Interesting List: Top 10 Michigan Transfers of All Time

Submitted by BursleyHall82 on

Really interesting new list I just saw on Facebook. With Duncan Robinson and Charles Matthews fresh on the brain, this guy ranked the top 10 Michigan football and basketball transfers of all time.

I had forgotten about a lot of these players, and some of them I had no idea were transfers (including No. 1). Rudock made the list; O'Korn did not. Interesting list.

https://thelivingstonpost.com/michigans-top-10-football-and-basketball-…

Wolverine Devotee

April 9th, 2018 at 12:15 AM ^

Howard Yerges has no place on honorable mention. He was a First Team All-B1G QB and beat the school he transferred from 3 times. Ohio State is where he came from. 

 

Bando Calrissian

April 9th, 2018 at 12:40 AM ^

Willie Heston? All-time Michigan great, but he played 7 years of college football in an era where rules about eligibility, transfers, recruiting, and the like didn't exist. It was the Wild West out there--schools found and suited up mercenaries for a matter of a week or two if they had a big game coming up. It's not even the same concept.

Robbie Reid 3

April 9th, 2018 at 2:46 AM ^

Robbie Reid definitely deserves to be on the list. Austin Panter didn’t even play so I have no idea how he is honorable mention. He forgot Russell Shaw who was a good receiver and I’m pretty sure a JUCO transfer.

Unsalted

April 9th, 2018 at 1:15 AM ^

He shocked everyone with his quickness and speed. Many thought Dave Baxter would be the starting PG in 75-76, because he was a really, really good basketball player. However, in Ricky's two years at Michigan he was a honorable mention All-American in '76 and then first team All-American in '77.

Ricky was Michgan's sparkplug, leading us to 51-11 (25-7 and 26-4) record when he was here. Damn good was he, and those two teams.

Blueroller

April 9th, 2018 at 1:01 PM ^

Ricky Green was one of the most fun and spectacular players to watch in Michigan history. I've never seen a guy who could go from one end to the other as fast as Ricky. With backcourt mate Steve Grote, Phil Hubbard, John Robinson and Wayman Britt, Johnny Orr had a perfect team for his fast breaking style. Two of the hardest losses for me ever were the 76 game in Bloomington, where Bobby Knight intimidated the refs into costing Michigan a win over the Indiana team that wound up going undefeated, and the 77 tournament upset of top-ranked Michigan by North Carolina-Charlotte. Cornbread Maxwell of Charlotte showed the kind of player he went on to be for the Celtics. That was one of the great Michigan teams of all time.

goblue16

April 9th, 2018 at 1:30 AM ^

Grant mason from Stanford is one of my favorite. Had the INT for TD against Iowa in 2004. Amazing game

Denard P. Woodson

April 9th, 2018 at 11:49 AM ^

You are right, of course, about "let's wait and see".  That being said, half of sports talk is people yapping about how they think athletes, coaches or teams "will be".

 

While there's often too much hype on anything highly rated, I don't think it is a fair comparison to state that most fans had the same level of expectations for a mid level recruit who got benched at Houston vas they do for a top level prospect who had some success at an SEC school.

 

I mean, feel free to cut and paste "Remeber Kevin Grady" on every post about a highly touted RB from now until the end of time but.............

 

 

Boner Stabone

April 9th, 2018 at 8:37 AM ^

Here are some other basketball transfers I found besides the ones listed:

Lavall Lucas-Perry  (Arizona)

Brandon Hughes (JUCO)

Zack Gibson (Rutgers)

CJ Lee (Manhattan)

JC Mathis (Virginia)

Hayes Grooms (Lamar)

Blue in PA

April 9th, 2018 at 10:55 AM ^

Ruddock.....   I recall there not being much buzz, big deal, we get a guy who lost his job to a freshman at Iowa.

 

He ended up being a great pick up, imagine what that season would have looked like without him?