Now we get into the big guys up front. Blake Bars was actually the fourth offensive line commitment for the 2012 class, but the first one in our recap. Big Blake Bars from Nashville, Tennessee. Offensive line is one of those positions that you need to recruit year in and year out because depth is always crucial when you factor in things such as injury and players either graduating or moving on to the NFL. Michigan has a bit of inexperience on the line, especially with Rimington Award winner
David Molk moving on to the San Diego Chargers. Replacing players like Molk both in 2012 and beyond will be one of the big factors impacting Michigan's competitiveness and Bars is one of four commitments that will help solidify the future.
Blake has great size at 6'5" and around 275 pounds. He will definitely have to put on some weight if he hopes to play serious time in the next few seasons, but he should have plenty of time. Very rarely do we see true freshman see time. It happens on rare occasions as it might with fellow 2012 commit Kyle Kalis, but Bars does not appear college ready enough for it to happen. Not only does he have the size issue, but his technique is probably not that solid yet. He has
talked about working on his footwork, but he has some stiff competition, if he wanted to play in 2012.
