Miami lands Jacksonville St. safety Zechariah Poyser

DMoney

Dec 17, 2024 2 min read

The Canes landed perhaps the top safety in the Portal with the commitment of Jacksonville State’s Zechariah Poyser. The 6’2, 195-pounder native of Wildwood, FL (near the Villages) gives Miami an instant impact player with three years of eligibility at a position of need.

As a redshirt freshman, he compiled 75 tackles, three interceptions, and two fumble recoveries and earned an 80.1 defensive grade from Pro Football Focus (76.1 run defense and 80.1 coverage). According to Matt Zenitz at 247Sports, an SEC personnel staffer told him this week that Poyser is “one of the top young safeties in the nation and that he has All-American type potential.”

He was unrated out of high school as a wide receiver, catching 17 passes for 276 yards and 4 TDs as a senior. He also averaged 12.4 PPG, 3.4 RPG, 4.2 APG and 1.6 SPG on the hardwood.

Poyser has recorded a 41-inch vertical jump and Miami believes he is a high-level athlete. He was coached at Jacksonville State by former Miami staffer and Booker T. graduate Terry Jefferson.

Poyser chose Miami over Florida, Auburn, LSU and Georgia. He is a lifelong Hurricanes fan.

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skeeter

Yesterday at 11:10 PM

mirvin88 said:
Don’t forget O’Connor has multiple years left. RS FR this past season.

Great job setting up the room for several seasons (on paper of course).

IMO O'Connor is the biggest defensive addition thus far

Last edited: Yesterday at 11:23 PM

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twes.305

Today at 12:39 AM

grover said:
The way the 2025 class fizzled out was incredibly frustrating. The two best DBs I'd seen in a minute coming out of HS were Stubbs at safety and Hanks at corner. Stubbs pulled a Jobe and we never had a chance with Hanks once Lagway stuck and the perception of UF/Napier started to improve.

But next year's top guys will have 3 second-years and a third-year, all of whom are proven high-level starters except Quan:
OJF 2nd year
ZP 2nd year
Lucas 2nd year
Poyser 3rd year (RS Sophomore)
Brantley 5th year

Adding in the 2025 class and other young guys Mack, Day and Thomas, this DB room "should" be stacked for the next few years. Gotta prove it on the field. But looks good on paper.

Don’t think Stubbs is that great? But I agree with everything else u said.

Confidence1000

Today at 12:50 AM

JennStrawley’sBabyDaddy said:
Big **** > goofy awkward ******* with rosy cheeks in all facets of life.

Pics, videos, or ur a liar & GTFOH

Confidence1000

Today at 12:54 AM

grover said:
The way the 2025 class fizzled out was incredibly frustrating. The two best DBs I'd seen in a minute coming out of HS were Stubbs at safety and Hanks at corner. Stubbs pulled a Jobe and we never had a chance with Hanks once Lagway stuck and the perception of UF/Napier started to improve.

But next year's top guys will have 3 second-years and a third-year, all of whom are proven high-level starters except Quan:
OJF 2nd year
ZP 2nd year
Lucas 2nd year
Poyser 3rd year (RS Sophomore)
Brantley 5th year

Adding in the 2025 class and other young guys Mack, Day and Thomas, this DB room "should" be stacked for the next few years. Gotta prove it on the field. But looks good on paper.

Why are ppl acting like like they forgot about Demari Brown

AUcane

Today at 11:05 AM

jsy said:
should i be excited
i was told that the videos of adam el gammal dunking was a sign that he was some hidden stud
well that didnt turn out to well
hahahaha

Not really. I think people would be surprised at how explosive football players are on the bball court. Generally speaking, a lot of them are. I remember playing at the wellness center with a bunch of ball players and they were dunking **** with ease. Still have visions of Howard Clark blocking my 3 pt shot as he was 10' away from me. lol

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jsy

Today at 11:36 AM

AUcane said:
Not really. I think people would be surprised at how explosive football players are on the bball court. Generally speaking, a lot of them are. I remember playing at the wellness center with a bunch of ball players and they were dunking **** with ease. Still have visions of Howard Clark blocking my 3 pt shot as he was 10' away from me. lol

do you remember that Oline from Iowa a few years back
who was doing handstands on a kettle bell
and that was posted as some sign that he was gonna be a stud
hahahaha good times man

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