'10 MI CB Dior Mathis (Official Offer)

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Detroit (MI) Cass Tech High School

Ht: 5-foot-8
Wt: 160 lbs
Forty: 4.37 secs
Vertical: 37 inches
Class: 2010 (High School)


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6/30

By A Trieu. Mathis holds offers from Cincinnati and Miami, and says that he is 90-95% sure he will commit to the Hurricanes on Sept. 1st. Miami has told him that he will play as a freshman, and that they want him to give an early verbal. He is also interested in Michigan, Ohio State, Notre Dame and Florida.

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9/1

From CaneSport...says it is 50/50 he will commit to Miami by the end of the week.

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Word has it Michigan offered today during the UM/Miami (OH) game.

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9/9

By Trieu...picked up offers from Cincinnati, Tennessee, Michigan, Oregon and Iowa to go with his offer from the 'Canes. Cal and ND are close to offering and USC is in touch. Talks about his interest in Michigan and their program.

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Scout.com: North Recruiting Notebook

The team the Badgers faced on Saturday, the Michigan Wolverines hosted a number of recruits for the game. The list included five star defensive tackle William Campbell (Detroit Cass Tech) and several top juniors, including Campbell's teammate Dior Mathis. Mathis, who has had Miami-FL in the lead for quite some time, enjoyed the game enough to say that the maize and blue are very much in his mind.

"I'm feeling some pressure now. After this game, I said, man, this is going to be hard. I want to wait for some new schools though, USC has been contacting me. They're sending me letters."

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ESPN - Midwest Recruiting Blog

Cass Tech junior collecting offers
Defensive back Dior Mathis is one of the top class of 2010 prospects in the state of Michigan. The 5-foot-9 and 170-pound Mathis, who has run the 100-meter dash in 10.47 seconds, reports scholarship offers from Michigan, Michigan State, Miami, Oregon and Tennessee. Mathis attended a couple games at Michigan and one at Michigan State.

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12/22

By A Trieu. Mathis had a good visit for Junior Day at Ohio State, and plans to return in February. Ohio State, Michigan, Miami and Florida make up his top four.

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Division I powers pursue Cass Tech's speedy Mathis | detnews.com | The Detroit News

"He's one of the top five to six juniors in the state and I think he could move a tad higher with a good senior season," said Scout.com Midwest analyst Allen Trieu. "His main asset is his sprinter's speed, but he also has very good footwork and the type of fluid hips which are vital for a top cornerback. Despite his lack of great size, he still comes up and puts his hands on receivers. I also love his feisty, competitive attitude. The one area of improvement I see with him is run support."

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detnews.com | The Detroit News | Thursday, January 22, 2009 | News, sports, features, blogs, photos and forums from Detroit and across Michigan

Thursday, January 22, 2009
Sam Webb: Recruiting

Division I powers pursue Cass Tech's speedy Mathis


Detroit Cass Tech has long held a reputation as one of the most talent-rich football pipelines in the state. So consistent is the school's production that many college coaches stop in religiously every year.
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Ohio State Buckeyes College Football Recruiting, OSU Big Ten Football, OSU Basketball - Bucknuts.com

Posted by Bill Kurelic on Feb 10, 2009 at 11:36 am

Detroit (Mich.) Cass Tech teammates Dior Mathis and Daniel Easterly plan to visit Ohio State this month.

Mathis, a cornerback and wide receiver, is one of the top five prospects in the state of Michigan. The 5-foot-9 and 170-pound Mathis has scholarship offers from Michigan, Michigan State, Iowa, Tennessee, Oregon, Illinois, Miami and Minnesota.

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Dior Mathis - College Football Recruiting 2010 - ESPN

Evaluation

Mathis may have some of the better ball skills and athleticism in this cornerback class. A very quick, fluid perimeter defender with a knack for coming up with the big play. His lack of height is his biggest detriment but he's high-cut and has longer limbs for his short frame. Very fluid pedal and opens and turns very smoothly in coverage. Has great footwork. Can stop-start on a dime mirroring in off-man and flip his hips fluidly when transitioning to run vertically. Body control adjusting to the ball in the air is excellent. Does a great job anticipating the pass and shows outstanding reactive athleticism. Flashes great recovery burst and closes the cushion very quickly undercutting the pass. Understands underneath zone concepts and jumping the correct route. Comfortable around the football and turns into a receiver on the jump ball, often masks his lack of height. Does appear a bit quicker than fast but has good top-end and makeup speed. However, he can get caught peaking in the backfield in man coverages and is susceptible to the double move. Can let get turned, let receivers separate and will have a more difficult at the next level recovering when beat deep. We like his aggressiveness as a bump and run press guy but he will need to improve his upper-body strength as he struggles at times maintaining inside leverage versus bigger receivers. Run support skills are not a strong area. That said, Mathis has the physical tools, skill-set and natural savvy at the corner position to develop into a great lockdown cover guy at the college level. Great prospect and potential stud on special teams as well.

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4/3/09

Has close to 20 offers, and expects Illinois and OSU to offer soon. Also seems interested in USC. Has no favorites, and will attend UM and MSUs spring games, and possibly OSUs

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Scout.com: Mathis Close to More Offers

By A. Trieu. Says that Illinois, UCLA and Ohio State are about to offer. Says OSU would be in his top five should they offer. Will go to camps at Ohio State, Wayne State, Michigan, Michigan State, and maybe Miami or Florida.