Ron Johnson once again shows that UM is not getting what they originally wanted and are settling.
This is a comment from the Rivals 5 star challenge about the kids that didn't perform as well as their rep coming in to the camp.
It turns out that he is a little slower and shorter than advertised
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WR Darnell Salomon | Miami (Fla. ) Central
This award goes to the prospect that hurt his ranking the most and the tough choice here is Salomon despite and, in some ways because of, his recent bump to five stars. The expectations for a five-star are very, very high and Salomon had a really rough day overall, dropping a ton of passing in drills and one-on-ones in the morning and not being a factor for his one-win team in 7-on-7. Some of it had to do with quarterback play, but there were no excuses for the drops. Salomon reminded many of our analysts of George Campbell from last year, a great athlete who struggled with his hands, even before his Five-Star Challenge struggles. He now seems to be quickly headed in the opposite direction of Campbell who kept improving until he earned his fifth star in our last cycle of 2015 rankings.
Honorable Mention: LB Keion Joyner has had a rash of injuries and just hasn't been the same player since he struggled in the playoffs at the end of his junior season. For five-star DT Derrick Brown this was supposed to be about redemption from a poor performance a year ago, but he essentially repeated that scenario. DE Ron Johnson is ranked a bit too high right outside the Rivals100 and was small in comparison to the rest of the group without flashing the needed speed. DE Shane Simmons looks more like a big linebacker each time we see him. LB Lokeni Toailoa is a downhill guy and linebackers often struggle at these events, but he looked a step slower than most. QB Xavier Gaines struggled mightily with his accuracy and was clearly the worst of the eight Five-Star Challenge quarterbacks in 7-on play. OL Frank Martin looks more and more like a guard and LB Anthony Hines doesn't have the quick-twitch ability you'd expect from a kid with 70 offers. - See more at: https://michiganstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1772865#sthash.H1REXtth.dpuf
This is a comment from the Rivals 5 star challenge about the kids that didn't perform as well as their rep coming in to the camp.
It turns out that he is a little slower and shorter than advertised
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WR Darnell Salomon | Miami (Fla. ) Central
Honorable Mention: LB Keion Joyner has had a rash of injuries and just hasn't been the same player since he struggled in the playoffs at the end of his junior season. For five-star DT Derrick Brown this was supposed to be about redemption from a poor performance a year ago, but he essentially repeated that scenario. DE Ron Johnson is ranked a bit too high right outside the Rivals100 and was small in comparison to the rest of the group without flashing the needed speed. DE Shane Simmons looks more like a big linebacker each time we see him. LB Lokeni Toailoa is a downhill guy and linebackers often struggle at these events, but he looked a step slower than most. QB Xavier Gaines struggled mightily with his accuracy and was clearly the worst of the eight Five-Star Challenge quarterbacks in 7-on play. OL Frank Martin looks more and more like a guard and LB Anthony Hines doesn't have the quick-twitch ability you'd expect from a kid with 70 offers. - See more at: https://michiganstate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1772865#sthash.H1REXtth.dpuf
