The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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2015 RECRUITING ISSUE PERSONAL Keith O'Bryon Washington Jr. was born Dec. 20, 1996 … Has been timed at 4.38 seconds in the 40-yard dash … Father, Keith, played at Louisiana Tech and spent time on several NFL prac- tice squads, along with two years in NFL Europe with the Barcelona Drag- ons… The first Wolverine from Prat- tville High School and the first from Alabama since running back Max Mar- tin (2004-05) … Michigan has offered junior teammate Kingston Davis, a running back. RANKINGS The consensus rating of the four major recruiting services: three-star recruit, the No. 64 player prospect in Alabama and the No. 103 athlete in the nation … Rated as the No. 532 player in the Southeast by ESPN.com … Listed as the No. 62 cornerback in the South and No. 4 cornerback in Ala- bama by Scout.com. STATISTICS Career Totals: Played three years of varsity football at Clute (Texas) Brazos- wood before moving to Alabama prior to his senior year … Starting quarter- back for a state runner-up team in his senior season. Senior Season: Started every game at quarterback for an 11-3 team that fell in the Class 7A (largest in Alabama) state title game to Hoover High School … Completed 93 of 162 passes (57.4 percent) for 1,718 yards (18.5 yards per attempt) with 17 touchdowns and six interceptions … Rushed 152 times for 1,201 yards (7.9 yards per carry) and 20 scores … Fumbled eight times, losing six … Ran for a pair of two-point conversions … Named Montgomery Advertiser Class 6A-7A KEITH WASHINGTON ATHLETE 6-2 • 175 PRATTVILLE HIGH SCHOOL PRATTVILLE, ALA. RANKINGS STARS NAT. POS. STATE ✪ ✪ ✪ — 26 16 ✪ ✪ ✪ — 117 32 ✪ ✪ ✪ — 121 164 ✪ ✪ ✪ — 148 45 only major change heading to Ann Arbor. There will be an adapting period, but he'll take well to coach- ing, according to Prattville assistant coach Antonio "Bam" Richards. "He's just very coachable," Rich- ards explained. "He has the blood- lines. His dad played in the NFL [Keith Sr. was a practice squad player for several teams]. He's hard work- ing. He's committed, and he's going to be first there, last to leave. He'll put in extra time on the field to get better. You can chew him out, and the only thing he's going to say is, 'Yes sir, no sir.'" When it came time for the 6-2, 175-pounder to make his college de- cision, Harbaugh was one coach to whom he had no intentions of say- ing, "No sir." — Tim Sullivan