Miami Hurricanes Land 2025 Five-Star Recruit Armondo Blount

Peter Ariz

Sep 14, 2023 2 min read

South Florida Phenom Picks Homegrown Canes Over Elite Suitors

Miami Central High School's Armondo Blount officially announced his commitment to the Miami Hurricanes on Thursday afternoon. The five-star prospect is ranked as the #5 overall recruit in the 2025 class, according to 247Sports Composite rankings. Additionally, he holds the title of the #1 player in Florida and the #2 defensive lineman in the nation.

Listed at 6-3, 250 pounds, Blount is a nightmare for offensive lines and quarterbacks alike. He has a similar play style to Hurricanes freshman Rueben Bain, but might be a bit lengthier than Bain. His commitment adds a blue-chip prospect to a 2025 class that recently added WR Waden Charles.

Miami successfully outmaneuvered perennial powers like Oklahoma, USC, Florida State, and Ohio State to land the coveted defender. This commitment suggests Miami’s momentum on the field could play a significant factor in recruiting moving forward.

Blount spent his previous two seasons at Dillard High School before transferring to Central for this year. He will be reuniting with former teammate Nyjalik Kelly, a current defensive end for the Hurricanes.

In terms of on-field production, Blount's numbers speak for themselves. He burst onto the high school football scene as a freshman in 2021, where he registered an eye-popping 13 sacks. He upped the ante in his sophomore season, racking up 16 sacks in 2022.

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CT Cane 44

Oct 31, 2023

JZCane0825 said:
Hard to keep selling hope to top recruits when you're 9-9 a season-and-a-half in and have yet to win a home conference game

We are 6-2 after 5-7 what are you talking about 9-9 lol.

Hegemon

Oct 31, 2023

FSU don't have that coin

Number1CanesFan

Oct 31, 2023

MikeCane18 said:
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Someone should tell the Blount family Reuben Bain says hello.

Also, keep in mind, allegedly FSU paid family members and relatives to lock in the commitment.

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RVACane

Oct 31, 2023

Confidence1000 said:

Hoyacane1620

Oct 31, 2023

I seem to recall someone posting that Mario warned the family about FSU shananigans... That was BEFORE he visited and flipped.

I wonder what changed? hmmm......

Number1CanesFan

Oct 31, 2023

JZCane0825 said:
Hard to keep selling hope to top recruits when you're 9-9 a season-and-a-half in and have yet to win a home conference game

You don't make any sense. FSU had 1 winning season in 5 years. This year will make 2 in 6 for them.

Truth be told. If not for the transfer portal, it would have been 5 straight losing seasons for FSU and Norvell fired.

They will fall off a cliff next year unless they strike gold in the portal, especially at QB. A top 5 class isn't going to help them next year.

We are on schedule to win 9-10 games this year and likely another top 10 recruiting class.

I watched FOX TV's Big Noon Kickoff where Urban Meyer said, "Miami isn't back, but they will be soon."

Even Urban Meyer knows what Mario is building. A 10+ 2024 season followed by a 2025 CFP championship run. Be patient.

WeBallinBoyz

Oct 31, 2023

Number1CanesFan said:
You don't make any sense. FSU had 1 winning season in 5 years. This year will make 2 in 6 for them.

Truth be told. If not for the transfer portal, it would have been 5 straight losing seasons for FSU and Norvell fired.

They will fall off a cliff next year unless they strike gold in the portal, especially at QB. A top 5 class isn't going to help them next year.

We are on schedule to win 9-10 games this year and likely another top 10 recruiting class.

I watched FOX TV's Big Noon Kickoff where Urban Meyer said, "Miami isn't back, but they will be soon."

Even Urban Meyer knows what Mario is building. A 10+ 2024 season followed by a 2025 CFP championship run. Be patient.

Thank god Urban Meyer said it, whatever comes out of his c^nt mouth must be true.

Let me ask: what have you seen that makes you think we’re on schedule to go 4-0, or at worst 3-1? You saw something the last four weeks that gave you confidence?

Also, “likely top 10”…again, what momentum makes you think we’re landing 4-5 more quality players? Unless you think we’re going to get into the top 10 off sheer numbers and not talent, because if you go by average player…we’re closer to 25 than 10 as of today? I guess if we land 28-29 kids, we’ll firmly entrench ourselves in there…but I hate to break it to you: at this rate..Texas and Tenn are passing us. Auburn, who knows with their bags…probably unlikely, but they only have 17 commits.

Maybe Clemson starts shelling out massive bags, idk. USC seems to be gearing up to prioritize the portal and not high school, so I think we finish ahead of them. There’s a lot of hypotheticals on both sides of the coin.

A top 5 class isn’t going to help FSU next year? What in the world am I reading lol.

MasterBlaster

Oct 31, 2023

24/7canes said:
I didnt even know this kid flipped. When did this happen ?

Confidence1000

Oct 31, 2023

RVACane said:
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Brains

Oct 31, 2023

Hegemon said:
FSU don't have that coin

I hope not. I hope they live in Section 7.

JennStrawley’sBabyDaddy

Oct 31, 2023

Imukat said:
Sgt Semenhole respectfully disagrees
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Pretty sure I know this ****head. I’m about to reach out and tell him to unclench the cucumber he’s been storing since 2020.

Memnon

Oct 31, 2023

So he’s not overrated anymore right guysm?

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SSCane

Oct 31, 2023

Dwinstitles said:
Hope they keep pressing. I don’t have to hope I know Mario is never going to give up. Right when he’s about to sign his LOI I’m sure Mario will have every pen empty with no ink inside. Chess not checkers

Always keep pressing, if for no other reason, drive the price up FSU has to pony up.
Money in finite, no matter the school.

Number1CanesFan

Oct 31, 2023

WeBallinBoyz said:
Thank god Urban Meyer said it, whatever comes out of his c^nt mouth must be true.

Let me ask: what have you seen that makes you think we’re on schedule to go 4-0, or at worst 3-1? You saw something the last four weeks that gave you confidence?

Also, “likely top 10”…again, what momentum makes you think we’re landing 4-5 more quality players? Unless you think we’re going to get into the top 10 off sheer numbers and not talent, because if you go by average player…we’re closer to 25 than 10 as of today? I guess if we land 28-29 kids, we’ll firmly entrench ourselves in there…but I hate to break it to you: at this rate..Texas and Tenn are passing us. Auburn, who knows with their bags…probably unlikely, but they only have 17 commits.

Maybe Clemson starts shelling out massive bags, idk. USC seems to be gearing up to prioritize the portal and not high school, so I think we finish ahead of them. There’s a lot of hypotheticals on both sides of the coin.

A top 5 class isn’t going to help FSU next year? What in the world am I reading lol.

One, there is a bowl game. So winning 3 of 5 isn't a stetch.

Secondly, you can laugh at the man, but Urban Meyer knows football. I simply pointed out that he recognizes what is going on at Miami.

Three. A top 5 class of freshman aren't going to replace 70-80% of the veteran starters leaving next year for the 2024 season. Maybe 2-3 contributors, but FSU has issues because their 2024 veterans are a bunch of 3-stars from their 19th to 23rd rated classes from the previous 3-4 years. There's a reason 70%-80% of their starters were from the portal.

Travis is done. They'll have to strike gold in the portal or rely on the inexperience in house. Without Travis and Coleman, FSU is lilely a 7-5 team this year. What are they going to be next year when all that production is gone and their trenches are weak? They will hit the portal again. Maybe not so lucky next time around.

It takes 3 years to stack classes. I don't know why it so hard for you to understand FSU's situation.

Hegemon

Oct 31, 2023

Number1CanesFan said:
One, there is a bowl game. So winning 3 of 5 isn't a stetch.

Secondly, you can laugh at the man, but Urban Meyer knows football. I simply pointed out that he recognizes whst is going on at Miami.

Three. A top 5 class of freshman aren't going to replace 70-80% of the veteran starters leaving next year for the 2024 season. Maybe 2-3 contributors, but FSU has issues because their 2024 veterans are a bunch of 3-stars from their 19th to 23rd rated classes from the previous 3-4 years. There's a reason 70%-80% of their starters were from the portal.

Travis is done. They'll have to strike gold in the portal or rely on the inexperience in house. Without Travis and Coleman, FSU is a 7-5 team this year. What are they going to be next year when all thst production is gone and their trenches are weak? They will hit the portal again. Maybe not so lucky next time around.

It takes 3 years to stack classes. I don't know why it so hard for you to understand FSU's situation.

He wanted Lane Kiffen and will ***** as long as Mario is here.

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SSCane

Oct 31, 2023

dycane said:
He’s not coming to Miami. Likely never had the intention, either. Same with Stone. Just let it go.

I agree. The likely hood of them signing here are slim to none.
Gotta keep recruiting them though. Keeping FSU and OU dumping resources to keep them, in NIL, time and money.

Hurracanes

Oct 31, 2023

Number1CanesFan said:
You don't make any sense. FSU had 1 winning season in 5 years. This year will make 2 in 6 for them.

Truth be told. If not for the transfer portal, it would have been 5 straight losing seasons for FSU and Norvell fired.

They will fall off a cliff next year unless they strike gold in the portal, especially at QB. A top 5 class isn't going to help them next year.

We are on schedule to win 9-10 games this year and likely another top 10 recruiting class.

I watched FOX TV's Big Noon Kickoff where Urban Meyer said, "Miami isn't back, but they will be soon."

Even Urban Meyer knows what Mario is building. A 10+ 2024 season followed by a 2025 CFP championship run. Be patient.

It really doesn’t take a genius to see what Mario is building.

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sedlst11

Oct 31, 2023

Memnon said:
So he’s not overrated anymore right guysm?

Actually this kind of head games kind of does make him overrated.

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SSCane

Oct 31, 2023

supacane said:
When the calendar changes from October to November = Flip season. Thats when the weird $h!t starts leaking out, then u have the denials, then u have the OMG wtf.

If they are still communicating as @Cribby said then that means the coaches dont take anything said personal. They have shown that since they been here and you should as well. I dont want any south florida player going to FSU and us having to deal with them.

Its called stacking, LT, Kelly, Bain....he next up

If we had suitable replacements,
I’d tell the kid to hit the bricks.
But we don’t, we need DLs bad.
Same goes for CB, and QB.
If we could get an infusion of talent at those three positions, we’d be rolling.
Unfortunately, those are also the most heavily coveted and recruited positions.
Mario fixed the OL, LB and RBs and WR to some extent, but we need future QB, DTs and CBs that can play.