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THE WOLVERINE 2018 FOOTBALL PREVIEW ■ 77 WIDE RECEIVERS THE WOLVERINE 2018 FOOTBALL PREVIEW ■ 77 WIDE RECEIVERS EDDIE MCDOOM • WR Jr. • Winter Garden, Fla. Ht.: 6-0 • Wt.: 181 Career Highlights: Appeared in 12 games in 2017, starting twice … Caught 11 passes for 81 yards, and also ran the ball eight times for 43 yards … In 2016, played slot receiver in 13 games … Had five catches for 59 yards … Career-long reception of 33 yards came against Illinois in 2016 … Carried the ball 16 times for 160 yards. Prep: Caught 133 passes for 2,487 yards and 34 touchdowns during his career … Posted 47 grabs for 1,017 yards and 13 scores his final prep year … Made 47 receptions for 854 yards and 15 touch- downs as a junior … Associated Press Class 8A All- State second-team pick as a senior and third-team selection as a junior … Ranked as a three-star talent, the No. 69 player in Florida and the No. 75 wide receiver nationally by Rivals.com. Personal: Born June 3, 1997. Year GP/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD 2016 13/0 5 59 11.8 0 2017 12/2 11 81 7.4 0 Totals 25/2 16 140 8.8 0 DONOVAN PEOPLES-JONES • WR So. • Detroit Ht.: 6-2 • Wt.: 199 Career Highlights: Played in 13 games in 2017, starting six times … Caught 22 passes for 277 yards … Also carried the ball four times for 57 yards … Returned 40 punts for 320 yards with a 79-yard touchdown … Received the team's Rookie of the Year award … Named All-Big Ten honorable mention by the media as a returner. Prep: As a senior, had 60 catches for 1,064 yards and 17 touchdowns … Also hauled in four intercep- tions on defense, returning one for a touchdown … Scored receiving, rushing, passing, fumble recovery and kickoff return touchdowns his senior season … Named the 2016 Gatorade Player of the Year for Michigan … Selected as a first-team All-American by MaxPreps and USA Today … Pulled down 69 passes for 1,168 yards and 18 touchdowns as a junior … Named Division I All-State by The Detroit Free Press and chosen to the MaxPreps Junior All-American team … Ranked as a five-star prospect, the No. 1 player in Michigan, and the No. 1 wide receiver and No.12 overall recruit nationally by Rivals.com. Personal: Born Feb. 19, 1999. Year GP/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD 2017 13/6 22 277 12.6 0 GRANT PERRY • WR Sr. • Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Ht.: 6-0 • Wt.: 191 Career Highlights: Has ap- peared in 34 career games … Saw action in 11 contests in 2017 … Made 25 catches for 307 yards and one touchdown … Played in 10 contests as a junior and totaled 13 receptions for 183 yards with one touchdown … Appeared in all 13 games in 2015, catching 14 passes for 128 yards and one score. Prep: Caught 176 passes for 2,771 yards and 27 touchdowns during his career at Brother Rice High School … Notched 105 receptions for 1,727 yards and 20 touchdowns his senior season … Ranked by Rivals.com as a three-star prospect, the state's No. 12 recruit and the nation's No. 80 wideout. Personal: Born Feb. 8, 1997 … Is the 22nd Brother Rice grad to play football for the University of Michi- gan … Follows an uncle, Will Forrest, who attended the University of Michigan Law School … Enrolled in the College of Kinesiology. Year GP/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD 2015 13/0 14 128 9 . 1 1 2016 10/0 13 183 14.1 1 2017 11/1 25 307 12.3 1 Totals 34/1 52 618 11.9 3 NEWCOMERS MICHAEL BARRETT • WR Fr. • Valdosta, Ga. Ht.: 6-0 • Wt.: 215 Prep: Racked up 2,647 rushing yards to go along with 38 touchdowns in his high school career … Played quarterback as a senior and helped lead his team to an 11-1 record and the Region 1-7A cham- pionship … Passed for 1,705 yards and 16 touch- downs his senior year, after putting up 2,753 yards and 27 touchdowns as a junior … Named first-team 7A All-State and the 7A Offensive Player of the Year by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution … Ranked as a three-star recruit and the No. 69 player in Georgia by Rivals.com. Personal: Born Dec. 21, 1999 … Attended the same high school as several current NFL players, in- cluding Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Telvin Smith and Washington Redskins linebacker Josh Harvey- Clemons. RONNIE BELL • WR Fr. • Kansas City, Mo. Ht.: 6-1 • Wt.: 174 Prep: Set every receiving record at Park Hill High School, while amassing 2,476 receiving yards on 159 catches during his career … As a senior, recorded 89 receptions for 1,605 yards and 21 touchdowns … Won the 35th annual Thomas A. Simone Award as the top football player in the Kansas City area … Named to the USA Today 2017 All-State team … Tabbed as a two-star recruit by Rivals.com. Personal: Born Jan. 28, 2000 … Also played bas- ketball in high school, and averaged more than 15 points per game as a senior and was named first- team all-district. ROSTER No. Name Ht. Wt. Year Elig. Hometown (High School) — Michael Barrett 6-0 215 Fr. Fr. Valdosta, Ga. (Lowndes) — Ronnie Bell 6-1 174 Fr. Fr. Kansas City, Mo. (Park Hill) 7 Tarik Black 6-3 206 So. Fr. Hamden, Conn. (Cheshire Academy) 4 Nico Collins 6-4 206 So. So. Birmingham, Ala. (Clay-Chalkville) 24 Jake Martin* 5-11 191 Jr. Jr. Grand Rapids, Mich. (Forrest Hills Northern) 2 Oliver Martin 6-1 198 So. Fr. Coralville, Iowa (West Senior) 43 Jake McCurry* 6-0 180 So. So. Solon, Ohio (Solon) 13 Eddie McDoom 6-0 181 Jr. Jr. Winter Garden, Fla. (West Orange) 9 Donovan Peoples-Jones 6-2 199 So. So. Detroit (Cass Tech) 88 Grant Perry 6-0 191 Sr. Sr. Bloomfield Hills, Mich. (Brother Rice) 81 Nate Schoenle* 6-2 192 Jr. Jr. Plymouth, Mich. (Gabriel Richard) 29 Brendan White* 6-1 194 Sr. Sr. Scottsdale, Ariz. (Notre Dame Prep) 81 Jack Young* 6-2 190 So. So. Pittsburgh (Mt. Lebanon) * Walk-on Junior Eddie McDoom has 40 combined rush- es and receptions in his U-M career, which have gained 343 yards (8.6 yards per touch). PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL

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