COMMITMENT PROFILE
fumbles, recovered four fumbles and
broken up one pass. Although his
team has struggled to a 2-9 record, it
has come against a who's who of the
nation's top high school programs.
Eastern Christian Academy has trav-
eled to Texas to take on perennial
power DeSoto, to Ohio to compete
against always-strong Lakewood
St. Edward, and to New Jersey to bat-
tle two-time defending state cham-
pion Paramus Catholic.
According to Honey Badgers
coach Dwayne Thomas, that sched-
ule should help Harding be battle-
tested by the time he arrives in Ann
Arbor. Combined with his natural
athleticism and skills, that prepara-
tion should lead to a big career in the
winged helmet.
"We are playing the toughest
schedule in the country," Thomas
said. "Our young players, guys like
Dele', have taken their bumps, but
we'll be a pretty tremendous team
next year.
"He's a fierce competitor. He's very
technique-sound at inside linebacker
or outside linebacker — he has a
great IQ as it pertains to playing de-
fensive football. He brings a physi-
cality to the game that is equivalent
to all of their linebackers in the Big
Ten."
Harding is the third commitment in
Michigan's 2016 class, joining fellow
four-stars Erik Swenson, an offen-
sive lineman from Downers Grove
(Ill.) South, and Messiah deWeaver,
a quarterback from Trotwood (Ohio)
Madison.
— Tim Sullivan
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