Miami lands Jacksonville St. safety Zechariah Poyser

DMoney

Tuesday at 3:26 PM 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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skyman

Tuesday at 3:43 PM

9oh4Cane said:
Patterson + poyser is promising

If poyser is a rover type like suggested above, would imagine they play same position. We need a deep safety type still

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HurricanePhilly

Tuesday at 3:43 PM

9oh4Cane said:
Patterson + poyser is promising

The U is back to work

Tuesday at 3:43 PM

Suhrthing said:
Great, now Harris gonna be asking for more $$ or hitting the portal...

He’s the worst safety I’ve ever seen. Ever.

canecrazy23

Tuesday at 3:44 PM

DMoney said:
The Canes landed perhaps the top safety in the Portal with the commitment of Jacksonville State’s Zechariah Poyser. The 6’2, 190-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 chose Miami over Florida, Auburn, LSU and Georgia.

The Mopes will not be happy with this news.

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hurricaneman

Tuesday at 3:44 PM

We need coaching back there now

Suhrthing

Tuesday at 3:45 PM

Has @Memnon broken down his game anywhere yet?

stoopid311

Tuesday at 3:45 PM

jmcanes22 said:
This is a great addition. He should help with the defense that will need to be steady while Emory gets comfortable in the starters role.

BALLHAWKU

Tuesday at 3:45 PM

How fast is he ? Hopefully hes not Powell speed

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JG14

Tuesday at 3:46 PM

dorsey1 said:
He solidifies the back end.

It was a critical need-

Well done.

BALLHAWKU

Tuesday at 3:46 PM

Suhrthing said:
Great, now Harris gonna be asking for more $$ or hitting the portal...

Lmao ucf is calling his name

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Gru

Tuesday at 3:47 PM

canes732

Tuesday at 3:47 PM

Q BOOTY GIFS. SEND THEM I NEED THIS

JHallCanes

Tuesday at 3:47 PM

Apologies for the pussyish message here but when do these transfers actually stick? His recruitment ended pretty abruptly so my concern is it might not be over

bobbydigius

Tuesday at 3:48 PM

Great 1st pickup, hopefully this gets the ball rolling. Also glad it’s at a position of dire need.

CaneManeShane727

Tuesday at 3:48 PM

this one for all you baby back *******, leggo

skyman said:
If poyser is a rover type like suggested above, would imagine they play same position. We need a deep safety type still

He is less of a thumper and great in coverage. According to PFF he has great gap discipline. 4 int 11 pd. If we had him next to Meesh we'd be looking forward to a first round bye.

TheOriginalCane

Tuesday at 3:50 PM

Gru said:

I do like the background which is half Orange Bowl...

...although, upon reflection, I wish it was all Orange Bowl...

The U is back to work

Tuesday at 3:51 PM

Who is the 4 foot white lady? Lol

Essex Cane

Tuesday at 3:52 PM

BoxingRobes said:
He is better than Stubbs RIGHT NOW. And that is all that matters.

Plug n play safety/rover type.

Years of eligibility and got some development already too. Stubbs would not start next season.

TheOriginalCane

Tuesday at 3:52 PM

JHallCanes said:
Apologies for the pussyish message here but when do these transfers actually stick? His recruitment ended pretty abruptly so my concern is it might not be over

The official answer is "enrollment", but according to @Tony4Canes , if a transfer signs the financial aid agreement, it now has a clause that says the player has exited the Portal, which would mean he could not re-enter until the next cycle. However, that clause is new and has not yet been litigated, and last time I checked, the NCAA is on a massssssive losing streak in court.

Gables Cane

Tuesday at 3:53 PM

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