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Kids a beast,but I don't think he gets an offer from UM.

I think it was AceA at the game said he looked like just a track guy playing fball, wasnt all that impressive

Me too. Lol, those numbers are crazy. I looked up his profiles on espn, scout and rivals and they all say Drake is around 6' 1" and 205 lbs and rate him at 2 stars. I didn't see a 40 time but he's obviously fast enough to outrun a lot of people. He even has a 3.0 gpa.

As someone else said, it would be great to have him come in as a "prefered" walk-on. Btw, can anyone tell me what the difference between a walk-on and a "prefered" walk-on is?

Sam Webb on WTKA said he thinks Dunn will go to Michigan. If not, then Michigan would offer Johnson most likely. Which basically, he'll commit if Michigan offers him. All Michigan has to do is yell out the window across the street to pioneer "hey! Who wants to come play football at Michigan?" and theyre lining up.

Also Webb said (paraphrasing) Michigan is also pursuing 4* RB Wes Brown out of Good Counsel in Olney,MD (teammates with Stefon Diggs). He thinks Michigan is most likely to end up with Dunn when it's all said and done.

However landing Brown might be beneficial to the case of getting Diggs. I think, if Michigan lands Dunn they'll be set at the RB for this class. If Dunn stays committed to where he is, Michigan goes hard after Brown. Drake Johnson will always be there if Brown goes somewhere else. Plus with the possiblity of landing Brown AND Diggs, I think it would be the birth of a pipeline with Good Counsel being Michigan would have 3 Good Counsel players in two years.

We are actually seeing that to some degree, but a much smaller scale. We got Bo Dever as a WR, though he didn't appear to have any legit offers even though his film looks decent. Kenny Allen, a K/P from Fenton, reportedly had an offer from Oregon State and interest from some SEC schools, but opted for the Michigan walk-on offer. Allen is really, really good averaging close to 50 yards per punt or something crazy like that this year. Dan Gibbs from Seaholm has some MAC offers, maybe a low-tier B1G, but is weighing Michigan as a walk-on. Doubt anyone ever gets to the level you describe for Nebraska, but seems like we've got more kids than normal taking walk-on spots over other scholarships.

Straight up, I'd rather have Dunn because for our offense I like his power.

If Brown meant we would get Diggs AND a pipeline to Good Counsel though, that makes him much more attractive. Never guarantees about packages or pipelines though, so tough call.

Blake is clearly an asset, though he definitely won't be the deciding factor for Diggs or Brown. But having a friendly face who likes Michigan, has shown true freshman can earn a starting spot, and is constantly getting national recognition on Saturdays is going to be a positive for sure. My guess is he's enough to get us a visit from Diggs, then it's up to the coaches and everything else to get us serious consideration.

Not to mention, flipping Dunn would mean taking him away from OSU. Strengthening yourself while weakening your rival is a two-for.

Hey Dizzo, have you seen Brown's film? He's not exactly a finesse runner. He lowers the boom and keeps on trucking too. He just happens to have decent speed also. Just in case, I included a link.

Yea I pretty much feel the same way .. although if we strike out with Brown and have to 'settle' on Dunn I could live with that too.

I want both.