Linebacker Davion Rogers commits to Michigan football team
The Michigan football team's first recruiting weekend of the new year produced at least one verbal commitment.
Linebacker/defensive end Davion Rogers of Warren (Ohio) Harding committed to the Wolverines on Sunday after taking an official visit to campus, according to Rivals.com and Scout.com.
Rogers had been committed to West Virginia.
Michigan hosted 10 players on official visits over the weekend, including Rogers and teammate D.J. Williamson, a receiver who committed to Michigan last spring.
The 6-foot-6, 210-pound Rogers is Michigan's 25th known commitment. Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez said Sunday he expects to enroll a 26-person class, though the Wolverines could sign more players.
Six 2010 recruits already have started classes, and a seventh - quarterback Devin Gardner - will enroll on Tuesday.
Dave Birkett covers University of Michigan football for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached by phone at 734-623-2552 or by e-mail at davidbirkett@annarbor.com. Follow him on Twitter @davebirkett.
Comments
clarklaker
Tue, Jan 19, 2010 : 4:49 p.m.
michigan definatly needs defense. i would like to see some big linemen in this class
inrodwetrust
Mon, Jan 18, 2010 : 9:58 p.m.
1 block radius is talking about this kid starting... not likely this year. On the depth chart we have Roh, Ezeh, and Mouton all ahead of him. If any Freshemen LB is going to play it would be the 4 star guy Robinson. To me all of the LB commits we have are a little light in the pants... even if were going with a 4-4 (which i also hate) for most of our defensive running downs it puts too much pressure on a young defensive back field. But just to go with devils advocate here, maybe were looking at trying to find a prototype for the half Safety half LB hybrid. It just didn't work as Stevie Brown, he was too slow to cover and too light to hit. The bad part about being huge fans and bloggers is that we can sit here and criticize everything but dont know what the coaches have in mind for the future. Its like we wish Rich Rod and the Def coordinator what they are looking for without them saying "were looking to win football games"!
chosen1
Mon, Jan 18, 2010 : 6:57 p.m.
This kid will need a year or two to develop. He is still pretty raw as a player, but the kid can move and hit. You have to like the size of him and hope that with added weight he doesn't lose too much speed
Commoncents
Mon, Jan 18, 2010 : 6:15 p.m.
What are the opinions on him starting next year? I'm very concerned w/ the defense and am interested in what new help we'll be getting....
81wolverine
Mon, Jan 18, 2010 : 2:20 p.m.
Ha! That ought to make the Mountaineer fans pleased! But, this is the type of athlete we need at LB. Someone with size who can run. Once he adds 20-30 lbs., he could be a great Big Ten defender. That may mean he needs to redshirt, but if that's the case, so be it.
tulsatom
Mon, Jan 18, 2010 : 12:57 p.m.
Theo, did you forget your meds today? Looking at last year's stats, U-M gave up an average of 35 points per game in their last five games. Championship teams usually have a very good defense, like Alabama, whose defense was stronger than its offense. If U-M wants to become relevant again in football, the defense must improve substantially over the past few years. I for one am glad to see RR finally starting to focus on defense a little bit.
inrodwetrust
Mon, Jan 18, 2010 : 12:57 p.m.
This guy is just another strong athlete were throwing in the system. Thats how the successful big schools do it. If nothing else we can look at this recruting class and say RichRod went out and got us what we needed. We picked up 25 commits, 12 are exclusive defensive guys, we have 4 of them as 4 star level commits. For the first time in years there was an offensive star from our back yards (Inkster) that we actually will be seeing in our winged helmets. I honestly see us at least finishing at 500 this year and going to a low level bowl. The last two years have been rough but I feel like were getting there. It all starts with recruiting.
SemperFi
Mon, Jan 18, 2010 : 11:30 a.m.
Rivals.com has Rogers listed running a 4.6 40. If he can keep his speed while adding 20 lbs, he'll be a good one. Anyone know how the Rashad Knight went this weekend? He would be a great CB pickup.
tulsatom
Mon, Jan 18, 2010 : 10:42 a.m.
Expect this guy to put on about 20-30 lbs of muscle in the next year or two under Coach Barwis. He has the physical frame to be a good one. Even though he was only rated a 3-star prospect by Rvals.com, this kid could be a real good one. If I remember correctly, Mike Hart was a 3-star prospect, also.
Sparky79
Mon, Jan 18, 2010 : 9:54 a.m.
Should also be mentioned that Michigan picked up commitment #2 for 2011 yesterday as well as Cass Tech cornerback Delonte Hollowell gave his verbal to the Wolverines. He follows the line of Boubacar Cissoko and Dior Mathis as the latest small CB to come from the Cass Tech pipeline (he's listed as 5'8 on Rivals).
Fresh121
Mon, Jan 18, 2010 : 9:29 a.m.
I like this pick up 6-6 he adds a few pounds good 2 go atleast we gettin bigger a LB, or tryin 2 now we just need that jake ryan cat and sean parker and the class is just fine.