The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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2015 RECRUITING ISSUE PERSONAL Nolan Matthew Ulizio was born April 6, 1997, in Connecticut … Has been timed at 5.21 seconds in the 40-yard dash … Bench presses 330 pounds … Squats 400 pounds … Father, Matt, played Division I-AA football at the University of Pennsylvania … One of five Firebirds signing to play Division I football in the 2015 class … Will be the first player from Lakota West to suit up for the Maize and Blue. RANKINGS Consensus rating of the four major recruiting services: three-star pros- pect, the No. 79 offensive tackle na- tionally and the No. 36 player in Ohio (Rivals not included) … No. 60 player in the Midwest according to ESPN … No. 5 offensive tackle in the Midwest and No. 3 offensive tackle in Ohio accord- ing to Scout. STATISTICS Career Totals: Two-year starter for a Lakota West team that went 16-8 dur- ing his career, including two playoff appearances and a pair of postseason wins during his senior season. Senior Season: Started all 13 games for a Lakota West team that finished 7-6 and lost in the third round of the Division I state playoffs to future team- mate Tyree Kinnel and Huber Heights (Ohio) Wayne … Bookend tackle with Kentucky signee George Asafo-Ad- jei … Offense averaged 145.5 yards per game on the ground and 199.7 through the air. Junior Season: Started all 11 games for a Lakota West team that finished NOLAN ULIZIO OFFENSIVE TACKLE 6-5 • 293 LAKOTA WEST HIGH SCHOOL WEST CHESTER, OHIO RANKINGS STARS NAT. POS. STATE ✪ ✪ — — — ✪ ✪ ✪ — 68 25 ✪ ✪ ✪ — 128 46 ✪ ✪ ✪ — 42 37 great job of conceptualizing what you're trying to do offensively. He can think on his feet, with the defense a moving object. I think he does that really well." Ulizio prefers to remain low profile, as well. Even when he started to blow up on the recruiting trail during De- cember and early January, the media were mostly shut out. That's just the type of player he is, according to Cox, and it makes him a great personality fit for the often unheralded place in the trenches. "I'm just happy to have recruiting over with," Ulizio admitted. "I'm glad to have the opportunity to go to Michigan. Now it's time to just work." For a Michigan offensive line that has struggled in recent years, that's jthe attitude the coaching staff loves to have. — Tim Sullivan