, and all of the other top programs will have to deal with the Gholston legacy in Columbus. Some of the other top programs that have offered William include Michigan, MSU, Alabama, Oklahoma, LSU, Florida, Florida State, Tennessee, and many others.

Only time will tell what happens in his recruitment, but I'm sure that Rich Rod and staff are going to try to keep the 2010 version of Big Will to stay close to home in Ann Arbor.

The team to beat could be the Spartans, which William once named as his leader.

Getting William on signing day would be huge for Mark Dantonio and the Michigan State program, which are regularly not a factor in recruiting some of the highest ranked players in the country.

• Michigan still needs defensive tackles in the 2010 class: They currently have offered Salt Lake City's Ricky Heimuli, who comes in at 6'4," 280 pounds, and Philadelphia George Washington's Sharrif Floyd, who is 6'3," 294 pounds, and just had a very good performance at the Penn State Nike Camp last weekend.

• Larry Foote has agreed to a one year deal with the Detroit Lions.

• DB Tony Grimes (6'0," 170 lbs.) of Hollywood, FL is sporting a Wolverine offer as well as other programs like West Virginia, Texas Tech, Vanderbilt, Purdue, Oregon, Florida Atlantic, South Florida, Toledo, and Ole Miss.

• Spring football is officially over. What was the single-biggest development? From the Sporting News: "Hayes: Michigan may have found a quarterback, and I stress the word may. Tate Forcier put up those huge numbers against second- and third-team defenders, but he picked up the offense quickly and understands what they want him to do within the scheme. The two guys last year couldn't do that in an entire season."