J.J. McCarthy commits, other recruiting notes, Barton Simmons
The Michigan Insider
247Sports, Michigan Football, Michigan Wolverines, Michigan, Michigan athletics, College Football
4.6 • 855 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2019
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
In a recruiting-centric episode, Lorenz and Shaw open by breaking down top-20 recruit and 2021 quarterback J.J. McCarthy's commitment to Michigan. They look at his game, what can be gleaned from his sophomore season performance, why the Wolverines were fine taking his pledge so early and what it can mean for the 2021.
Shaw and Lorenz also look at Michigan's 2020 class, including why things have been quiet in the commitment department, some top targets with visits or decision dates looming, other names to keep in mind and a little bit on what the 2020 class could look like.
Finally, Shaw closes with an interview with 247Sports Director of Scouting Barton Simmons, as they dig into the national perspective of McCarthy's game and what it means for Michigan.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody. Welcome to the Wolverine 24-7 podcast, your audio source for all things Michigan football, basketball, and recruiting. I'm your host, Zach Shaw. |
| 0:16.5 | Steve Lorenz is on the phone lines with me. Check out all of our stories at the Michiganinsider.com, |
| 0:21.1 | Michigan.247 sports.com in May. We've got lots of recruiting. That's what this podcast is going to be mostly about. |
| 0:29.3 | We'll have a football-focused podcast later on this week, but it's a recruiting weekend. |
| 0:35.8 | You know, and we were just talking before this, before we started recording, J.J. McCarthy. |
| 0:41.8 | I don't think he technically has a five-star because he's a 20-21 recruit, but a quarterback, number two quarterback in the country, according to 24-7 sports. |
| 0:52.8 | And he pledged to the Wolverines on Saturday would |
| 0:56.7 | project supposing he stayed where he is to be Michigan's first five-star quarterback recruit. |
| 1:02.7 | Obviously, Shane Patterson doesn't count. |
| 1:05.1 | First five-star recruit since Ryan Mallet in 2007. |
| 1:09.5 | So Steve, we can just jump right in. |
| 1:12.1 | We were mentioned this is a big recruiting win. |
| 1:14.9 | I know his offer list, you know, he was almost too young to have some of the offers, |
| 1:20.5 | but, you know, ranked 19th in the country in the class. |
| 1:24.5 | A lot of things can change, but you can go look at the film. |
| 1:27.5 | We posted it on our site. There's a lot to like with him. |
| 1:33.2 | Yeah, this was a big one. It kind of goes without saying at this point. I think just about |
| 1:39.4 | every analyst on our network dropped a note on the message board yesterday after this commitment. |
| 1:44.1 | Always a good indicator that Michigan got a high-quality prospect. |
| 1:48.9 | Yeah, it's early. |
| 1:51.0 | You know, 2021 is starting to take off a little bit. |
| 1:54.6 | But quarterback, and I know Barton, you spoke with Barton yesterday, I think, you know, he'll be on in a little bit. |
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