The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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2012 FOOTBALL RECRUITING ISSUE 6-3 • 175 • Wide Receiver • Ladue Horton Watkins High School • St. Louis JEHU CHESSON ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ cruit, the No. 11 player in Missouri and the No. 89 wide receiver nationally by Rivals.com … Awarded three stars by 247Sports.com, and ranked as the No. 8 player in Missouri and the No. 55 wide receiver in the country … Rated as a three-star recruit and the No. 58 wide receiver nationally by ESPN.com … Listed as the No. 7 player in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch post-season Su- per 30, evaluating the state of Mis- souri's top players … Ranked as the No. 46 player in the Midlands (Colo- rado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Utah) by SuperPrep. Brady Hoke's Comments: "He's a born on Dec. 29, 1993 … Sports a max- imum bench press of 225 pounds and a squat of 385 pounds … Runs the 40- yard dash in 4.52 seconds … Becomes the first scholarship Wolverine from St. Louis in the past 50 years. Rankings: Ranked as a three-star re- Personal: Jehu Semi Chesson II was guy that we targeted early. He's got a lot of range to him, and I like his hand- eye skills and how he catches the ball. Tom Lemming of Prep Football Re- " port: "I think he's one of big catches of the year. He doesn't get a lot of publicity, but I gave him four stars. He's a four-star player with five-star potential. He's got great hands, and he's tough as nails as a runner — he's not an easy tackle. He's an elite athlete and has good separation speed. I re- ally liked him a lot. the varsity team, starting at wide re- ceiver three years and defensive back two years … Owns school records for career receptions (129), yards (1,764) and touchdowns (22) … Rushed twice for 21 yards … Tallied 78 tackles, four interceptions and had three fumble recoveries … Averaged 32.0 yards on 21 punts. Senior Season: Started at wide re- Career Totals: Spent four years on " high school … Rushed twice for 21 yards … Had two kickoff returns for 106 yards … Made 57 tackles with two interceptions … Scored on a 17-yard reception, a 70-yard interception and a 91-yard kickoff return in a 58-30 first- round playoff win over Vashon … Ac- counted for nine total touchdowns on the year … Named to the St. Louis Post- Dispatch Suburban East all-conference first team. Junior Season: Started at wide re- sively or defensively for a Rams team that went 6-5 overall. All-Star Games And Camps: Par- ceiver and played defensive back for a Rams team that went 11-2 overall and advanced to the Class 4 quarterfi- nals with a pair of playoff wins … Se- cured 53 receptions for 605 yards (11.4 yards per catch) and 11 touchdowns … Caught eight balls for 112 yards, with touchdowns of 33 and 11 yards, in a second-round playoff victory over Clayton … Had eight tackles and two interceptions on the season … Punted 18 times for an average of 32.7 yards per attempt. Sophomore Season: Played wide receiver and defensive back for a La- due Horton Watkins team that went 10-3 overall and won a pair of play- off games before losing in the Class 4 quarterfinals … Caught 23 passes for 402 yards and four touchdowns … Notched 13 tackles and three fumble recoveries. Freshman Season: Made varsity team but rarely saw the field offen- ticipated in summer football camps at Michigan and Miami in 2009, and Florida and Missouri in 2011 … Went to the Miami Nike Camp in 2011, rank- ing among the top 20 individual per- formances per Rivals.com … Named honorable mention at wide receiver on the Rivals.com 2011 U.S. Army Ju- nior Combine team. Other Sports: Competed in track each of his first three years of high school, specializing in the 300-meter hurdles … Reigning Class 4 Missouri state champion in the event, clocking a time of 37.44 seconds at the 2011 outdoor state meet … Time ranked 31st nationally … Also the reigning champion as part of the 4x200-me- ter relay team … Did not qualify for the 300-meter hurdle finals in 2010 and placed fifth in the relay event … Played basketball as a freshman, soph- omore and junior. Planned Major: Undecided. Favorite Pro Player: Arizona Cardi- nals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald. Other Schools Considered: Iowa and Northwestern. Date Of Official Visit To Michigan: Nov. 25, 2011. Why Chesson Chose Michigan: "I visited for the Ohio State game, and what I saw were the people who would be there every day, how the coaching staff handles their players — Coach [Brady] Hoke does an amazing job with his guys. Him and Coach [Pat] Fitzgerald from Northwestern were the two coaches that really stood out to me. Coach Hoke is just a magnifi- cent guy. ceiver and played defensive back for a Ladue Horton Watkins team that went 8-4 overall and advanced to the second round of the Class 4 state playoffs … Snagged 53 receptions for 757 yards (14.3 yards per grab) and seven scores, with three 100-yard games … His 757 yards rank second for single-season production at his Chesson is ranked the No. 11 player in Missouri by Rivals.com, while ESPN tabs him a three-star recruit and the No. 58 wide receiver in the country. PHOTO COURTESY RIVALS.COM Mike Tarpey's Comments: "He's good with the ball in the air, long, every bit of his 6-3, and he does a really nice job of catching the ball away from his body. His upside is not unlike a lot of high school players that didn't grow up on football. He hasn't been playing it since he was 5 or 6, so he's only at the beginning stages of understand- ing and learning the game. And be- cause of his personality, his coachabil- ity, his physical tools, he will excel. He's a true sleeper. Ladue Horton Watkins Head Coach " " MARCH 2012 THE WOLVERINE 43