Updated: Michigan cornerback commitment: 'I'm going to start'

Now we are talking. Get the D fixed! The offense can score points (when they hold on to the ball). It was the D that killed Michigan this year.

GO BLUE!

according to rivals.com, Cullen Christian runs a 4.68 40 yard dash.

another safety for UM! Baw, haw haw haw!!

Also according to rivals.com
".....Needs to improve his speed, which will help him to recover when beaten on a route....."
".....Cornerback is such a tough position for a freshman to come in and have an impact right away....."

Read the the conclusion Mr. Walmart...
"Conclusion: Cornerback is such a tough position for a freshman to come in and have an impact right away. I can see him getting some looks in nickel and dime packages along with special teams responsibilities early in his career. Don't be surprised if he is pushing for all-conference honors by his second or third year." Rivals.com

However, Scout.com has his 40 time as 4.55. Flip a coin

who cares about 40 time with no pads on. the kids got real long arms and gonna be a playmaker now we get a few more impact players like him and the D will be lookin alot better...us "kool aid" drinkers no RR knows how to recruit this class will be better then the last and it will be like that tell hes gone.

Speed is his main weakness...the scouts and he himself said that. But just about everything is blue chip. Size...over a 39" vertical jump...jams recievers at the line...lengthy...and with his frame he is going to be a monster after putting on some muscle. He already hits hard. Go Blue!! Get Grimes and Mathis!!

Just looking for a guy that first dosen't mind jambing his reciever. This guy will.

Does it really matter who we bring in. "they are young" "we have to get better" "we didn't get these problems over night and we can't fix them over night" " we need more time"

RR will need two more years to finally have ALL his players here and have 50 JUNIORS and SENIORS who know his system. Tate will be a senior before Michigan is a 9 win team competing for a BT title. Maybe when Devon Gardner is a senior we will have a Vince Young type player and can win it all. I guess if we get a national title in year 6, it will be worth it right?????????????

I hope everyone is willing to wait that long. I'm not.

Christan is a great "get" for UM. Possibly as early as next season, the secondary could go from a weakness to an asset. Whether his forty time is 4.55, as more widely reported, or the "outlier" time of 4.68 reported by one service, he didn't get ranked as highly as he is by playing tiddly-winks. And whenever a DB has an OSU offer sheet, he is a bona-fide prospect.

We really don't know which position he will play, but I wouldn't be any more surprised to see him star at CB than I would to see him in the Stevie Brown hybrid position in a couple of years. It just depends on how much more he grows.
At any rate, it's great to see UM pounding MSU into the ground in recruiting, despite Saint Dantonio's illusions of competency.

I thought RR's mission was to have the fastest team in the nation? Looks like yet ANOTHER failure.

Or maybe Barwis will magically increase his 40 time.

Then again, Christian is from Pennsylvannia. RR is even taking back the state of Michigan in recruiting too!!

Sorry. It's just too easy.

let's wait before we announce him as a defensive saviour...... We've heard hype about players in the past before that didn't pan out. Adam Patterson was a 4 star stud dlineman and never got on the field at Michigan. Does Terrelle Pryor look like a 5 star Qb let alone the #1 player in the country? Take the scouting reports with some salt.....and don't buy into the star system either way. Michigan has had alot of 3 star guys do more in their career than the 5 stars.

dzuck
Maybe you should become a sparty fan and then you can wait forever.

Michigan Heisman candidates 2008 Sam McMuffey, 2009 Tater Forcier
and now lets give the 2010 to Cullen Christian.
Forget about pass coverage can he tackle? OSU ran for over
230 yards against UM.

Speed is important for a corner, but if he uses his size, strength, and hitting ability to jam receivers closer to the line, he can really help us. The most critical thing is having an instinct for where the ball is going. We've had too many DB's - some with a lot of speed - who never seemed to have a clue where the play was going (e.g. Morgan Trent most recently). But, when Christian gets here, the coaches will throw him out there and see where he fits best.

Some of us have the patience for these kids to develop. Unfortunately, other "fans" are going to read all these quotes about him and whine if Christian doesn't come in dominate immediately. Remember, folks...this is a TRUE FRESHMAN coming in. How many of them come in and make an immediate impact? Cornerback Justin Turner, the top recruit out of Ohio last season who chose Michigan, ended up redshirting (granted, he had some problems that caused him to miss the first week or so of practice, but still...). With a full year of practice under his belt, Turner should be ready to go next season before Christian, and hopefully they can work Cullen in slowly rather than throw him to the wolves prematurely.

he came here to play early if he wanted to sit he prob would be a suckeye right now hes got talent let him on the field cant be any worse then woolfolk or mikeW...

The best position in football is the backup and/or the incoming recruit. YOu can't go wrong. While I think it is exciting to talk about Gardiner or Cullen or Jefferson or Pryor (our last big time recruit. . . . .OOPS), let us not put too much faith or pressure in these guys. Some of these players live up to expectations, but so many do not and then next year, we will play the same games again. I think this whole attention to recruits is overblown, and for that I blame the media for covering these news conferences.

A news conference for a high school player? Huh? As we say about RR, let's see facts on the field before we judge. Though it is nice that a highly recruited athlete wants us.

One more thing: All those who are pumping up Mr. Christian: Are you the same folks who pumped up Troy Woolfolk? Morgan Trent? Obi Ezeh? Sam McGuffie?

Just saying that we should hold our horses and not put too much on this high school senior quite yet. Let him grow, adjust to the college game, and allow him to be. Even Woodson (the standard bearer) didn't pick it up until the latter half of his frosh year, and even then, not fully until his junior year.

With fans like walmartwolverine, who needs enemies!!! This 4 star recruit is a good get despite what the whining walmart has to say!

heartbreak..yes Christian is just a recruit and we are all overhyping a recruit...but it is pretty easy to overhype a recruit playing CB for Michigan right now. All he has to do is come in and give up less than 3 TD's a game and it will be a n improvement. He knows how bad are secondary is which is why he thinks he will start right away. Hopefully he is the real deal.

Are you the same folks who pumped up Troy Woolfolk? Morgan Trent? Obi Ezeh? Sam McGuffie?
who pumped them guys up?? troy neeeds to go back to saftey morgan was horrible he let big play after big play and we all new sams running style per his highlight video wouldent work. are biggest problem is we had a decent D class come in last year but most of them red shirted so we were stuck with the same bad players on the field..next year alot of them will be on the field along with Cullen now we just need a few more grimes knight couple other guys and the future will be solid hopefully

I don't get too excited about any of these kids until they either start school in January or sign their official letters in February. Too much can happen between now and then, decommits etc. (That's not a knock on RR, just the facts of CFB in 2009) This kid could turn into a good player though. He'd pair up well with some of the other recent recruits.

Potential means nothing unless we have a coaching staff that can transform it into consistently demonstrated skill. If there is one thing that I've taken away from the last two seasons it's that RR and his cronies have no ability to help players improve and fulfill their potential through the course of a season. What RR is good at is blaming others for his failures. What kid is going to be inspired by that?

are you people serious?? your going to judge this kid by his 40 time. of course i'm sure none of you have ever seen him play. and taking rivals word for it is probably not a good idea. where has notre dame ranked in the rivals recruiting for how many years? thats right, right near the top. we all see how good that panned out. any help is good help, give rich 2 more years and we'll be national title contention. the system change really hurt us. HAVE FAITH PEOPLE, we win the close games this year and were 8-4 and all you foos arent complaining