Agreed. His numbers weren't quite as impressive this season but that was mostly due to constant double-coverage, which opened things up for his teammates. Really like Burbridge's potential and he certainly gets my vote as the top player in Michigan last season.

In fairness, most people won't need any help keeping an eye on a player that size.

He will injure way too many of our players in practice.

Pretty solid write up, as always. Thanks Dan!

The more I think about it, the more I wonder if some of these incoming freshmen could win time on the field with reckless abandon. I mean, if they have the speed for it they can torch some defenses simply by improving running routes and trying to avoid hits. Catching is one thing and I certainly understand the need for receivers to run the right routes, but AFTER the catch seems like fair game. Reading about Kings possibly being a part of kick/punt returns makes me feel the same way. He might be running for his life out there and that should be a nice rocket up his backside.

I really, really like the speed and talent we are lead to believe this class has. How many times have we heard "athletes" over the last couple of months? I'm thinking that several of them could light the field on fire given the chance and there is no better time to prove you can do it than trying to win some playing time.

I fail to see what any of this has to do with 14 year old basketball players.

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Wasn't expecting to see Edmondson on this list. Seems like with Dennard/Adams being backed up by Waynes, Colquhoun, White, and potentially Lippett*, Edmondson would have quite the battle to crack the two deeps at corner.

*I know the staff said that Lippett will switch to WR but ask Reynolds how set in stone these situations are. It wouldn't surprise me in the least to see Lippett stick with CB and take over after Adams graduates.

From what I've heard, Edmondson could jump a few of those other players you mentioned next season. He played very good competition throughout high school and has great ball skills. Really looks like a mature prospect at this point and I wouldn't be surprised to see him on the field next season.

How confident are we that Arnett will play this year? If so I assume he becomes our top WR right out of the gate.

While I'm sure he could be great at either, I really hope that Lippett stays at CB and embraces the position. If he can make an impact on offense in some packages, great, but in my opinion we need a huge, athletic CB with some game experience much more than we need an average-sized, athletic WR with limited game experience.

I just hope that he isn't completely set on playing WR, because while I'm sure he'd do what the coaches asked I have to think that CB is one of the hardest positions to play when you don't really want to be there.

I really hope he does. He looked phenomenal for a first year WR-convert, and I'm extremely excited to see what he could become. We are loaded at WR now, and I feel like Lippett will serve this team much better as a CB

I would agree with that,,,,Lippett looks to have very good cover skills. The problem with him at CB that I've heard, is that he not physical enough when it comes to tackling / run support.

Don't know if that is something that can develop or be taught,,,seems like you either enjoy hitting people or you don't ?

You can develop good tackling skills. Hard hitting . . . well, that's more of an attitude thing. I'd prefer that the DBs tackle properly more than I'd want them to be able to just hit hard.