The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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COMMITMENT PROFILE FILM EVALUATION Strengths: O'Maury Samuels is built like a brick house, but maintains solid speed and quickness. The strength is certainly there as well, and he flashes the ability to run past, around or through defenders. His high school offense gives him a big workload, which proves his durability despite not being overly big. Areas Of Improvement: Samuels isn't incapable of catching the ball out of the backfield, but it's something he doesn't do very often. His high school of- fense is about 70/30 in favor of the run, so he'll have to hone his receiving skills and route running if he is to be a change-of-pace all-purpose back. As is the case with virtually every high school running back, he'll also have to improve his pass protection skills. Michigan Player Comparison: Samuels compares favorably to Carlos Brown. When Brown arrived in Ann Arbor in 2006, he was 6-0, 200 pounds of chiseled muscle. Samuels has close to the same measurables and is also a physical speci- men in terms of his physique, long speed and overall natural athletic abilities. — Analysis from TheWolverine.com Michigan already has one New Mexican on the roster in redshirt freshman tight end Zach Gentry. Sam‑ uels knew about Gentry from their prep days, but that didn't play a role in why he chose the Maize and Blue. "I knew who he was and that he was from New Mexico," Samuels said of Gentry. "I was at a banquet with him at one time, but I didn't re‑