Chris Barnett Newest Wolverine

Rich Rodriguez never used tight ends in his offense until he got to Michigan.  Then he really found an effective way to use the position but had a terrible time recruiting guys to play it.  With only two TE's on the roster getting one in this class was very important. 

Brady Hoke did a good job of getting Chris Barnett a 6'6 245 pound 4 star TE to Rivals and 3 Star to Scout and ESPN on campus and he really enjoyed the visit.   Chris has an amazing list of 24 scholarship offers which included the likes of Notre Dame, USC, Tenn, UCLA, Florida State, Oklahoma, Miami, and many other major programs.  He was also a one time Arkansas verbal commit. 

Chris has a chance to earn some playing time right away but would be better off served using a redshirt year so he could learn from guys like Kevin Koger but his big body which will equal a big target might be hard to keep of the field. 

More on Chris from Tim at Mgoblog.