Yesterday, Detroit Cass Tech senior defensive back Donovan Johnson announced that he was committing to Penn State. He became the third player in Cass Tech's senior class to commit to a Power Five school (Big Ten, ACC, SEC, Big-12, Pac-12). And the top player in the state, Donovan Peoples-Jones, has yet decide. He will become No.4, on Thursday night. That is a lot of Power Five commits for one school, but that is not even the most Cass Tech has had. Their reign over the last 10-11 years with Power Five commits alone, is something the state has not seen before.
2007:
Joe Barksdale - LSU
2008:
Boubacar Cissoko - Michigan
Cortez Smith - Indiana
2009:
Teric Jones, Will Campbell, Thomas Gordon - Michigan
2010:
Dior Mathis - Oregon
Daniel Easterly - Missouri
2011:
Delonte Hollowell - Michigan
Ken Nelson - Illinois
2012:
Terry Richardson, Royce Jenkins-Stone - Michigan
Laron Taylor, Ruben Lile - Iowa
2013:
Jourdan Lewis, David Dawson, Delano Hill - Michigan
Kenton Gibbs - NC State
Dennis Finley - Michigan State
2014:
Damon Webb - Ohio State
Deon Drake - Michigan State
2015:
Mike Weber, Josh Alabi - Ohio State
2016:
Tim Walton - Syracuse
MIke Onwenu - Michigan
Demetric Vance - Michigan State
2017:
Jaylen Kelly-Powell - Michigan
Donovan Johnson - Penn State
Zach Morton - Syracuse
Jordan Reid - Michigan State
Donovan Peoples-Jones - Will choose between Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Florida, and Florida State Thursday night.
And the that Cass Tech is on does not stop in 2017. It has several players in its classes of 2018 and 2019 who will also go to Power Five schools. The rich get richer.
