Michigan bird-dogs the country, gets a Finch

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Class, his name is Jerimy Finch (i, not an e) of Warren Central high school in Indiana, and Scout thinks he is worth four gold stars. Please offer him a cup of apple juice and some of your cinnamon graham crackers.

As a high school junior he was listed at 207 pounds (Rivals says he's now 210) and is currently 6-3. For comparison, Jonas Mouton was listed at 6-2, 205 pounds as a senior and was already getting that "might become a college linebacker" treatment. So it seems as though either Ron English is getting his wish for the rumored hybrid position in his new defensive alignment, or that Finch will probably end up playing linebacker. Right now it seems he's agile enough to do whatever he wants:

"On the very first play of their next drive, quarterback Taylor Hoffman’s pass was picked off by Warren’s defensive MVP, junior Jerimy Finch. Finch displayed a variety of sneaky moves in getting the ball all the way down to the Royals’ 3."

Finch picked off a second Hoffman pass and once again weaved through would-be tacklers, all the way to the end zone this time"

- Finch intercepted 10 passes last year and forced six fumbles, recovering three. As a sophomore he made close to 100 tackles. One hundred is one thing, but to be good enough to warrant the playing time to accumulate that many on a team traditionally ranked in the top 2 in Indiana is something more impressive.

-Max Emfinger says Finch is a six star (yeah, guy gives them out like cashews it seems) strong safety, runs a 4.5 40 and has offers from Michigan, Kentucky, Indiana, Louisville and Iowa. (Scout adds VaTech, WVa, GaTech and Illinois to that list).

What's that? No, Max, of course no one thinks you've ever had sex with an underaged Asian prostitute and still had enough change from your 20 to buy a dozen White Castles and a Sugar-free Red Bull.

- Rivals adds that Finch could be a better prospect than teammate and fellow '07 recruit Darren Evans (who was named EA Sports Junior of the year last season):

"Indianapolis (Ind.) Warren Central has a lot of good football players...but defensive back Jerimy Finch could be the best prospect from the high school. He looked smooth in coverage and is very aggressive. He also has a very imposing physical presence at corner."

- The Associated Press named Finch First-Team All-State as a junior, and Rivals named him to their Sophomore All-America team.

- And he plays basketball and throws the shotput.

Also, please read MGoBlog's latest recruiting board update. (and while I'm at it, you should be reading Maize N Brew) Brian's so consistently good it's almost pointless to link specific posts; everything he puts out is worth your time.