The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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prep profiles Nation's Top Junior Quarterback Is Eyeing Michigan With three scholarship quarterbacks on pretty much used to it on the coasts." However, Rosen seems pretty used to the the roster in redshirt junior Devin Gardner, redshirt sophomore Russell Bellomy and West Coast, and he's given the strong imfreshman Shane Morris, plus one pledge in pression that's where he'd like to play. Michthe fold in 2015 Richmond (Va.) Collegiate igan or any other Midwest school would School standout Wilton Speight, Michigan have its work cut out trying to convince him continues to search for more. The coaches there's more reason to head to Ann Arbor have started at the top of the list, having than there is to stay in the Golden State. If he does take trips evaluated — and of Josh Rosen fered — Bellflower, away from home, it Calif., five-star Josh ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ will be much later in Rosen, arguably the St. John Bosco High School the process. nation's top quar- Bellflower, Calif. "It's so early, and terback in the 2015 Class: 2015 everything's going to class. change for coaches Position: Quarterback At 6-4, 205 pounds, Ht.: 6-4 • Wt.: 205 and players," he exRosen boasts a big Rivals.com Rankings: Rivals250 to plained. "I just want to sort of see how the arm, good accuracy Watch list season plays itself out, and footwork beyond his years. He amassed 2,802 passing yards then take my visits from there when I have and added 352 on the ground as a sopho- an up-to-date sense of where schools are at." Fresno State and Akron were among the more, showing some ability to move. He's also a likely bet to stay closer to home, first to offer Rosen, but BCS-level programs most analysts and plenty of others close to from across the country have followed suit, his recruitment have said. Stanford is high including the Irish, Tennessee, Vanderbilt on his list, though the Cardinal has yet to and Virginia, in addition to U-M. Pac-12 offer, while Cal and UCLA have made him schools Cal, Oregon State, UCLA and Utah a priority. have also offered. Michigan will be one of his options if he Rivals.com's Adam Gorney saw Rosen in leaves the state of California, while Notre action in early September. Dame, too, is another storied program he'd "The 2015 early five-star prospect did everything again to prove he's one of the best like to see. "There's always that sense of [hesitancy] quarterbacks in the country regardless of getting away from home," he admitted. "But class," he wrote. "Rosen is so smart, cerebral really, my home is the East Coast. I come and competitive that he is a joy to watch. His from an entirely East Coast family, my par- arm is impressive as he zips passes all over ents are Ivy Leaguers, and my sister went to a the field, and he can hit every throw — short, boarding school on the East Coast and she's intermediate or deep … Rosen continues to at Emory now. prove he's a special prospect." "Travel isn't really an issue. My family is — Chris Balas