Wolverine Wednesday: Black To Texas and Markus Allen To Ann Arbor

Tarik Black finally picked his next school, he left the program in December and we hadn't heard a peep from him until last night when he announced he was going to be a Longhorn.   Black's career jumped off the field when he was catching bombs against Florida in Jerry's World and then took a bad turn when he broke both feet.

When he did see the field last year, he seemed a bit slow and uninterested.  A play that sticks out in my head, was a 3rd and 7 in red zone and Black runs his route 5 yards.   Gattis just lit him up coming off the field.

Still this guy has a huge ceiling and losing him and DPJ is going to hurt Michigan's offense next season.  Texas is getting a guy that could be a first rounder or a college back-up, its all depends on him and his health.   If Black can graduate, he will be eligible immediately and have 2 seasons to play.   On a side note, Black did play his best football in the State of Texas.

Marcus Allen is in the NFL Hall of Fame and a Heisman Trophy Winner, he is also 60.  Markus Allen is a 3 star WR Ohio and the #20 prospect out of Ohio.  If Markus can get to 50% of what his name sake did, this will be a win for Michigan.

Markus committed to Michigan last night and is a 6'2 190 pound WR.  His offer list included the likes of Army, Air Force, BC, MSU, UK, Purdue, Pitt, Syracuse, WVU, and Wisconsin.   Markus is rated the 494th player in the country and 83rd WR to 24/7.

Josh Gattis led this recruitment and he must of seen something he loved in the Ohio WR.  This recruitment will not help the Michigan 3 star Mafia that feels this type of player might be talent but not the type of player that will beat OSU or get Michigan into the Big Ten Championship game.

The other side of this discussion is that the Michigan coaches have much more information then we do and know talent when they see it.  That is where we have to have faith and let the coaches earn their salary by identifying and adding the right talent.   Now they need to earn that salary by winning some big games.

• UCLA loses a 5 star guard that signed an LOI to the G-League and its new program. 

from The BIG HOUSE Blog http://mbighouse.blogspot.com/2020/04/black-to-texas-and-markus-allen-to-ann.html