Courtney Avery: 2010 Michigan Wolverine Commit -- Cornerback

Courtney Avery

Height: 5'10"
Weight: 165 lbs.
High School: Lexington High School (Ohio)
High School Coach: B.J. Payne
Position: Cornerback
Recruiter: Coach Bruce Tall
Class: 2010 Recruiting Class (Verbal Commit)

Overview:
Will be four year starter at quarterback for his high school team that is regular State Tournament qualifier. He is a very good overall athlete. Like having quarterbacks as defensive backs. The knowledge of routes and offenses is huge help in our opinion.



Strengths:
Nice quick feet who shows very good change of direction. Smooth easy back pedal with very good transition from back pedal to run and back pedal forward. His hips were also very good and loose.



Needs Work:
Not as physical as we prefer and can use some strength training and weight. Also has had some problems with jam and in press coverage. Average top end speed, but again hope that some time with one Coach Barwis can help that. A couple of opportunities to absolutely rearrange wide receivers brain cells and did not.



Reminds us of former Michigan player:
Marcus Curry -- As for why Curry? He is same size and build, with similar movement skills, but not 100% sure, Curry also played some quarterback in high school we believe. Curry was not a star, but was a multiple year starter and made two NFL teams practice squads. Will gladly take another cornerback good enough to get legit shot at NFL. Marcus Curry was second team All Big Ten one season and had around 50 tackles that season.



Courtney Avery Video Highlights:
http://www.fliqz.com/aspx/permalink.aspx?vid=6ba08fecafe94a70bb8531cc8e192166

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4224662

http://michigan.scout.com/a.z?s=162&p=11&nid=3671320&isFirstMediaIdAudioOrVideo=video&playlist=http%3A//michigan.scout.com/asxplaylist.aspx%3Fs%3D162%26mediaids%3D666945

http://michigan.scout.com/a.z?s=162&p=11&nid=3671320&isFirstMediaIdAudioOrVideo=video&playlist=http%3A//michigan.scout.com/asxplaylist.aspx%3Fs%3D162%26mediaids%3D662525

http://michigan.scout.com/a.z?s=162&p=11&nid=3671320&isFirstMediaIdAudioOrVideo=video&playlist=http%3A//michigan.scout.com/asxplaylist.aspx%3Fs%3D162%26mediaids%3D658246

http://www.fliqz.com/aspx/permalink.aspx?vid=72973a877fab4d4a98e9d5bf1995efd9

http://michigan.scout.com/a.z?s=162&p=11&nid=3671320&isFirstMediaIdAudioOrVideo=video&playlist=http%3A//michigan.scout.com/asxplaylist.aspx%3Fs%3D162%26mediaids%3D537634

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Coaches Corner: Ranking the Quarterbacks -- Part 1

Based on film and seeing Forcier in person thought it would be fun to compare and get some dialogue going. We will be discussing Tate Forcier, Denard Robinson, Devin Gardner , and Cornelius Jones. We have excluded David Cone and Nick Sheridan in this comparisons.

Using following criteria, arm strength, speed, intangibles, mechanics, accuracy, and elusiveness. These are strictly opinions based completely on film and what we witnessed.

Arm Strength:

1) D. Gardner: Kid has excellent arm, shown on film throwing ball over 50 yards in air. Because of his impressive size, with improved mechanics and tighter spiral it will keep improving in our opinion.

2) C. Jones: This was close. Jones has very good arm strength in his own right and is also a big strong kid. That will only help his improvement. His spiral on film was excellent. And as with Gardner it will get better with improved mechanics

3) T. Forcier: Solid arm strength more than enough to be successful in this offense, and better than we thought watching his high school film. Nowhere near as big or strong as top two, but arm strength will improve as size and strength does. And there is plenty of room for that.

4) D. Robinson: No disrespect, D. Robinson has better arm than many want to believe. And has more than enough to be very successful in this offense.

Speed:

1) D. Robinson: This kid has scary speed. Not only straight line, but also explosion and burst. He is type of fast twitch kid Coach Rod and staff love, more on that later!

2) C. Jones: This was close between Jones and Gardner. Just thought Jones showed a touch more speed than Gardner. This is type of kid we always wanted old Michigan to recruit. Very good arm and ability to be a drop back thrower, but great athlete with feet to keep offense honest.

3) D. Gardner: Moves very well for kid his size. another of the type of quarterbacks we really like. Just not quite the quickness of Jones in our opinion.

4) T. Forcier: More than enough speed to be effective. Just not on par with top three.

Accuracy:

1) T. Forcier: Very accurate in high school and has done nothing but improve since arriving. As game slows down and he gets completely assimilated to offense this will get even better.

2) D. Robinson: Next three were very close, just was very impressed with D. Robinson ability to lead receivers and his patience. Many runners tuck and flee at drop of hat, not D. Robinson.

3) C. Jones and D. Gardner: Going to take easy way out and call this a draw. Both have some mechanical issues and such that effect accuracy.

Part 2 will discuss elusiveness, mechanics, intangibles, rating the quarterbacks and overall.

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2010 Michigan Recruiting: Lynden Trail -- Defensive End

Lynden Trail



CoachBt / ErocWolverine quick comments: Tall, lanky, long armed defensive end prospect. He has very good speed and agility for his size. Needs a lot of time in the weight room and maintaining leverage is an issue.

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Mailbag question: Ferrara, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Patterson, and Williams

Thanks for sharing the info on your blog, and don't worry about any naysayer. After all, we are all huge Wolverines fans...

What role do you foresee for a few specific players this season? I'm curious about:
1) John Ferrara
2) J.B. Fitzgerald
3) Junior Hemingway
4) Adam Patterson
5) Mike Williams

Go Blue!
Jim (jim4blue)

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Thanks for the question and comments.

1) John Ferrara: Back up offensive guard, who worked mostly with second group this spring. He could possibly drop to third group once Barnum returns.

2) J.B. Fitzgerald: Worked with first group at inside linebacker much of spring. Expect him to drop to second group once Mouton returns and is healthy. Key back up and special teams contributor this year since the coaches told us they want to play a lot of bodies if they can. They told us they like to have twenty-two on both sides of the ball ready to play.

3) Junior Hemmingway: If he stays healthy we expect Hemmingway to be one of Michigan's starting split ends and get a lot of snaps this football season.

4) Adam Patterson: Key back up on the defensive line. He is capable of playing both defensive tackle and defensive end. Will be fighting with Banks for first sub at defensive end in our opinion.

5) Michael Williams: Expect him to start season as starting strong safety in our opinion. Will have season long competition with Vlad for starting strong safety job. Could also be key special teams contributor. We expect both to play this year since the coaches want many players playing this year.

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2010 Michigan Recruiting: Sean Parker -- Safety

Sean Parker



CoachBt / ErocWolverine quick comments: He is a very good safety prospect and excellent special team player. He is a physical tackler who is equally good against run or pass. Can be over aggressive and give up outside leverage and does lunge when tackling at times.

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NFL Network: "Big 33" Classic on Tonight

Big 33 Classic
Ohio vs. Pennsylvania
7:00pm EDT. - 10:00pm EDT.
DirecTV Channel 212
NFL Network

Ohio Roster: http://www.big33.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/2009-ohio-big-33-roster-alphabetically1.pdf

Ohio kids to keep an eye on (Big Ten Teams):
05 ... Fitzgerald Toussaint ... Michigan
09 ... Chris Fields................. Ohio State
11 ... Micah Hyde ................. Iowa
32 ... Jonathan Newsome .... Ohio State
47 ... Will Studlien .............. Northwestern
51 ... Corey Linsley .............. Ohio State
59 ... Sam Longo ................. Ohio State
67 ... Denicos Allen ............. Michigan State
72 ... Nate Klatt .................. Michigan State
75 ... Adam Replogle ........... Indiana
79 ... Marcus Hall .............. Ohio State
90 ... Adam Bellamy ........... Ohio State
91 ... Melvin Fellows ........... Ohio State

Pennsylvania Roster: http://www.big33.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/2009-pennsylvania-big-33-roster-alphabetically1.pdf

Pennsylvania kids to keep an eye on (Big Ten Teams):

02 ... Curtis Drake ............. Penn State
03 ... A.J. Fenton ............... Wisconsin
50 ... Jordan Hill ............... Penn State
73 ... Mark Arcidiacono ...... Penn State
89 ... Garry Gilliam ............ Penn State

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Mailbag question: Status report

Hey,

Does anyone know the status of J. Gallon, F. Toussaint, and J. Turner? Have these guys qualified to play in the fall?

Dwain P.

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Thanks for the question.

Fitzgerald Toussaint is currently playing in the "Big 33" game which puts Ohio vs. Pennsylvania which airs tonight in fact, on the NFL Network at 7:00pm EDT. (Live).

That is why he has not shown up on campus yet. We believe Justin Turner was suppose to be on the Big 33 roster, but do not know why he is not on the roster unless it has to do with his certificate / diploma deal. Jeremy Gallon is reported to need a point or two on the ACT / SAT test (not sure which one he took) and waiting for the results to come back. Isaiah Bell was suppose to be on the Big 33 roster as well, but is not listed now, but we do not know why he is not playing.

As for qualifying, the rumors are going crazy and change by the minute. It is possible all three could go down to last second, but most believe at least two out of three will be at Michigan shortly. We believe that most of the 2009 recruiting class will be in next week with all these all-star games concluding.

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