Friday, March 29, 2013

Top 10 defensive end prospects for class of 2014

Here are the top 10 defensive end prospects for Michigan's class of 2014. As one might expect, each player on this list is a Division I (high, mid or low) college football recruit. With current NFLers and Michigan natives Jason Babin (Paw Paw), Jason Jones (Southfield Lathrup) and Connor Barwin (U-D Jesuit) excelling at the highest level, the Great Lakes State is fertile ground for finding and developing defensive end talent.

1. Malik McDowell-6-7, 290-Detroit Loyola-Michigan's No. 1 overall prospect, size/agility combo
2. Lawrence Marshall-6-4, 225-Southfield-Big Ten schools drooling over Marshall's speed/size
3. Alex Neering-6-7, 240-Essexville-Garber-Bay City Times Defensive Player of Year as Jr.
4. Colin Jones-6-3, 260-Holt-three-year starter for Lansing area powerhouse program
5. Dylan Roney-6-3, 240-Detroit Catholic Central-Next great from legendary program
6. Zach Evans-6-2, 245-Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills-explosive, high motor type guy
7. John Williams-6-6, 235-Berrien Springs-Big-time athlete, also top-notch hoops player
8. Todd Postma-6-4, 240-Grand Rapids South Christian-led Sailors to D-4 state title
9. Nate Brisson-Fast-6-7, 225-Ferndale-Intriguing prospect with great size/speed package
10. Brian Sanders-6-4, 225-Detroit Cass Tech-next in long line of talented Technicians (BGSU)

Other top prospects-Zach Underwood-6-2, 220-Gibraltar Carlson, Ryan Matthias-6-5, 220-Hemlock, Jalen Dingle-6-3, 215-St. Clair Shores South Lake (verbal to Bowling Green State), Mitchell Wynkoop-6-3, 225-Traverse City Central.

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