Written by Duane Long | 15 July 2009

You always want to get great players. That goes without saying. Going into another region, another part of the country and taking a player away from the local powers doubles the impact as you take talent away from them. This is my early list of the best gets for the Big Ten so far. Marvin Robinson has deep Michigan roots or he would be on here.


1 - William Gohlston to Michigan State. A bonafide nationally ranked talent,with the offers to match, picks the home state ugly cousin over some of the nations elite schools. Great get for Mark Dantonio. Bigger schools will be paying attention to recruiting wins like this one.

2 - David Durham to Ohio State. When I first saw him there was talk of him being a defensive end. I saw a Texas/LSU caliber middle
linebacker. That was until I saw film of him as a defensive end. He is just as likely and maybe more likely to be an impact defensive end. A definite candidate for most underrated player in the country list.

3 - Adrian Coxson to Penn State. JoePa goes into Maryland and pulls out a receiver who I wold say is the most underrated split end in the country, one who sports offers from Florida and Georgia. JoePa still has some magic left.

4 - Ricardo Miller to Michigan. National kid with an offer from Florida as well as Tennessee. I think Michigan needs to rebuild its overall athleticism and speed. This is the kind of player who can help them do that.

5 - Andrew Donnal to Iowa. Ohio has a great OL class this year. Matt James is everyones #1 LT but I would say he is 1a and Donnal is 1b. I like him that much.

6 - Gerald Robinson to Michigan. Whether you believe the Buckeyes told him they would not be offering or whether you believe he always wanted Michigan, this is a great looking athlete. I don't know if he is fast enough to be a wide receiver but I am sure he is fast enough to be a safety, something that is a need here.

7 - C.J. Fiedorowicz to Illinois. I know he is from Illinois but it looked like he was headed anywhere but Illinois.

8 - Taylor Graham to Ohio State. His dad is a former Buckeye but the Buckeyes had him down their board. He had some great offers on the table, is not from Ohio, and Ohio State was not his dads first choice. We came in late. Great get on one of the hottest quarterbacks in the country in a down year for quarterbacks.

9 - Courtney Avery to Michigan. He was committed to Stanford. I did not know he changed his mind until I started putting this together. Great looking little player. I wonder if not for such a successful haul last year would he have seen a Buckeye offer.

10 - Josh Davis to Purdue. Don't look at what kind of player he is. Just look at how big he is and how athletic he is for his size. You can find a place for that somewhere. You can find a few things for him to do.

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