Pos.: Defensive End

Ht./Wt.: 6-3, 250

School: Fairview H.S.

Hometown: Boulder, Colo.

Measurables

• Kemp has an estimated 40-yard dash time of 4.80.

Additional Stats

• Started in 43 high school games, including at offensive line, H-back, tight end, defensive end, defensive tackle, linebacker and fullback.

• Had 10 career receptions for 132 yards, rushed for 118 yards on 33 carries (3.6 yards per rush) and had 13 total offensive touchdowns.

• Accumulated 82 yards in losses on sacks over the course of his career.

• Ran back an interception 62 yards as a sophomore.

• Kemp notched a season-high 12 tackles in a 54-13 route over Mountain Range in October.

• He posted four tackles-for-loss among his 11 stops in his team's late-September victory, 27-24, over Poudre.

• Kemp managed 11 tackles in Fairview's playoff ouster versus Chaparral in November.

Honors

• Earned the 65th 2015 Gold Helmet Award, presented by the Denver Post. The award goes annually to Colorado's top high school football player, scholar and citizen.

• Named the BoCoPreps.com Defensive Player of the Year as a senior.

• Made the 2014 and 2015 All-Colorado football team, selected by The Denver Post. He earned honorable mention in 2013.

• Ranked No. 83 on Tom Lemming Prep Football’s Top 100 list.

All-Star Games And Camps

• Attended the Notre Dame football camp prior to his junior year of high school.

Recruitment

• Committed to Michigan on Nov. 8, 2015.

• Chose the Wolverines over Colorado, Notre Dame and UCLA.

• Took his official visit to Michigan on Sept. 25, 2015.

• Recruited by former defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin and present defensive line coach Greg Mattison.

• Enrolled early and will participate in spring practice.

Notable

• Born on Jan. 1, 1998.

• Plans to major in business and minor in computer science.

• His high school coach, Tom McCartney, is the son of former Michigan assistant coach and later Colorado head coach Bill McCartney.

• His uncles are Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano and San Diego Chargers defensive coordinator John Pagano. Kemp lives with his grandfather, Sam Pagano, a Hall of Fame coach in Colorado.

2016 Projection

• Michigan saw its starting linebacker corps run out of eligibility in 2015, clearing the way for newcomers. U-M is looking at Kemp at the BUCK linebacker position, where he will battle for time.

They Said It

Rivals.com West Recruiting Analyst Blair Angulo: "I think he's really good. He's very physical at the point of attack and he's a really hard worker. He plays with a good pad level and is football sound as far as gaps are concerned. I think his work ethic is going to carry him to great places in college. One of his assistant coaches told me that when Carlo was a freshman and arrived on the team, he took extra reps, stayed after practice, and hit the sled. He sort of made the juniors and seniors work even harder even as a freshman.

"It will be kind of a big jump for him because of his competition level he's seen in Colorado, but I think his work ethic and the ability to outwork everybody that he has will help him. The fact that he's an early enrollee is going to be big too. He's strong already but he'll get stronger in college and he has a chance to be really good.

"Looking at his film and his skill set I think, if he can keep the speed and keeps the aggression he has now, he doesn't have a lot of weaknesses. I think he needs to get better at getting off of blocks. I saw him in a practice and he does well to contain gaps, engage blockers, and recognize plays but if he's going to rush the passer almost exclusively, getting off of blocks is a big part of that.

"Sometimes a kid like Carlo, who is bigger, stronger, and faster than everyone he plays against, gets double and triple-teamed all game long and that wears on you. Maybe his coaches are telling him to occupy two or three blockers as part of the game plan but I've seen him get locked up with blockers sometimes.

"If Michigan sees him as a BUCK linebacker he'll need to get a little faster too. If he's called upon to get from the hash mark to the sideline he'll have to improve his speed. Looking at him as a total package though I think it's all there. That's why we have him right there around the top 200."

Fairview head coach Tom McCartney: "I don't think it's for everybody, but the family that he comes from, he comes from a football family. You're probably well-schooled on his uncles who coach in the NFL, and his grandpa - who he lives with - who's a Hall of Fame coach in Colorado. Because he's wired that way, he's been prepared for a long, long time for how everything works.