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Michigan Wolverine Recruiting: Robert Washington (RB) 2016 Prospect

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GBMWolverine Michigan Football RecruitingPosted at 4:00pm — 2/14/2015

Michigan Wolverine Recruiting: Robert Washington (RB) 2016 Prospect

Robert Washington, a 2016 running back prospect from Huntersville, North Carolina and plays for Southlake Christian Academy high school and has interest in Michigan.

Washington has been taking a low profile on who he might be favoring or even looking at during this recruiting period. As of right now he has over thirty-five scholarship offers to play college football.

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Washington hasn’t released a top ten list yet, but has put out two names so far in North Carolina (his hometown school), and Pitt. He looks to add a couple of schools each Sunday until he decides on the school he plans to attend college next year. He is planning on announcing his decision sometime in March. Look for teams like Notre Dame, Michigan, Ohio State, Maryland, TCU, and Tennessee make his top ten list.

One thing he mentioned is he doesn’t want to go to a program that is loaded with running backs or a program that already has a running back commit. He did say he isn’t against another running back in the class, but he prefers to be the main target so you would think that a program like Ohio State would be eliminated since they already have a highly recruited running back who has verbally committed to them in Kareem Walker.

Talking with Scout, “I want to decide by mid-March or late March,” Washington said. “I haven’t set a date yet, but it will be around next month.”

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“I don’t want to be on a roster behind a lot of other running backs,” Washington said. “That doesn’t make a lot of sense. I would prefer not to redshirt, but I will if I need to. I know Notre Dame has Tarean (Folston) and Greg (Bryant), but they’re older. They’re great guys to be around. I definitely feel at home at Notre Dame, which is important to me.”

Other schools expected to compete seriously for Washington’s cut include Maryland, Pittsburgh, Ohio State, Tennessee and TCU.

“Location doesn’t matter,” Washington added. “It’s about where I feel most comfortable. That could be California or South Bend. I’ll go wherever.”

Washington is on track to graduate early and enroll mid-year.

Bio:
Height: 5’10
Weight: 215
Number: 5
Current Position: Running Back
Future Position: Running Back
City/State: Huntersville, North Carolina
High School: Southlake Christian Academy
Head Coach: Bobby McLaughlin
Top 5 Other Offers: Florida, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Stanford, and UCLA.
Interested: North Carolina, Pitt, and several other schools.
40 Time: 4.47
Class: 2016 Recruiting Class

Follow Robert Washington: on Twitter

Rankings:
24/7: 4-star.
ESPN: 4-star.
Rivals: 4-star.
Scout: 4-star.

CoachBT’s Comments:

Definitely passes the eyeball test. Well built running back who is not shy when it comes to contact. Classic downhill, shoulder square, between the tackles power back. Film also shows good speed and quick feet. Route running needs some work, but he does catch the ball out of the backfield.

Here is his highlights:

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    • The 2016 recruiting class will be a lot bigger than the previous couple years of recruiting at Michigan which will be a good thing for Jim Harbaugh and staff to start bringing in their own players that they want to build around this Michigan program.

    As of right now we have a total of 18 scholarships that will likely be handed out to the 2016 recruiting class, but we imagine this number will gradually go up with players transferring or deciding to leave Michigan.

    So far, the 2016 recruiting class has Erik Swenson (OL) and Dele Harding (LB) in the class.

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