Michigan's 2015 high school football season is underway as teams complete their first week of practice. Every year, the Great Lakes State fields some of the nation's best teams. Here is a look at Michigan's No. 2-ranked squad, Detroit Cass Tech.
2. Detroit Cass Tech- One of the country's premier high school football programs, the Technicians (12-1 last year) have reached the Division 1 (Michigan's big school division) state semifinals the past four years, winning the championship in 2011 and 2012. Every season, Cass Tech produces multiple D-I college football players, with most years seeing the Technicians send double-digit numbers of gridders to the next level. This season, Cass Tech reportedly has 17 D-I players suiting up for the Green and White.
Offensively, if the Technicians can find a replacement for graduated running back Mike Weber (Ohio State), Cass Tech could have the state's most explosive offense. Led by D-I recruit junior quarterback Rodney Hall (6-3, 210), the Technicians, normally a power running club, could have one of Michigan's most prolific passing attacks this season. Returning at one wide out will be arguably the nation's No. 1-ranked junior receiver in Donovan Peoples-Jones (6-2, 195). Peoples-Jones, being recruited by every big-time college football program in the country, has been clocked at 4.3 in the 40 and has crazy-level athletic talent. If that wasn't enough to make opposing defensive coordinators sweat, on the other side of the field will be senior flanker Marcel Paul (6-1, 175), a 4.4 40 guy who's verbally committed to Cincinnati. Though the skill level talent is through the roof, what makes the Technicians' offense potentially unstoppable will be a massive offensive line filled with D-I prospects. Anchoring the O-line will be senior guard and Michigan commit Michael Onwenu (6-3, 305). At the other guard spot, senior Ostell Martin (6-6, 315) will line up, while at center senior Alvin Clemons (6-1, 265) will hold down the fort. The bookend tackles will be senior Taeshon Trotter (6-6, 300) and junior stud Jordan Reid (6-4, 285), who already holds offers from Florida and Tennessee.
Defensively, upfront Cass Tech should be stout with senior defensive end Eldrick Matthews (6-4, 280), Onwenu, Clemons and Reid taking plenty of snaps, while at linebacker senior Tim Walton (6-2, 225), an Illinois commit, and junior Zach Morton (6-3, 215, Cincinnati offer), will be making tackles all over the field for the Technicians. In the secondary, Cass Tech will have multiple D-I prospects roaming the back end. Leading the star-studded group will be senior safety Demetric Vance (6-2, 200), who runs a 4.4 and is verbally committed to Michigan State. Next to Vance at safety will be junior Jaylen Kelly-Powell (6-0, 185), another 4.4 speedster who is being recruited by all the big name schools. At cornerback will be lockdown junior Donovan Johnson (5-9, 170), another high-level D-I recruit.
Up next -- No. 3-ranked Muskegon.
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