'08 PA ATH Christian Wilson (North Carolina Signee)

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From the Michigan site. Video interview with Wilson from the Under Armor AA game. Wilson will play LB at the AA game, and says he is enjoying his time there. He talked with Rich Rod, who told Wilson he would use him like WVU used Owen Schmidt (which he wasn't so sure about). He may take some other visits, and mentions Boston College, Michigan State, Virginia, and USC as possible visits.

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Football recruiters hit the hardwood - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Coaches from North Carolina and LSU, for instance, were expected to attend Montour senior running back Christian Wilson's basketball game Tuesday night when the Spartans lost to Blackhawk, 53-49. Wilson, who was averaging 15 points and 14 rebounds per game, verbally committed to Michigan on Aug. 20, but since former Wolverines coach Lloyd Carr retired and former West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez took over, other schools have started pursuing Wilson.

Wilson visited North Carolina this past weekend and will take an official visit to Boston College this weekend. The linebacker/running back said he is solid on his commitment to Michigan, but he is making visits because he wanted to keep his word.

"I'm solid," Wilson said. "I talked to the Michigan coaches (Monday) and cleared a couple things up. I'm going to Boston College because I told them I would and I want to keep my word."

Wilson said the chances of him decommitting from Michigan are not high.

"When I went there in the first place, I thought the area was the best part about Michigan," he said. "Some of the coaches ended up staying, and I'm trying to keep talking to them see if they repeat the same things they said three weeks ago."

Asked how he would rank his favorite schools after Michigan, Wilson said he liked North Carolina and then Boston College.

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From the Michigan site. Wilson was visited by Michigan coaches this week who again told him how he would be used in the new Michigan offense. He says that if coach Rodriguez doesn't contact him soon, he will take it as a sign that he isn't wanted. He will visit Boston College this weekend.

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Montour's Wilson looks around

Montour's Christian Wilson says he is still a Michigan recruit, but he is looking at a few other schools. Wilson made a verbal commitment to Michigan in August, but had second thoughts when Lloyd Carr retired and Rich Rodriguez became coach. Wilson was recruited by Michigan to play H-back, a hybrid between fullback and tight end. But Wilson questioned whether he would fit into Rodriguez's spread-option offense.

Wilson is considering Boston College and North Carolina and visited Boston College this past weekend. He said he has talked to Rodriguez only once.

"He hasn't been calling, and that's kind of been a concern," Wilson said. "We're talking about my position. It's just the fact of believing him."

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Narrowing choices

Montour running back Christian Wilson, who decommitted from Michigan two weeks ago, says he will sign with Boston College or North Carolina on Wednesday, which is National Letter of Intent day.

Wilson verbally committed to the Wolverines on Aug. 20, but he reopened his recruitment when former Michigan coach Lloyd Carr retired and Rich Rodriguez was hired.

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Wilson to North Carolina
Montour's Christian Wilson said he will sign today with North Carolina. Boston College was his other top choice.
Wilson made a verbal commitment to Michigan in August but had second thoughts when Rich Rodriguez became Michigan's coach because he didn't think he fit in Rodriguez's offense.
Wilson (6 feet 3, 230 pounds) was recruited by North Carolina to play H-back, a hybrid between fullback and tight end.
"Coach [Butch] Davis basically said they are going to use me the same way they did Kellen Winslow Jr. and Jeremy Shockey when he was coaching them at Miami," Wilson said. "He said I'm actually bigger and faster than they were when they came in. That got me excited.
"He said Winslow came in at around 210 pounds and running a 4.7 in the 40. I'm coming in around 230 and running a 4.5 flat."
Wilson was recruited by North Carolina offensive coordinator John Shoop, an Oakmont native. Wilson said he hadn't talked to Michigan in weeks.
"North Carolina was recruiting me from the beginning last year," Wilson said. "That's where I heard the H-back position the first time."

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PG West: A former Michigan recruit, Montour's Wilson signs with North Carolina
Thursday, February 21, 2008
By Rich Emert, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Lost earlier this month in the continuing saga that is the recruiting of Terrelle Pryor was that Montour High School's Christian Wilson signed a letter of intent with North Carolina.
Wilson, who led the Spartans to the WPIAL Class AAA final and back to respectability, had verbally committed to Michigan and would have signed with the Wolverines if Lloyd Carr and his coaching staff had stayed in place. But Wilson started looking elsewhere when former West Virginia boss Rich Rodriguez was hired to replace Carr.
OK, but why North Carolina?
"They kept in touch," Montour coach Lou Cerro said. "Even after Christian verbally committed [to Michigan], they would call."
Naturally, when the coaching change at Michigan took place, North Carolina called Wilson more often or as often as the coaches there could.



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