The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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prep profiles Arizona Tackle Is Back On The Market Although he made an early commit- Nebraska, Notre Dame and Stanford. ment to USC, pledging to the Trojans Michigan offered Tucker prior to his iniJuly 18, 2012, that wasn't the end of the tial commitment to USC, and although recruiting process for Chandler (Ariz.) the Wolverines' offensive line class has Hamilton 2014 offensive lineman Casey mostly filled up since then, he doesn't Tucker. The 6-6, 280-pounder decom- want to eliminate any options. mitted from the "Really, I'm open Casey Tucker Trojans and re-ento whoever is intered the world of ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ terested in me," he recruiting. said. "If Michigan Hamilton High School "I just told [USC] Chandler, Ariz. continues to show I'm opening things Class: 2014 interest, I will defiup," Tucker said Position: Offensive Tackle nitely take a look." April 24. "I'm still Ht.: 6-6 • Wt.: 280 The question is considering them, Rivals.com Rankings: No. 4 player in Ar- whether Michigan of course. I just izona, No. 10 offensive tackle nationally is still looking at wanted to take and No. 74 overall player in the country offensive linemen this decision a little in the 2014 class. more seriously and make sure I get it Tarpon Springs (Fla.) East Lake four-star right." Mason Cole and Paramus (N.J.) Catholic The four-star rushed through the pro- three-star Juwann Bushell-Beatty are cess the first time around and wanted to already in the fold, and U‑M's coaches take a step back to evaluate all his op- have slowed down pursuit of other linetions. Since his initial pledge to the Tro- men. However, if head coach Brady Hoke jans didn't stop other schools from calland offensive line coach Darrell Funk ing, he didn't want to close any doors. "I thought I would just get [a commit- feel the need to pursue a true tackle ment] over with and get the process prospect, interest in Tucker could be reout of the way because it gets kind of ignited. They might need to act soon if busy, but that didn't really happen," that's in the plans. Tucker said. "I didn't get left alone at all. "I've kind of been trying to take a break So now I am just going to take my time a little bit and trying to eliminate some and make sure I'm really happy with my schools off my list," he said. "I'm really trydecision." ing to slow down everything. I'm trying Tucker was a two-year participant in to focus on my grades and my season." the Rivals Five-Star Challenge, showTucker noted he prefers to stay in the ing his stuff against several other top West, but Michigan is among a few prorecruits in the country. His balance of grams he has expressed true interest in run and pass blocking has him highly potentially heading east for. coveted by programs such as Arizona, — Tim Sullivan