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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P-Tizzle

Dec 7, 2023

Norvell looks like he is married to a Paranos girl.

Ispyin

Dec 7, 2023

Samoan Souljah said:
He look happier in this pic than he did with our coaches lol. He gone.

You’d be happy too if you were driving around in a Maserati

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JOE'CANE

Dec 7, 2023

I'm probably in the minority but I don't think this kid is that good. I think alot of ppl see central and defensive lineman and think Bain but this kid is nowhere near Bain in talent or production.

BALLHAWKU

Dec 7, 2023

Tired of hearing about this future transfer portal kid.

Mr. Dynasty1

Dec 7, 2023

I’m good either way with this kid. If he joins or not

Dixie Normous

Dec 7, 2023

TheU32 said:
I can’t believe Shannon & Dugans are poaching

Two guys who wish they were at Miami. And Dugans proved that by staying on the staff at Miami the first time fsu came to hire him.

canes732

Dec 7, 2023

AtlAtty said:
IMO we should leave this topic alone. Pictures say a lot and Blount looks a lot happier in this photo than with the UM coaches.

Long Con. He knows he’s going to flip and leave them with nothing on signing day.

TOcane

Dec 7, 2023

Dad has the fake smile though just like Randy. But yes the kid is cheesin a bit. He probably gone.

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Meast21

Dec 7, 2023

BALLHAWKU said:
Tired of hearing about this future transfer portal kid.

This. He will be a crooting "win" for whoever gets him for recruiting rankings but he's going to need 1-2 years to develop (and effectively spend/waste NIL money on) and then he'll be hitting the portal if he's not DT1 starting.

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HurricaneinLA

Dec 7, 2023

Dixie Normous said:
Two guys who wish they were at Miami. And Dugans proved that by staying on the staff at Miami the first time fsu came to hire him.

F them and FSU. The administration hiring Shannon as head coach was one of the biggest disasters in Miami corching history after ******** over Butch Davis. We could have had Mike Leach who wanted to coach at UM instead. Would have at least be entertaining instead of extreme torture. Look at all of the coaches that left Shannon one of the best defensive teams of all time when they left for the NFL. Once those players and culture was gone UM has never been the same.

Dwinstitles

Dec 7, 2023

HurricaneinLA said:
F them and FSU. The administration hiring Shannon as head coach was one of the biggest disasters in Miami corching history after ******** over Butch Davis. We could have had Mike Leach who wanted to coach at UM instead. Would have at least be entertaining instead of extreme torture. Look at all of the coaches that left Shannon one of the best defensive teams of all time when they left for the NFL. Once those players and culture was gone UM has never been the same.

Got to land the elites to create that culture.

BradTheBearKiller

Dec 7, 2023

Dees Brown said:
What's up with Norvell touching people all the time. You don't need to me to touch me to talk.

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Canegrad89

Dec 7, 2023

RaisingCane26 said:
I believe it’s “you can lead a horse to water” Noles can’t even get a **** folk saying right

FSU grads can barely read & write so getting a folk saying right is asking way too much of them!

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Canes2617

Dec 7, 2023

Dees Brown said:
What's up with Norvell touching people all the time. You don't need to me to touch me to talk.

Bruh I thought the same **** thing! Lmao

BALLHAWKU

Dec 7, 2023

HurricaneinLA said:
F them and FSU. The administration hiring Shannon as head coach was one of the biggest disasters in Miami corching history after ******** over Butch Davis. We could have had Mike Leach who wanted to coach at UM instead. Would have at least be entertaining instead of extreme torture. Look at all of the coaches that left Shannon one of the best defensive teams of all time when they left for the NFL. Once those players and culture was gone UM has never been the same.

That **** shalala however yo Spell that ******* name