Wolverine Wednesday: Looks at Michigan Prospects in the Top 250

Rivals new top 250 is now out and Michigan has plenty of prospects on the list including verbal commit Brennen Beyer from Plymouth at No. 194.   Other prospect that are considering Michigan between 100-250 include:

• No. 222 Austin Traylor
• No. 210 Darian Cooper
• No. 196 Chris Bryant
• No. 188 Mickey Johnson
• No. 159 Avery Walls
• No. 156 Blake Countess
• No. 148 Deion Barnes
• No. 127 Aundrey Walker

Michigan fans, don't hold your breath on the DeAnthony Arnett announcement tonight.   DeArnthony has been having some fun on Twitter that past couple of days, but expect an announcement for either MSU or Tennessee.   I give Tennesse looks to be the winner.

Today is the start of the early signing period for basketball.  Michigan is expected to sign two players:  Carlton Brundidge, a 6'1", 200 pound shooting guard from Southfield, MI.  He is rated the No. 73 player in the country.  Also Trey Burke, a 6'1", 160 pound point guard from Columbus, OH, is a Scouts 3-star prospect.

Michigan's class might not be done, with one big fish still in the pond. No. 36 Amir Williams, a 4-Star center (6'9", 210 lbs.) from Detroit Country Day, is still deciding.  Michigan has been recruiting him for awhile and was in town last Saturday.  He is visiting Ohio State this weekend and will announce his choice next week.  It seems down to Michigan, Purdue, Florida and OSU.

Michigan has the fifth-rated class in the Big Ten right now.

Other News and Notes

• Sammy Watkins is a new Army All-American and will play in the All-Star game.

• Michigan's Football Facebook page has 300,000 likes. 

• Roy Roundtree was the co-offensive Big Ten Player of the week.  This is big week for Roy, since he was orgnianlly committed to Purdue before changing his mind on signing day. 

• Threet having an up and down year with ASU: Michigan transfer Steven Threet continues to produce mixed results in his first season with Arizona State. He threw three touchdowns for the fourth time, but had multiple interceptions for the fifth time. "Just too much up and down," Threet said. "I just need to play more consistent and help the team more."

• Dee Hart and his Dr. Phillips teammates are breaking records down in Florida.  Through nine games, Hart has 1,434 rushing yards to break the school single-season record of 1,351 set by Aaron Layne in 1992. He also now owns the Metro Conference career touchdown mark at 32 and he is closing in on a milestone 6,000 all-purpose yards with 5,999. Hart and his teammates have scored 476 points with only West Orange to go this Friday. Those numbers break the Class 6A state scoring record, previously held by Miami Northwestern.