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I know a DT from Florida also, just a minute and I will look it up.

Edit: You already named the DT from Florida, Jay-nard Bostwick.

http://247sports.com/Player/Jay-nard-Bostwick-14863

I was and still am not an Edwards bandwagoner. I do think he could end up being good just do not see him in the new system. One the otherhand most people were not to excited about Norfleet and he is one of our biggest impact freshman.

I thought he eliminated us entirely.

So .... excuse me if this has been discussed. J. Bostwick is visiting Michigan on Jan. 18th. He has only 2 officials currently scheduled - Michigan and Alabama. He has an offer list that makes you drool.

Anyone hearing what our realistic shot is here? Honestly, I missed this one.

The fact we are getting an OV from an elite in the south is a nice complement. He may have a leader, but to give Michigan an OV so late in the cycle provides a great opportunity. He could have chosen many other stud programs on his offer list, but decided on us for one.

The thing is, Bostwick is visiting Alabama on January 11th. Chances are less than 50% that he actually makes it up for his scheduled visit to Ann Arbor the next weekend.

He's also not an elite talent. Look at his offers. Cal, Minnesota, and Iowa

Any news on Yuri Wright transfering & filling in for JT Floyd @ the bowl game ?...

Urban riding Coach Hoke's coattails again. They just offered Skipper tonight per Clint

This is absolute BS...not because I dont think its true, but this is only a possibility because we cant land any playmakers at positions more of need. Why cant we get another playmaker instead of a 7th OL? So we essentially would take a 7th OL because we cant get anybody else? How about another WR, DL....not just some under the radar prospect, but someone legit on a national level. It looks like we are dealing with scraps to fill the class up to 27-28 (the last 2-3 spots). I understand that we only have limited choices right now, but that excuse/reality sucks!!!

Was actually told tonight that Urbs visited Hunt a few weeks ago when he was out in Cali.

One counter argument to this about taking a playmaker instead of a 7th OL is the OL recruiting is by far the hardest to get right. You can't really assess how a high school lineman is going to progress relative to how you can assess skill players. If a kid isn't fast in high school, odds are they aren't going to become a burner in college. So you can watch film and know they can get better at catching and route running, and of course get stronger, but the rest is going to be pretty close to what you see in high school.

Offensive lineman in high school are usually in the 260-280lbs range and not all of that is going to be good weight based on a lot of high school strength programs. So in some cases you have to add 50 pounds to a kid's frame to get them to the D1 level and that can have a major impact on how they play. Will they put in the effort needed to add that kind of good weight? Will they still be mobile enough if they add that much weight? Will their footwork/technique suffer? And how long will it take to do that? Craig Roh was eating 5000 calories a day to try to put on weight and was struggling to add 10 pounds.

I don't like the idea of 7 OL in a class, but from that perspective I can understand why they'd consider it. You take 7 hoping 4 of them really pan out to be good, so you just increase the odds that you get the number you need rather than taking 5 knowing you need to hit on 80% of them in order to have a successful class.