Running Back Remains Position of Need in 2010 Class

With three seniors graduating (Minor, Brown and Grady), Michigan will need to reload at the RB position in the 2010 class. Commit Texas RB Stephen Hopkins 6'0, 220 pounds is a Minor-like back, and commit Texas slot/RB Tony Drake can play multiple positions, but the Wolverines need at least one more solid back. The Freep reports that "Michigan currently is the favorite of Livonia Stevenson’s Austin White (6-0, 186) and Newark (Del.) Hodgson Vo-Tech’s Jamaal Jackson (5-8, 158). The Wolverines are also in the top two for Ramsey (N.J.) Don Bosco Prep’s Tony Jones (5-8, 178) and Miami Central’s Brandon Gainer (6-0, 194) and are top three for Miami Booker T. Washington’s Eduardo Clements (5-10, 185)." Gainer is the purest back of the group, and the most highly rated. Certainly, he'd be the biggest pick-up, but all of these backs are blazers, and we'd be happy to have them.