7th-Grade QB Gets Scholarship Offer from Michigan

No one is quite sure if Jim Harbaugh will still be in Ann Arbor come 2020, but the Michigan Wolverines are already preparing for the 2024 season.

Michigan has extended a scholarship offer to Isaiah Marshall, who is currently a seventh-grader at MacArthur Academy in Southfield, Michigan.

This news comes courtesy of Isaiah’s father, Brian, who coaches running backs at Southfield High School.



Harbaugh was visiting the high school and searching for prospects when he came across the 13-year-old Isaiah, and seeing him play was enough for Harbaugh to offer him a scholarship

“It was definitely unexpected, especially when you’re just looking for feedback on how to get better,” Brian Marshall told ESPN. “That came out of it. Harbaugh called me, because I was on my way over there and he was there early with my brother. They called me on the phone and asked if that was OK, and of course I said yes.”

At 13, Isaiah is the youngest player to ever receive a scholarship offer from Michigan, according to the Detroit Free Press.

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Disgusting

Yep. This should definitely not be allowable. This is the worst possible example of the NCAA and Universities taking advantage of young people. There is no way in hell that a 13 year old child can develop as they should when you start doing these kinds of things at such a young age. Then you wonder why they grow up and believe that they are untouchable. Why they grow up and believe that they can do anything to anybody and just get away with it.

This makes me not want to be a fan, to be honest.

I grew up faster than my peers and excelled at an early age. The problem for me was that I stopped growing, and eventually most everyone I played with or against was bigger than me.

What happens to this kid if the same thing happens to him? Does the coach at UM at the time get to pull the scholarship? If he doesn't continue to excel against his peers, will all of the people who play against him start mocking him? Does it put a target on his back?

I think the NCAA should pass a rule against it. It puts a lot of pressure on the kid.

Silver Surfer said:

I grew up faster than my peers and excelled at an early age. The problem for me was that I stopped growing, and eventually most everyone I played with or against was bigger than me.

What happens to this kid if the same thing happens to him? Does the coach at UM at the time get to pull the scholarship? If he doesn't continue to excel against his peers, will all of the people who play against him start mocking him? Does it put a target on his back?

I think the NCAA should pass a rule against it. It puts a lot of pressure on the kid.

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This is what you call, one of those men from the boys questions. What is actually important to us? Is it really just about winning or is the sport important as well? How about the actual people involved, are they important or are they not. This is nothing more then using these kids, in the hopes that they do develop because if, as you mention, he does not continue to develop, that ship will never materialize. You wanna do the right thing for this boy, don't just offer him while he is a child, guarantee a ship for him regardless. That's the true measure right? All the rest of this stuff is just BS that does far more to hurt the boys development as a person, rather then help matters.

I hate this crap.