The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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FOOTBALL RECRUITING it up. The 5-10, 195-pounder ran for 1,735 yards and 25 touchdowns on 264 carries as a junior (6.6 yards per rush), and has visited Ann Arbor multiple times already. The No. 108 overall player and No. 5 tailback in the nation could be a good fit. Michigan fans are already famil- iar with Prattville (Ala.) High School following the commitment of 2015 cornerback/athlete Keith Washing- ton, and the program should remain high on the Maize and Blue's radar. Junior running back Kingston Davis is an unranked three-star, but the 6-1, 225-pounder is a punishing runner already sporting an offer from the Wolverines. If he follows his high school teammate to Ann Arbor, it could be a heck of a grab from a ter- ritory that has traditionally been dif- ficult for Big Ten schools to recruit. FULLBACK Scholarship players in 2015: 2 Seniors in 2015: 1 Needs in 2016: 0-1 Michigan will lose Sione Houma after the 2015 season (along with preferred walk-on Joe Kerridge), but Wyatt Shallman will just be complet- ing his redshirt sophomore season. Given the needs at other positions, Michigan could address fullback through the preferred walk-on pro- gram, unless a can't-miss prospect arrives on the radar. WIDE RECEIVER Scholarship players in 2015: 10 Seniors in 2015: 1 (Dennis Nor- fleet) Needs in 2016: 1-2 Michigan landed a pair of in-state prospects in four-star playmaker Brian Cole and three-star posses- sion/slot Grant Perry. Both have high potential, but U-M can augment their talent in the wide receiver corps with more top-end talent. There won't be many roster slots opening up at the position, so Michigan can focus solely on the best players in the na- tion. Rancho Santa Margarita (Ca- Rancho Santa Margarita (Calif.) Santa Margarita Catholic four-star wide receiver Dylan Crawford is rated as the No. 12 wide- out and No. 66 overall prospect in the country. PHOTO COURTESY RIVALS.COM