Michigan Welcomes Its 20th Commitment for 2010

Mgoblog and Michigan's Rivals site is reporting that Carvin Johnson, a safety from New Orleans, has committed to the Wolverines.

Carvin is 6'1", 195 pounds and runs a reported 4.68 forty. He is not rated on any of the major recruiting services.

The Freep weighed in a couple of weeks ago on Carvin's visit:

Michigan was one of the first to recognize Johnson’s talents. “It was early on in the spring that they offered me,” Johnson reported. “They say I fit pretty well in their defense. If I were to go there, I would get a chance to play early on." ... Besides U-M, Johnson has received scholarship offers from Minnesota, Utah, Tulane and Tulsa.

The Times-Picayune is also reporting that he also had offers from Colorado and SMU and that he is fully qualified academically. He was recruited by Fred Jackson on Michigan's staff.

He is rated the No. 48 player in the state on NewOrleans.com. His high school coach also gave us some information on Carvin:

Rummel coach Jay Roth said Johnson is a player who is effective in both pass coverage and run support.“ He’s a 6'1", 195-pound safety who is very aggressive and physical,” Roth said.

Carvin Johnson has done everything we could possibly ask for—help at wide receiver on offense, stars at defensive back and has returned three punts for touchdowns.

“First of all,’’ Roth said, “everybody who knows Carvin or who has been around him knows that he’s as good of a person as he is a football player. That’s a compliment to him and his momma. Football-wise, he’s a ballhawk. He’s always around the football making plays.’’

So if you're a Michigan fan, you're probably in one of two camps:

Camp 1: Why are we taking non-ranked players and the No. 48 player in the state of Louisiana?

Camp 2: Michigan needs all the help we can get at safety, and Carvin is a welcome addition to the class of 2010.

BHB Take: I'm more in Camp No. 2. Sure, I would love Carvin to be a four-star prospect and one of the top 10 safeties in the class, but Michigan needs all the help they can get in the defensive backfield.

I also wonder how Rivals, Scouts, and ESPN can cover all the top athletes playing high school football in the nation. I don't believe they can. I'm also pretty sure colleges don't use those services and have their own recruiting database services.

If he was such an "unknown," how did Utah, Minnesota, Colorado, and Tulsa find out about him? If it's true that Michigan offered him back in the spring, they must have known of him for some time.

This leaves five spots at the most for the 2010 class. Michigan needs all those spots for defensive help. Linebackers, safeties, and cornerbacks, come on down!