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SIGNING DAY: Where the State Champs! preseason top 50 players wound up signing
Using the list Scott M. Burnstein put together in the preseason, here are where the seniors from the State Champs! top 50 players wound up heading to college to play football. Of the original top 50, only a couple — Muskegon Mona Shores’ Jacob Wahlberg, Madison Heights Madison’s Austin Brown and Belleville’s Tyrece Woods — were still unsigned heading into the February signing period. Woods signed with Buffalo on Wednesday.
Here are where the remaining of the preseason 50 chose to sign, along with a dozen and a half more seniors, to replace the underclassmen on the original list:
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1 Devontae Dobbs (Belleville Sr. OL) – Signed with Michigan State on early signing day.
2 Logan Brown (East Kentwood Sr. OL) – Signed with Wisconsin on early signing day.
4 Julian Barnett (Belleville Sr. CB/WR) – Signed with Michigan State on early signing day.
5 Lance Dixon (West Bloomfield Sr. LB) – Signed with Penn State on early signing day, enrolled on Jan. 5.
6 Mazi Smith (East Kentwood Sr. DL) – Signed with Michigan on early signing day, enrolled on Jan. 4.
7 Anthony Bradford (Muskegon Sr. OL) – Signed with LSU on early signing day.
8 Ruke Orhorhoro (River Rouge Sr. DE) – Signed with Clemson on early signing day, enrolled on Jan. 6.
9 Marvin Grant (Detroit King Sr. S) – Signed with Purdue on early signing day.
10 Dwan Mathis (Oak Park Sr. QB) – Originally committed to Ohio State, flipped to Georgia on early signing day, and enrolled on Jan. 10.
11 Jaren Mangham (Detroit Cass Tech Sr. RB/LB) – Signed with Colorado on early signing day.
12 Mike Fletcher (Flint Carman-Ainsworth Sr. DE) – Signed with Michigan State on early signing day.
13 Spencer Brown (Walled Lake Western Sr. OL) – Signed with Michigan State on early signing day.
15 Tre Mosley (West Bloomfield Sr. WR) – Signed with Michigan State on early signing day.
16 Marcel Lewis (Chippewa Valley Sr. LB) – Signed with Michigan State on early signing day.
19 Sam Johnson (Walled Lake Western Sr. QB) – Signed with Boston College on early signing day, enrolled Jan. 14.
20 Adam Berghorst (Zeeland East Sr. DE) – Signed with Michigan State on early signing day.
21 Tate Hallock (Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central Sr. WR/S) – Signed with Michigan State on early signing day.
22 Darius Robinson (Canton Sr. DE) – Signed with Missouri on early signing day.
23 Jalen Hunt (Belleville Sr. DE) – Signed with Iowa on early signing day.
24 Roderick Heard (Farmington Hills Harrison Sr. CB/RB) – Signed with Northwestern on early signing day.
26 Tyrece Woods (Belleville Sr. DE/LB) — Signed with Buffalo on national signing day, Feb. 6.
27 Karsen Barnhart (Paw Paw Sr. OL) — Signed with Michigan on early signing day.
30 Aidan Harrison (Flushing Sr. S) — Signed with Missouri on early signing day.
31 Spencer Holstege (Grand Rapids South Christian Sr. OL) — Signed with Purdue on early signing day.
32 Marvin Ham (Belleville Sr. LB) — Signed with Colorado on early signing day.
36 Ahmad Gardner (Detroit King Sr. CB) — Signed with Cincinnati on early signing day.
38 Jalen Graham (Detroit Cass Tech Sr. S/QB) — Signed with Purdue on early signing day.
39 Dequan Finn (Detroit King Sr. QB) — Signed with Toledo on early signing day.
40 Austin Brown (Madison Heights Madison Sr. QB) — Committed to Grand Valley for football.
41 Josh DeBerry (Warren De La Salle Sr. CB) — Signed with Boston College on early signing day.
45 Lew Nichols (Detroit Cass Tech Sr. RB) — Signed with Central Michigan on early signing day.
49 Jacob Wahlberg (Muskegon Mona Shores Sr. LB) — Flipped from Western Michigan to Purdue on early signing day, but planned to sign in February’s signing period.
50 M.J. Griffin (Saline Sr. S) — Signed with Temple on early signing day.
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JUNIORS FROM THE ORIGINAL TOP 50
3 Justin Rogers (Oak Park Jr. OL)
14 Enzo Jennings (Oak Park Jr. CB)
17 Makari Paige (West Bloomfield Jr. S/LB)
18 Peny Boone (Detroit King Jr. RB)
25 Bryce Mostella (East Kentwood Jr. DE)
28 Rashawn Williams (Detroit King Jr. WR)
29 Andre Seldon (Belleville Jr. CB)
33 Braiden McGregor (Port Huron Northern Jr. DE)
34 Cornell Wheeler (West Bloomfield Jr. LB)
35 Billie Roberts (Muskegon Jr. DE)
37 Dallas Fincher (East Kentwood Jr. DL)
42 Lemuel Neely-Watley (Detroit King Jr. WR/CB)
43 DeAndre Buford (Detroit King Jr. OL)
44 Devell Washington (Bay City Western Jr. WR)
46 Ian Stewart (Gibraltar Carlson Jr. WR/S)
47 De’Andre Bulley (River Rouge Jr. RB)
48 Cam Martinez (Muskegon Jr. QB)
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ADDITIONAL SENIORS:
David Ellis, WR/KR, Chippewa Valley — Signed with Indiana on early signing day.
Daraun McKinney, ATH, River Rouge — Signed with Iowa on early signing day, enrolled Jan. 11.
Stephan Bracey, WR, East Kentwood — Signed with Wisconsin on early signing day.
Jalen McGaughy, WR, Detroit King — Signed with Ball State on early signing day.
Devin Baldwin, DE, Southfield A&T — Signed with Rutgers on early signing day.
Devin Nicholson, OLB, Detroit Cass Tech — Signed with Missouri on early signing day.
Damari Roberson, WR, Muskegon Mona Shores — Signed with Western Michigan on early signing day.
Maverick Hansen, DT, Farmington Hills Harrison — Signed with Michigan State on early signing day.
Brock Horne, LB, Romeo — Signed with Bowling Green on early signing day.
Nic Jones, CB, Southfield — Signed with Ball State on early signing day.
Khalil Dawsey, CB, Birmingham Groves — Committed to Harvard.
Kyron McKinnie-Harper, ATH, Detroit Cass Tech — Signed with Central Michigan on early signing day.
Rich Miller, LB, Detroit King — Signed with Buffalo on early signing day.
Boone Bonnema, LB, Zeeland East — Signed with Western Michigan on early signing day.
Ormondell Dingle, S, Detroit Cass Tech — Signed with Central Michigan on early signing day.
Danny Motowski, DT, Warren DeLaSalle — Signed with Central Michigan on early signing day.
Jordan Anderson, S, Detroit East English — Signed with Bowling Green on early signing day.
Tyrone Broden, WR, West Bloomfield — Signed with Bowling Green on early signing day.
