The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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prep profiles U-M One Of Many Being Considered By Texas Linebacker It used to be that pulling a kid pus, however. If it happens, it won't from Texas with a Longhorns offer be until next summer. would be like winning the lottery. "Any offer is really flattering, but Now, though, UT is a program in tur- your first one is flattering, and then moil. That could the first out-of Cameron Townsend open the door state one is really for Michigan ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ flattering," he and others in the Ridge Point High School said. "I was really Lone Star State, Missouri City, Texas excited to get that even with a pros- Class: 2015 offer. pect like highly Position: Linebacker "I'll be going coveted Missouri Ht.: 6-1 • Wt.: 200 to a lot of camps City, Texas, line- Rivals.com Rankings: No. 8 outside next summer, and backer Cameron linebacker in the country and No. 134 while I'm at the Townsend. camp, maybe an overall player nationally Townsend, a unofficial visit. versatile defender with 4.7 speed I'll be at Oklahoma — they have a in the 40-yard dash, has admitted camp in Cypress [Texas]. I'll be at growing up as a Texas fan and has Oregon State, I'll be at USC, and been on the school's campus a num- then obviously Texas and Baylor as ber of times. However, he is open well. If I can make it out to Michigan to going elsewhere, and he has also for their camp or an unofficial visit received interest from U-M, Baylor, maybe, then I'd be really excited for Houston, Oklahoma, Oregon, Or- that. We'd have to look at schedules, egon State and USC. and budgeting and stuff like that." Though not big at 6-1, 200 pounds Townsend has visited Oregon and — some have said he looks more Oregon State, in addition to Texas like a safety playing linebacker — and Oklahoma, and insists he's open Townsend is highly skilled. He's to anyone. good in pass coverage per reports, "I personally don't have a probflies to the ball and is a solid tack- lem going down the street or to the ler and big hitter. During his junior other side of the country," he said. campaign, he notched 42 stops (32 "As long as I can call my family and solo), 13 tackles for loss and three chit chat with them — it's nice to see sacks. them, but they can come to any game Michigan was the first out-of-state whenever I'm in Texas. My family is school to offer, pulling the trigger pretty good with traveling. It'll work in mid-May. The Wolverines have itself out." work to do just to get him on cam— Chris Balas