Yesterday, the Michigan Wolverines picked up the 13th player in their 2009 recruiting class.
Louisiana defensive end DeQuinta Jones is the first end to be brought into the class by Rich Rodriguez and his staff.
The 6'2", 252 pounder isn't tremendously regarded—he's a three star on both Rivals and Scouts—but will at least provide depth to a Michigan program that hasn't pulled in many ends in the past few classes.
Michigan is also after ends Craig Roh (AZ), Chris Bonds (SC), Anthony LaLota (NJ), Keenan Graham (NV), Sam Montgomery (SC), and Will Hill (VA), with eyes out on a few others but no offers to any.
Good news as well on the Kevin Newsome front (credit: http://michigan.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=829032:)
"I'm committed to Michigan," Newsome said. "Me and Bryce McNeal were going around bragging how we're going to beat Randall Carroll, who's going to USC, Cierre Wood, who's going to Notre Dame. We were bragging about things like that."
Newsome said he really hit it off with McNeal.
"It was great to be around a guy that's going to be a future teammate hopefully," he said. "He's a great guy. Bryce is a good, good guy. He's one of my boys now. We're going to really stay in touch."
Seems as though Newsome's time at the academy is really helping his progression. It's also nice that after so much speculation, he stepped up and solidified his verbal.
Of course, it is college football recruiting so nothing is really ever true until they sign that Letter of Intent.
Stay tuned.
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2 months ago
this new class for next year is looking like it is going to be one of the better ones in recent michigan memory...and lloyd carr was known for his recruiting. bring on the richrod era!
from 2 months ago
I think it's going to be even better than the initial perception as Rich is obviously recruiting to his needs and not just going after star rankings. I'm excited about Newsome.
2 months ago
Living in Virginia Beach, right next door to Chesapeake, Virginia, where Newsome lives, I have half a mind to drive over, knock on his door, and shake his hand for committing to the Wolverines. I REALLY hope he sticks with us. Everything I've read about him so far is nothing but good stuff.
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