re: Class of 2018 Recruiting MEGATHREAD: So Long Old Friend Edition

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Really good round by Tuttle. Spins one of the best balls here.

Joey Gatewood throwing now.

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BOWIE, MD -- On Day Two of Michigan's satellite camp tour, the Wolverines coaching staff found themselves at Bowie State University, 15 miles outside of Washington D.C., where they got to see several top prospects from the DMV region.

The top prospect in attendance was one of Michigan's top targets at defensive end: the 6'5", 230 lb. WDE out of Baltimore (MD) St. Frances Academy, Eyabi Anoma.

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Anoma and his teammates arrived with the camp already in session, as they were coming from the Under Armour All-American camp being held concurrently nearby. Not long after he arrived, Anoma found himself in the company of Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh, pass game coordinator Pep Hamilton and defensive line coach Greg Mattison.

"I like the coaches," Anoma said. "They're very friendly. Me and Coach Harbaugh -- I can be more open with him. Be more goofy. I'm a very goofy person. Very up. I just like smiling and stuff. And he's a cool coach, so you know, some coaches react different, but I like his reaction to my personality. I have a good connection with the coaches."

While many top recruits have specific questions for coaches like Jim Harbaugh, Anoma's major concern: how close is the nearest Burger King from campus?

Other than that, the jovial 2018 prospect told Wolverine247 that his plan is to make it up to Ann Arbor sometime in June.

"I'm going to try to visit Michigan this month," Anoma said. "They said just come up there and visit. I just want to get up there and see --how far -- I'm serious about the Burger King. See how far Burger King is from campus and stuff like that."

Burger King locations aside, the nation's third-ranked weak-side defensive end, and 50th overall prospect in the 2018 247Sports Composite said that the most important thing to him in making his decision is: "Academics. Life without football."

Anoma knows what he'd like to study at the next level, and gave an interesting answer as to why.

"Criminal Law," Anoma said he wants to study. "I grew up watching Law & Order, and the boom-boom sound. And I'm actually like -- I'm really good at arguing. I'm really good at arguing. And I really know how to prove my point, bring evidence -- and all that stuff's really intriguing to me.

"If anything goes wrong with football, God forbid, I wouldn't mind -- I would actually like waking up and going to do stuff like, going to a law office, doing all that research on the case. I'd actually like doing that. That's something I want to do. I've wanted to be a lawyer since I've watched Law & Order."

Anoma is still in exploratory mode, contending that no one leads, and that he remains wide open. This weekend, he plans to pare down his list to which schools he will actually visit.

"This summer [...] I know Texas A&M might get a visit," Anoma said. "[My coach and I are] going to sit down tonight, make a list. How we're going to do it, what schools they are. He asked me what schools I want. And I told him: I said as much as possible. I mean, I don't have no favorites, so why not? So we're going to sit down, we're probably going to have a list of what schools I want to visit and what dates and stuff like that."

While Michigan will for sure get a visit this month, Anoma recently visited Penn State and Alabama. The Crimson Tide are currently the 247Sports Crystal Ball favorites.

Quick hits on Alabama and Penn State:

Alabama: Anoma visited Alabama on April 19th, and when he got to meet with Coach Saban, he only had one thing in mind: Where could he get good Chinese food?

"I like Alabama," he said. "The weather's pretty good out there. They definitely have got some good Chinese food. I asked Coach a lot about Chinese food around the area, because I love Chinese food.

"The Coach mentioned about law, that's big, because I want to become a lawyer in case anything goes wrong. And he said there's a law program at Alabama, so I'm definitely looking into that."

Penn State: Anoma recently made a May 20th unofficial visit to Happy Valley, and came away with a lot of positive impressions, particularly about the seriousness of the football program.

"They have a good tradition," Anoma said. "I don't want to say they're like Alabama, but it's almost like the same tradition. How they keep the same uniforms. They don't do a lot of changing stuff. They just focus on football, and I like that. I like schools like that. I do like uniforms, but I like how they just keep the tradition, and you're either with them, or you're not. They don't do a whole lot of babying. 'Oh, let me come and beg this player.' No, it's either, 'Do you want to come to Penn State or you don't.' And I like that."

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11. Emory Jones

Ohio State commit Emory Jones continues to throw the ball with great confidence. While the 6-foot-2, 195-pound prospect missed a few more throws than he did day one, Jones still ripped impressive passes to make the cut. Jones’ ripped a beautiful off-balance throw that helped showed the arm strength he brings to the field.

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9. Justin Fields

Penn State commit Justin Fields was sound during his round of throws during day two. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound prospect hit some impressive throws down the field on corner routes. The Kennesaw (Ga.) Harrison was not quite as sharp on Saturday though as he was Friday.

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6. Carter Bradley

Jacksonville (Fla.) Providence’s Carter Bradley was the surprise of Saturday’s workout. The 6-foot-3, 195-pound prospect was sharp start to finish. Bradley’s throws were on point and thrown with good velocity.

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4. Matt Corral

USC commit Matt Corral looked very explosive moving around the pocket and on roll outs. The 6-foot-2, 200-pound prospect one again showed an elite arm capable of fitting balls into tight windows and stretching the field vertically. Corral did miss a few throws, but he also unleashed some elite level passes.

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2. Devin Leary

N.C. State commit Devin Leary came out throwing darts from the very start. The 6-foot-1, 190-pound signal caller threw an accurate ball with a lot of velocity the entire session. The Sicklerville (N.J.)Timber Creek stole the show on Saturday night.

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