Michigan Late Week Recuiting Update

• Michigan gets it's kicker: Brendan Gibbons from West Palm Beach, Florida verbally commits to the Wolverines for the Class of 2009. Michigan loses both of it's kickers next year and really needed a quality recruit. I applaud Rich Rod and staff for willing to give a kicker a scholarship. Brendan was 8-8 in field goals this past year with a long of 51 yards. He was also the top rated kicker at Michigan's Kicking Camp this summer. Both recruiting services have him around the top 10 nationally for kickers in this class.
• Prized 5 star Michigan recruit/recent de-commitment "Big" Will Campbell is heading to Alabama this weekend for somewhat of a surprise "official" visit. Let's hope Sabin doesn't pull some of his recruiting magic out and convince Big Will to head south.
• Taylor Lewan is a 4 star, 6' 7", 272 pound Offensive Tackle from Scottsdale, AZ that is starting to get a lot of attention from major programs across the country (20 offers). Taylor was planning a Michigan official visit this weekend but had to cancel due to his teams playoff game. Two fun facts on Taylor: His current teammate Craig Roh is a verbal Michigan commit at Defensive End and Taylor's favorite NFL player is Jake Long. Come to Ann Arbor Taylor! Michigan needs you!
• Jamal Patterson a 6"2 WR verbal commit to Stanford will be taking an official visit to Michigan.
• With many recruits still in the playoffs, this weekend won't have the number of visitors Coach Rod and staff had hoped for. Look for December 6th to be a big recruiting weekend with Duke in town to play Michigan.
• Vlad Emilien, Safety from Florida will Not take an official visit to OSU for the Michigan game. He is announcing his decision between Wisconsin and Michigan the day after the game (his birthday) on November 23rd. Vlad is also taking an official to Stanford this weekend.
• Michigan is expected to still be in 5 star MD LB Jelani Jenkins top 5 when he makes his latest cut known. There is also a pretty good chance Jelani takes an official to Ann Arbor as well.
• Current Michigan Defensive Tackle verbal commit, DeQuinta Jones is also looking at Oklahoma State and Alabama.
• With a coaching turnovers at Clemson and Tennessee, look for the Michigan staff (mostly Tennessee) to contact a few recruits that would be a good fit on the offense or defensive side of the ball.