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RB Bri'onte Dunn (dismissed from team)

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Brionte Dunn: "150% Buckeye" Scout Free

"My honest thoughts on Coach Meyer would be that he is just the exact type of man I want to be around," he continued. "He is a regular person in so many ways, but he is also one of the greatest football coaches in the country. I liked his personality, and my grandmother just loved him, which meant a lot to me. Every member of my family was impressed with Coach Meyer, and all of us were in agreement that with him at Ohio State, I was going to Ohio State."
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Recruiting: After flirting with Michigan, Brionte Dunn chooses Ohio State

Brionte Dunn is headed to Ohio State.

After flirting with Michigan for the past few months, the five-star tailback told Urban Meyer Tuesday night that he would end his recruitment and hold up his commitment to the Buckeyes, Bill Greene of Scout.com reported.

"I am officially 150% a Buckeye," he said Tuesday night. "I couldn't be happier, and I feel so great tonight."

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Michigan Football Recruiting: Bri'onte Dunn Sticks With Ohio State - SB Nation Detroit

When Jim Tressel resigned from Ohio State back in May, one of the first things Michigan fans wanted to know about was the status of Bri'onte Dunn, the Buckeyes' five-star running back commit. After Dunn visited Michigan and showed more and more interest in the Wolverines, fans began to hope that Brady Hoke would get him to switch his commitment. This hope seemed a bit unrealistic at first, but after Kyle Kalis decommitted from Ohio State to Michigan, it suddenly seemed not only realistic, but even probable.

As the season went by and Dunn continued to express interest in Michigan (and visit campus), it seemed like he would ultimately decommit from Ohio State and end up in Ann Arbor. That especially seemed likely after Urban Meyer was hired by OSU. Dunn had made it known he'd rather not play in a spread offense, which Meyer is expected to primarily run. Needless to say, optimism was high in Ann Arbor over Dunn's recruitment.

As always in college football recruiting, things can change extremely quickly. That was especially the case with Dunn, who suddenly decided to reaffirm his commitment to Ohio State during an in-home visit with Meyer on Tuesday. He canceled future plans to hold an official visit to Michigan, and he really erased any possibility of ending up playing for the Wolverines.

The impact this decision by Dunn will have on Michigan's class is minimal in terms of filling a need now that Fitzgerald Toussaint has emerged as the main running back. It would have certainly been nice to add Dunn into the mix, but the need to add a running back isn't that high for the 2012 class.

Off the field, this is a big win for Ohio State. For months it seemed like Dunn was long gone and was set to join Michigan, but Meyer worked his magic and was able to keep him committed. The impact of that is pretty big, as Brady Hoke would have made quite a statement if he had been able to get another Ohio State commitment to switch to Michigan.
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Brionte Dunn: 5-Star RB Commits to Ohio State, Will He Start as a True Freshman? | Bleacher Report

People who were skeptical about Urban Meyer going to Ohio State and whether he'll be able to turn things around are slowly becoming convinced.

Yesterday, one of the top defensive tackles in the country, Tommy Schutt, switched his commitment from Penn State to Ohio State. Now, a five-star running back in Brionte Dunn has stopped playing with the Michigan Wolverines' emotions and has also become a Buckeye.

In case you're not following what's going on here?Urban Meyer has landed a top player on both sides of the ball in less than 24 hours.

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BusNative;1780959; said:
Congratulations, Mr. Dunn!!

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I bump myself...
 
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The impact this decision by Dunn will have on Michigan's class is minimal in terms of filling a need now that Fitzgerald Toussaint has emerged as the main running back. It would have certainly been nice to add Dunn into the mix, but the need to add a running back isn't that high for the 2012 class.
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I disagree with this. So they have 1 good running back currently on their roster next year so they don't need Dunn?
 
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Many of them are glad they avoided Kevin Grady 2.0

As for the 'wasted in Urban's spread' chatter, if they were actually right, then Dunn was a pretty stupid target in recruiting, given that they're saddled with a shotgun-centric offense for at least another year.
 
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Take a gander at UFM's 2006 RB offers
USC - Stafon Johnson ......... 6-0 200 ****
LSU - Keiland Williams ....... 6-0 225 ****
CLE - C.J. Spiller ................ 5-10 185
OKL - DeMarco Murray ........ 6-1 185
UGA - Knowshon Moreno .... 5-11 205 ****
LSU - Charles Scott ............. 6-0 220 ****
AUB - Ben Tate ................... 5-11 204 ****
MIC - Brandon Minor .......... 6-0 210 ****
MIA - Javarris James ........... 6-1 205 ****
PSU - Evan Royster ............. 6-0 190

Those are their HS weights. I put stars next to the "big backs"
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For a guy who doesn't like Brionte Dunn type backs, he sure did offer a lot of them. Maybe UM fans don't know what they're talking about.

That is quite an all-star list of college talent as well.
 
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