Michigan no longer an option for Pharaoh Brown

[dthomas=ddixon]

http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/goodbye-pharaoh-brown

http://michigan.247sports.com/Board/594 ... ys-5680432

So this dude is pretty much ours?

[karlhungis]

http://michigan.247sports.com/Board/594 ... ys-5680432

Link to the thread that spawned the OP.

[dthomas=ddixon]

^Added it to my post right as you posed it .

[Duck07]

http://rivals.yahoo.com/michigan/footba ... own-123142

according to rivals Azz is recruiting him. Nice.

[karlhungis]

http://rivals.yahoo.com/michigan/footba ... own-123142

according to rivals Azz is recruiting him. Nice.

Yet scout has a thread saying we want him on offense..... @ 6'6 220, I guess it depends on how he fills out.

[TheMaehlMan]

It will be interesting to see if he is defense or offense. Brown could play in our defense, but I'd prefer to keep him on offense.

[DarronThomas5]

We already have 4 Defensive Ends committed in this class plus two from last year. Next year we're gonna have three scholarship Tight Ends and one of them (Curtis White) hasn't been healthy in three years. I'm sure he could make an impact as a pass rusher but looking at the distribution of scholarship players Tight End might be better.

[dthomas=ddixon]

I'd love to see him on D but either way, just get him on campus and figure it out later. We might as well start calling him Dion Jordan Jr, same build & good chance he goes from TE to DE depending how the depth at those positions play out. And there's a few guy in this class that are TE/DEs so anything could happen.

[uostudent]

Not necessarily. He had a good visit, but it sounds like he may want to look around or at least take some time before deciding. He knows that he wants to play TE in college now, not DE. My guess is that Oregon will keep the offer on the table as long as another TE doesn't commit before Brown. Cope-Fitzpatrick might be visiting this weekend, but he is a real longshot. Having Dwayne Stanford on board can't hurt when recruiting another Ohio kid (I realize that Brown is from a Cleveland suburb, but I'm sure he'll like the idea of having other Midwest kids on the team).

I wouldn't totally rule out Michigan even though their coaches no longer consider him to be a commit. He still has an offer from them. They are pissed off that he took an OV elsewhere without telling them.

[TheMaehlMan]

I really wish Curtis White could stay healthy, it is a shame. I know this past injury wasn't the type that a player could play through, but a lot of my friends who have played ball against him in high school said he was soft. I'm not going to call him soft, I'm just hoping he can get healthy and live up to his potential.

The CW problem is why I hope we keep Brown on offense. If we got Brown, then we'd have solid depth on paper(I know, doesn't mean much now) at every position on offense. DT5's post pretty much sums up my thoughts.

[buckmarkduck]

IMO we need another TE this year, maybe two more. From what I've heard White may never be 100% and French isn't living up to expectations, thought we know sometimes it just takes a bit for some thing to click in a kid and he gets it.

[uostudent]

I think people are forgetting about Christian French. The guy is an athletic freak - 6'5 236 right now. He's probably one of the faster players on the team too. French has enormous potential.

I think the fact the coaches are going after TE's signals that they don't believe that Curtis White can be relied on due to injuries.

[UOducksTK1]

I think people are forgetting about Christian French. The guy is an athletic freak - 6'5 236 right now. He's probably one of the faster players on the team too. French has enormous potential.

I think the fact the coaches are going after TE's signals that they don't believe that Curtis White can be relied on due to injuries.

That's actually who I thought of after reading about Brown.

[brich75]

Isn't French still in high school? Hard to say he isn't living up to expectations when he isn't even on campus yet. I do agree with White though. I think he is a lost cause. I dont think he has been healthy for longer than a couple months since like his junior year of high school.

[ncduck]

French was in last year's class.