The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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2015 RECRUITING ISSUE and I speak with Coach Harbaugh or Coach Drevno every three days or so. "It's still early, and you're still trying to build a complete relation- ship with them, but so far, so good. Obviously, they're some of the best coaches in the country, if not the best. I'm very lucky to not only work with some great coaches, but also great people at Michigan." — Brandon Brown PERSONAL Grant Andrews Newsome was born March 2, 1997, in Hamilton, N.J. … Has a maximum bench press of 345 pounds and a maximum squat lift of 465 … Best 40-yard dash time is 5.21 … Lawrenceville Prep has produced Patrick Skov, a Stanford fullback enter- ing his fifth year in 2015. RANKINGS Consensus rating of the four major recruiting services: four-star prospect, the No. 23 offensive tackle nationally and the No. 7 player in New Jersey. STATISTICS Career Totals: Played three seasons of varsity football for the Big Red, ap- pearing at offensive tackle and along the defensive line. Senior Season: Played offensive tackle, defensive end and defensive tackle for a 5-4 Lawrenceville squad that finished 4-1 and in second place in the Mid-Atlantic Prep League … Blocked for a team that produced 4,300 yards of offense in nine games (477.8 yards per contest) … Recorded 25 tackles on defense … Made The Times O f Trenton All-Area football team … Named first-team all-state by N.J.com and first-team All-Mid- Atlantic Prep League for the second year in a row … N.J.com ranked him as the No. 2 player in the state. Junior Season: Played offensive tackle, defensive end and defensive tackle for a 5-3 Big Red team that went 3-2 and finished third in the Mid-At- lantic Prep League … Helped lead an offense that accumulated 3,568 to- tal yards (446.0 yards per game) … Named first-team all-state by N.J.com and first-team All-Mid-Atlantic Prep League. Sophomore Season: Played of- fensive tackle, defensive end and de- fensive tackle for a 5-3 Lawrenceville group that went 4-1 and took second place in the Mid-Atlantic Prep League standings. ALL-STAR GAMES AND CAMPS Participated in the Semper Fidelis GRANT NEWSOME OFFENSIVE TACKLE 6-7 • 280 LAWRENCEVILLE PREP LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. RANKINGS STARS NAT. POS. STATE ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ 191 12 6 ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ 253 27 9 ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ 235 22 5 ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ — 32 7