The latest on a few hot topics, including Michigan's wide receivers (will they stay or will they go?), four-star basketball recruit Hunter Dickinson and more ...
Starting with Dickinson, the Hyattsville (Md.) DeMatha 7-1 center from the 2020 class ...
Dickinson has been delaying his decision for a while now, but it looks like he finally has a date set — and he's expected to announce tomorrow. He's down to Michigan, Florida State, Duke and Notre Dame, and barring a last-minute change of heart, we expect him to pick the Wolverines tomorrow.
Dickinson is surrounded by Fighting Irish at his school (Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey went there and coached Dickinson's coach, as well), but Dickinson loves Juwan Howard and the U-M program. The Wolverines' strong start has helped alleviate any concerns he might have had from coaches planting the "wait and see on Juwan Howard" bug in his ear.
We expect his AAU teammate, Terrance Williams (a former Georgetown commit and Rivals.com's No. 94 senior nationally) to visit soon. If the Washington (D.C.) 6-6 four-star sees what he wants to see, he might not be far behind.
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As our John Borton noted recently, there have been strong rumblings that Nico Collins will return for his senior season, and that junior Donovan Peoples-Jones was still weighing his options. We can confirm that the junior Collins has told the right people he will be returning to school for his senior season.
Could he change his mind? (say, if he went off for 200-plus yards in the Citrus Bowl against Alabama?). Sure. But Collins' plan is to come back for one more season and raise his NFL stock even more. We'd call Peoples-Jones 50-50 at this point depending on his NFL grade.
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Finally, what's the future of Michigan's overseas trips?
We told you this year head coach Jim Harbaugh might stay domestic, perhaps do something with the military in California and then take the team to Pearl Harbor.
We're not certain about that one just yet, but from what we're gathering, the overseas trips might now be limited to once every four years (with South Africa again the likely destination). Everyone who stays four years would then get an opportunity to go and experience the world as their classroom, as Harbaugh likes to say.
We'll follow up on that in the weeks to come.
Starting with Dickinson, the Hyattsville (Md.) DeMatha 7-1 center from the 2020 class ...
Dickinson has been delaying his decision for a while now, but it looks like he finally has a date set — and he's expected to announce tomorrow. He's down to Michigan, Florida State, Duke and Notre Dame, and barring a last-minute change of heart, we expect him to pick the Wolverines tomorrow.
Dickinson is surrounded by Fighting Irish at his school (Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey went there and coached Dickinson's coach, as well), but Dickinson loves Juwan Howard and the U-M program. The Wolverines' strong start has helped alleviate any concerns he might have had from coaches planting the "wait and see on Juwan Howard" bug in his ear.
We expect his AAU teammate, Terrance Williams (a former Georgetown commit and Rivals.com's No. 94 senior nationally) to visit soon. If the Washington (D.C.) 6-6 four-star sees what he wants to see, he might not be far behind.
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As our John Borton noted recently, there have been strong rumblings that Nico Collins will return for his senior season, and that junior Donovan Peoples-Jones was still weighing his options. We can confirm that the junior Collins has told the right people he will be returning to school for his senior season.
Could he change his mind? (say, if he went off for 200-plus yards in the Citrus Bowl against Alabama?). Sure. But Collins' plan is to come back for one more season and raise his NFL stock even more. We'd call Peoples-Jones 50-50 at this point depending on his NFL grade.
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Finally, what's the future of Michigan's overseas trips?
We told you this year head coach Jim Harbaugh might stay domestic, perhaps do something with the military in California and then take the team to Pearl Harbor.
We're not certain about that one just yet, but from what we're gathering, the overseas trips might now be limited to once every four years (with South Africa again the likely destination). Everyone who stays four years would then get an opportunity to go and experience the world as their classroom, as Harbaugh likes to say.
We'll follow up on that in the weeks to come.
