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Dewayne Peace Decommits
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1 CommentIs Michigan ever going to get to 22 commitments? For the third time they have gone from 21 to 20 after someone decommitted. Jordan Barnes was the first to take the class from 21 to 20, and Shavodrick Beaver did the same thing less than a week later. Today, Texas wide receiver Dewayne Peace decommitted, meaning there are once again only 20 commits in the 2009 recruiting class.
Peace’s reason for changing his mind about Michigan has to do with what position he would have played in college. Michigan wanted him at cornerback, but he wants to play wide receiver.
“To tell you the truth, I wanted to play wide receiver,” Peace said. “I told the Michigan coaches that I wanted to play receiver. At the beginning of my commitment they said I could play cornerback or receiver. Then as time went on, I went on my visit and told them I just wanted to play receiver and if I could only play corner then I would look for another school to go to. They told me that it was fine and I could play receiver. Then something came up where they didn’t land enough corners so that is where they wanted me.”
There is quite a bit of speculation that Michigan is in position to land receiver Je’Ron Stokes in the near future, so it looks like this open spot at WR could be filled quickly. Even if it isn’t, Peace was someone Michigan could afford to lose. It’s never good when someone decommits, but Michigan still has Cameron Gordon and Jeremy Gallon at the wide receiver position. Gallon is going to be a slot receiver, but he is still a receiver nonetheless.
If the pattern continues, UM will get another verbal and as some have been projecting, another Southern Verbal to decommit keeping UM at 21.