Mailbag Question: Regarding Defensive End recruiting

Hey,

Why are we having so many problems recruiting defensive ends? In several interviews and highlights that I have watched the DE's said they love Schafer's new scheme because they lets them just get after the quarterback. So why are we having trouble recruiting defensive ends? DE's should want to play in this defense right.

Thanks Dan

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Thanks for the question. Problem with Defensive End recruiting is twofold in our opinion.

First is a regional problem. Many of the top Defensive Ends are in the south or west. With USC in the west and SEC doing great job of keeping its best in the south, it is getting tougher and tougher to recruit the top Defensive Ends. There are not a lot of them available in the Midwest.

Two of the top Midwest Defensive Ends are Ohio kids and Coach Tressell and Ohio State have done excellent job of keeping Ohio talent in state.

Second factor is recruits have not seen exactly what Michigan is going to be doing this year on defense. It is much easier to negative recruit the unknown. Once recruits see that Michigan is really going to play a more aggressive style of defense it should help recruiting.

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