Midnight Maize: DeAnthony Arnett

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Monday Morning Intruder Alert with DeAnthony Arnett

7:58 AM

*Programming Note* Im, sorry, this was suppose to be posted last week, but due to technical difficulties involving indoor baseball and a broken internet modem, it had to be postponed until today. I will try to make this a weekly segment with different prospects.

DeAnthony Arnett from Saginaw is a 6'0 170 lbs 2011 Wide Receiver recruit who has been a 4.4 40. He hails from the same high school as former MSU Spartan WR and Detroit Lions 2nd overall draft pick Charles Rogers, whom he models his game after, as evident by this scout($) story. Here are his rivals and scout profiles. DeAnthony is easily ranked the highest WR in the state as of right now, and is going to be recruited by several national powers.

John: As of right now, who have you been offered by?

DeAnthony: "My offers are USC, Michigan, Michigan State, Alabama, Notre Dame, Oregon, Tennessee, Iowa, Cincy, Illinois, Purdue, Wisconsin and verbals from like 8 or 9 schools."

John: You have been offered by both Michigan and Michigan State, what does playing for an instate school mean for you?

DeAnthony: "It would be great, but the most important thing is making sure I have the right opportunities on and off the field, even if that's in another country I have to do what's right for me."

John: What did the Michigan offer mean for you?

DeAnthony: "It was good, it was my first offer"

John: Where you able to head to a Michigan game this past fall?

DeAnthony: "I went to the Notre Dame game, it was a great game."

John: Are you planning on heading to Ann Arbor for the spring game?

DeAnthony: "I don't think so, I have so many other things to check out. I need to be sure about everything so I might miss out. I'm not saying I won't come up, but it's going to be hard"

John: Have you had any contact with other 2011 recruits about possibly going to the same school and playing together?

DeAnthony: "I talk to Lawrence Thomas and Justice Hayes, but we never talk about recruiting"

John: Do you have a set date to make your decision?

DeAnthony: Nope

John: If you were a scout watching DeAnthony Arnett play, what would be his strengths? What would he have to work on and get better at in his senior season?

DeAnthony: "His strengths would be able to make plays, catches in traffic, great speed after the catch, catches the ball with his hands. Weaknesses are weight, top end speed, and catching with my hands, you can never be perfect in that area, you always have to work on that."

2011 WR Shawn Conway is Michigan commitment #3

5:54 PM

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Shawn Conway from Birmingham Seaholm highschool is a 6'4 185 WR with 4.5 speed and has committed to play his collegiate football at Michigan while attending Michigans Junior Day. Jim Stefani first broke the story on his twitter account, it has since been confirmed by scout($) and rivals($). Stefani also has a nice write up about Conway here.

As his measurable suggest, he is a position receiver who favors jump balls and using his size and length to out muscle DBs away from passes. He has tremendous hands, anything he can get 1 finger on, he catches. He has below average speed and may have trouble separating from corners at the next level, because of this some have speculated that he will be coming in as a tight end. I however believe he can be a slpit end, as long as he develops into a better route runner, which he just average at.

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Shawn Conway is on a pusuit of happiness

How does this affect the rest of the class?

Michigan is going to have a small class this year with around 15-17 signees, and Conway is #3 along with 2 DBs in Greg Brown and Delonte Hollowell. Michigan will probably take only 2 more WRs in the class at most, and they may both be rated higher. AJ Jordon from Trotwood (OH) Trotwood-Madison highschool, DeAnthony Arnett from Saginaw (MI), and DaVaris Daniels from Vernon Hills (IL) are all highly rated and Michigan is involved heavily with everyone of them. This commitment doesn't change anything with them and they want to come, there will be a spot for them. Since Conway is not highly rated, or even rated at all, the other prospects will not be scared off.