'08 IL OLB Darius Fleming (Signed LOI to ND)

[irishunclebill]

Originally Posted by Irishknight1023

he may be but, in a recent scout article the header said he wants to see more schools and he likes Michigan alot

The header on the Scout/Irish Eyes article of 3/13 merely said that he wants to see more schools, I did not see anything in that header about him liking Michigan a lot. Now if you are talking about the 3/14 article posted on Scout that was written by GoBlueWolverine where the headline says "Cali. DE Fleming Lists Michigan High", this just goes to show you what idiots the GoBlue people are since he is from Chicago. Also, if you read the article, (it happens to be free right now, go to link) all Fleming says about Michigan is that it is one of his favorites along with ND, Illinois, and Wisconsin. The header is purposefully misleading as Fleming hardly showered any effusive praise on Michigan. In any case, I would take Mike Frank's opinion on this subject before any GoBlue writers, as he is much less a homer than the GBW crowd.

http://michigan.scout.com/2/626722.html

[Bill Kollar]

This young man is very good but Brett Nagel appears to have better stats. Is there any reason why ND haven't given Nagel an offer?

Regards,

[ShivaIrish]

Originally Posted by Bill Kollar

This young man is very good but Brett Nagel appears to have better stats. Is there any reason why ND haven't given Nagel an offer?

Regards,

Stats are not always a great indicator about player ability and performance. I don't know anything about the level of competition that either player faces, but that could be just one reason fro stat discrepancies. Somebody who is familiar with Chicago HS football would have to comment on that, though, to be sure.

[FleaFlicker]

Fleming was at ND's practice on Saturday and was apparently very impressed with how Corwin handled the defense.

[irishunclebill]

Originally Posted by FleaFlicker

Fleming was at ND's practice on Saturday and was apparently very impressed with how Corwin handled the defense.

I also heard he spent the night at Braxton Cave's house, I wonder if there is any truth to that.

[FleaFlicker]

Originally Posted by irishunclebill

I also heard he spent the night at Braxton Cave's house, I wonder if there is any truth to that.

the two are apparently pretty close, so that is definitely possible. I can't say it hurts our chances with him at all...

[irishunclebill]

No surprise here, but Darius who plays DE in High School confimed that he is being recruited to play OLB at ND, so that makes at least 8 LB offers. If Darius is being recruited as an OLB, then it's likely that Kapron Lewis-Moore and possibly Chancey Aghayere are also being recruited as OLB's, which if true would bring the total to 10 LB offers, and would also further explain why Nagel, Zordich, et al, are not currently offers.

Fleming is scheduled to return to ND for the Blue & Gold game.