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Sorry guys accidentially hit the ENTER button before i was finished...btw thank you guys for taking Woodson from Ohio (packers fan)

Over-rated: obviously none of us are going to say our guys are overrated, but I will say that the ridiculous hype behind Shane Morris is a dangerous thing. He's good, but some fans and sites are projecting way too much for him.

Underrated: I would have gone with Gareon Conley before his 63 overall showing on the ESPN150, so now I'll go with DeVeon Smith. He's a middling three star on most sites, but I love his running style and he is gonna do big things here

Breakout season: WR Jerald Robinson. We desperately need playmakers at WR, as we don't really have any. Despite a spectacularly boring Spring Game, Robinson has been impressive in spring ball and could be our main deep threat next year

I agree with this but for a breakout player, I'd pick someone like Jibreel Black, BWC or Thomas Gordon JMO.

Agreed. Love Shane, but the hype was getting to that 'Ron Powlus four Heisman' level. He is going to be a 5*, and deserved, but he is no savior.

Underrated: Dawson. I have been hyping him for months, long before he committed.

Break out player: Marvin Robinson. Why not. Jerald Robinson is #2.

Over Rated-Shane Morris or Logan Tuley Tillman

Under Rated-Ben Gedeon or Wyatt Shallman

Breakout player-Jeremy Gallon

very surprised nobody here thinks as far as overrated goes that it would be taco. he would be my bet
under rated im not really sure as most of the class is rated very highly and im not high on any of the 3 star guys but if i had to pick one of them i would pick deveon smith
i dont know nearly enough about michigan football to say who i think will break out but i just wanted to put in my two cents

Gives them motivation. With Shane though, he is an awesome prospect and the only reason I would consider him "overrated" is because of the hype he will face throughout his career.

not comparatively speaking. to be underrated you cant be rated very highly so it would seem likely that it should be a 3 star guy and yes i watched film.
and as far as taco its just my opinion but its hard not to atleast understand the ohio state fans arguments about him not starting in high school

SMH. He starts for his HS school, the only time he doesn't play is when his team uses the 3-4.

You know so much about our football team, you're right. How could we be so stupid.

None of our recruits are overrated. Many of them are underrated. Many of them are rated correctly.

I would take our 17 over your 9 any day of the week and twice on Sundays.

Overrated:

Its really hard to name a guy I feel is overrated. There are a lot of kids with wildly varying appraisals. For example, Gareon Conley is ranked somewhere in the 60s on ESPNs 150 today. That would probably be a little high, but he is a meh 3* on here and Rivals. DeVeon Smith, Taco Charlton, Ben Gedeon, Jourdan Lewis, Wyatt Shallman, and David Dawson are all the same way. Its hard to say that any of the other OLinemen are overrated because they are all consistently rated mid-ranged 4* and certainly look the part.

Michigan fans do have too much invested in Shane Morris at this point, but I don't see him being particularly overrated nationally by the scouting services.

If you put a gun to my head and made me choose, however, I would probably go with Mike McCray. If I remember correctly he is ranked as a fairly high 4* by at least a couple of services, and I'm not so sure. He also very likely could have really benefited from his early commitment, as others that I liked a bit more were later turned away.

And I must clarify that I am extremely pleased to have McCray in blue.

Underrated:

See above. If Gareon Conley hadn't received such a high rating from ESPN I would have said him. Other than that him, you are left with a lot of four stars, some consensus. Hard to say they are underrated. I do think that Khalid Hill will turn out to be a really valuable contributor by the time he leaves, but I'm not sure he's underrated at a 3*.

Since I'm drawing a blank, I'll stretch here and go with Chris Fox at DT. Yeah, he's the highest rated of the highly rated offensive tackles and looks to have a bright future at the spot. But his highlight videos feature him prominently on the other side of the ball and the kids a beast. Penn State took Webb off the board and realistic elite nose tackle prospects are few and far between. Barring a big change, I would have no problem seeing what Fox could do on defense when he gets on campus.

Break Out Candidate:

Michigan has the benefit of returning contributors just about everywhere on the depth chart. The one place they don't is defensive tackle and people are mostly just talking about Will Campbell, the local 5* getting his last chance to shine.

The other new guy in the middle is Jibreel Black, and he is my pick. You might have heard his name before, as he saw meaningful snaps in both his freshmen and sophomore years. This spring he has been making the seemingly awkward transition from from the weakside end to the three-tech. He has been putting on a good deal of weight, however, and the coaches think the change in gap assignment will really suit his skills better.

He may be a returning contributor, but in the spring game he looked like a whole new lineman to me.