Hurricane coaches weren’t expecting Manatee (Fla.) defensive tackle Ryan Fines to make his pledge, but he had been planning to do it for quite some time.
“Me and my family had been doing quite some research over the past few weeks into the university of Miami and the more we researched, the more we loved about it. We were kinda leaning towards me committing yesterday. All it was, was just me seeing the campus and when I went there it felt like family there.”
The 6’3 292 pound tackle felt at home in Coral Gables and cited the family feel as one of the main reasons for his commitment.
“Just the family atmosphere, pretty much the whole campus was super nice and I felt really comfortable with talking with anybody there.”
The Hurricane’s staff was caught off guard by Fine’s commitment and were excited to see him jump on board this early.
“They were thrilled, I think some of them were a little surprised because they didn’t expect for me to commit this early.”
Fines recapped the experience he has while on campus and what he rated it.
“Well first I would rate it a 10 out of 10, it was unbelievable. I got there around 9:00 or 9:30 with coach Kehoe. Pretty much the entire day he showed me around campus, and I met all the coaching staff and people from the school of business and communications because that’s what I’m going to school for and I just saw pretty much everything.”
The Manatee product got a chance to actually talk football with defensive line coach Jethro Franklin and what he would be doing in the Hurricanes front four.
“We talked about the defense, how I fit in their defense. I’m pretty much a 2 gap player, but there’s times where I charge the quarterback too. I also talked about how him and the rest of the coaching staff are fathers because sometimes our parents are half a country away and they’re the people we go to for advice.”
When asked to describe his style of play, Fines used only one word.
“Physical.”
As far as goals go for Fines, he said it’s rather simple.
“It seems like everybody says this, but to bring it back and get a national championship because the Hurricanes are on the rise right now and I want to be apart of the group that brings it back to dominance.”
Highlights:http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1546521/ryan-fines
“Me and my family had been doing quite some research over the past few weeks into the university of Miami and the more we researched, the more we loved about it. We were kinda leaning towards me committing yesterday. All it was, was just me seeing the campus and when I went there it felt like family there.”
The 6’3 292 pound tackle felt at home in Coral Gables and cited the family feel as one of the main reasons for his commitment.
“Just the family atmosphere, pretty much the whole campus was super nice and I felt really comfortable with talking with anybody there.”
The Hurricane’s staff was caught off guard by Fine’s commitment and were excited to see him jump on board this early.
“They were thrilled, I think some of them were a little surprised because they didn’t expect for me to commit this early.”
Fines recapped the experience he has while on campus and what he rated it.
“Well first I would rate it a 10 out of 10, it was unbelievable. I got there around 9:00 or 9:30 with coach Kehoe. Pretty much the entire day he showed me around campus, and I met all the coaching staff and people from the school of business and communications because that’s what I’m going to school for and I just saw pretty much everything.”
The Manatee product got a chance to actually talk football with defensive line coach Jethro Franklin and what he would be doing in the Hurricanes front four.
“We talked about the defense, how I fit in their defense. I’m pretty much a 2 gap player, but there’s times where I charge the quarterback too. I also talked about how him and the rest of the coaching staff are fathers because sometimes our parents are half a country away and they’re the people we go to for advice.”
When asked to describe his style of play, Fines used only one word.
“Physical.”
As far as goals go for Fines, he said it’s rather simple.
“It seems like everybody says this, but to bring it back and get a national championship because the Hurricanes are on the rise right now and I want to be apart of the group that brings it back to dominance.”
Highlights:http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1546521/ryan-fines
