The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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prep profiles Cal Commit Is Looking At U-M Michigan's coaching staff pursued official visit to Ann Arbor Dec. 13. a who's-who of top running back "My reaction was not necessarily prospects to begin the 2014 cycle, but shocked, but I didn't really know the realistic options for U-M have that they were going to do it," Enbeen pared down over the course of were said of his U-M offer. "There the fall. That's where Missouri City wasn't really a sign that they were (Texas) Fort Bend Austin runner Vic about to offer. They were recruitEnwere comes ing me, but they Vic Enwere in. didn't give me a Although he ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ timetable to when made an early Fort Bend Austin High it would happen, commitment to School it just came. It was the University Missouri City, Texas a good thing hearof California, Class: 2014 ing it; it's always Enwere is con- Position: Running Back an honor to get an sidering mul- Ht.: 6-1 • Wt.: 212 offer from a school t i p l e o p t i o n s Rivals.com Rankings: No. 62 player in that's highly rec— i n c l u d i n g Texas and No. 45 running back nationally ognized for the Michigan. The sport." 6-1, 212-pounder is ranked as a threeIt's no surprise that Michigan came star prospect and the No. 45 running in with the offer when they did. Enback in the nation by Rivals.com, were rushed for more than 2,300 and the Wolverines have a real shot yards and 34 touchdowns during his to sway him away from the Golden final year of high school, and the imBears. provement from his junior year was "I'm considering other schools, and apparent on film. I have always been," he explained. "I With the Wolverines' unsteady made my commitment and the fact situation at running back — starter that's the school I want to single out, Fitzgerald Toussaint graduates, and and if nothing were to change that's only rising sophomores Derrick where I would go. Green and De'Veon Smith have taken "Is Cal still my frontrunner? Yeah, meaningful game reps in 2013 — a they are, but I am taking other vis- highly productive player with upits and looking at other schools. You side is one they were willing to take never know what life has to offer." a chance on. Cal hasn't been elimiMichigan was a latecomer to the nated, though, and Enwere will take party, extending him a scholarship his first-ever visit to Berkeley Jan. 24. offer in mid-November. Still, thanks Comparing the two schools should to the relationships he's built with be the final phase in his recruitment. the Wolverines, he elected to take an — Tim Sullivan