Underrated players and qualms with the recruiting process
The Michigan Insider
247Sports, Michigan Football, Michigan Wolverines, Michigan, Michigan athletics, College Football
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🗓️ 11 July 2019
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Answering two questions from our listeners, we discuss Michigan football players we feel are underrated along with things we might consider changing about the recruiting process.
First, we look at which Wolverines aren't getting enough hype or attention. The list ranged from players stepping into new starting roles, surprise contenders in position battles, players who redshirted last season, who were switching positions or didn't get a fair shake from fans last season. After breaking down our initial choices for most underrated, we also dig into other contenders and explore how a player could become overlooked and underrated.
Then, we look at things we would change about the football recruiting process. Though an informal discussion, some of the issues discuss include contact periods, how frequently coaches can contact players, the oddity of soft commitments and non-committable offers, the recruiting calendar and more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody. |
| 0:08.8 | Welcome to the Wolverine 24-7 podcast, your audio source for all things, Michigan football, basketball, and recruiting. |
| 0:14.1 | I'm your host, Zach Shaw. |
| 0:15.0 | Steve Lorenz is on the phone lines with me, and we just had a basketball podcast about Franz Wagner and kind of what the team looks like. |
| 0:22.4 | Obviously, it's very early. |
| 0:24.2 | So some parts are more in-depth than others, but the huge commitment that they got from |
| 0:29.3 | Franz, who I have said that it was the biggest recruiting win since 2011. |
| 0:33.7 | If you missed that podcast, go check it out on our podcast page. |
| 0:37.5 | This one's going to be football and kind of rounding things up. |
| 0:42.2 | You know, we asked for some questions. |
| 0:44.3 | I don't know if everyone's totally in the football mood just yet. |
| 0:48.1 | I think once Big Ten Media Days come, maybe that will be a bit more of the centerpiece |
| 0:53.2 | or something people are thinking about constantly. |
| 0:55.1 | And obviously we'll have our most important player previews and some of the position-by-position outlooks, things like that coming in the days and weeks ahead. |
| 1:06.2 | But this one, kind of a round up. |
| 1:10.3 | And so we'll start with our first question. And this one, kind of a round up. And so we'll start with our first question. |
| 1:12.9 | And this one, |
| 1:14.1 | this one comes from Troy Vugteven. |
| 1:20.4 | Sorry if I messed that up, Troy. |
| 1:22.4 | He says, who do you think isn't getting enough, quote-unquote, |
| 1:24.7 | hype or attention on Michigan offensively and defensively. |
| 1:29.3 | So I think we can actually, we're not going to go position by position, but I think there's a few |
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