Hello. I forgot to mention with the first one that this is an annual series profiling Michigan's incoming recruiting class. It's not with Hillman, but in most of these cases there's been a year or more of new information since the Hello post. It's also very useful for referencing biographical facts and the pre-playing career consensus on all these guys. You read them because it's the offseason. A note on "YMRMFSPA": this stands for "you may remember me from such players as." It's not supposed to be a projection of how good a player will be, but rather who he'll remind you of in the event he works out. The players we use as comparisons all worked out. To use Brian's now very dated example: "I can't compare someone to Avery Horn because I don't know what Avery Horn played like." Previously: Last year’s profiles. K Adam Samaha. Portsmouth (Churchland), Virginia – 6'1"/191 [via Instagram] 247: 6'1/191 4.43* 4*, 94, #130 overall #7 ATH, #4 VA Riv: 6'1/200 3.74* 3*, 5.7, NR overall #54 S, #12 VA ESPN: 6'2/190 3.94* 4*, 80, #40 East #39 ATH, #8 VA On3: 6'1/190 4.53* 4*, 94, #137 overall #5 ATH, #4 VA Composites: 4.20* / 4.20* 4*, #214/206 ovr #9/6 ATH, #5 VA MGoAvg: 4.20* 4*, #271/782 Ovr, #21/53 safeties Other Suitors ND, OSU, USC You might remember me from such players as: Dymonte Thomas Previously On MGoBlog Hello. Notes ATH: QB/WR/S/CB/ST. ND non-qualifier. Film: Senior regular season highlights: That with Kevin Sinclair narrating. Poly Bowl drills. Hudl. This might be the record for quickest turnaround between a guy's Hello post and his summer recruiting profile. Hillman was a late riser that Notre Dame's excellent scouting department turned up. He signed there, but an "admissions hiccup" derailed his early enrollment and reopened his recruitment. Michigan jumped, Ohio State followed, and didn't get a visit. Those of us who followed recruiting before 2002 will be familiar with the process of taking a guy going all Tom Harmon on mid competition, and projecting him to a hit-stick safety. Hillman was playing quarterback/safety/corner/punter in Norfolk, and wasn't really going to camps until the summer before his senior season. The Irish unearthed him that fall, tried to get him graduated early because they're in dire need of safeties, and Michigan used the snafu that created to move in for the steal. It's going to be awhile before we know what that looks like as a Big Ten safety, or even if he is one. [After THE JUMP: What's crackalackin]