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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PIPO

Tuesday at 5:04 PM

TheOriginalCane said:
Yeah. @Tony4Canes is a good guy, he really brought it with the article, but like I said, the NCAA...LOSES...a lot of cases lately...

@Tony4Canes a good guy??

Odysseus

Tuesday at 5:04 PM

9oh4Cane said:
Patterson + poyser is promising

Need this line up

frank1886

Tuesday at 5:08 PM

One more safety and two corners please.

CanesAgainstTheWorld

Tuesday at 5:11 PM

Can I get a Woop woop ?
Line em up Orange and Green.
We need murderers back there !!

PIPO

Tuesday at 5:14 PM

RozayCane said:
Did he grow up a Cane fan? Peep the him throwing up the U as a kid.

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Some booties for this life long Hurricane!!

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tdjones34

Tuesday at 5:17 PM

2026 db room looks very good now
Need 1-2 for 25

Poyser patterson brown OJ can all play
Mack fitz and slime will see time next year

816Cane

Tuesday at 5:27 PM

Gru said:

The funny part is that Dennis is in this picture.. he's just blocked by the coffee table.

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jsy

Tuesday at 5:36 PM

Come on Mario
Stunt on these h****
It’s time to stuff ppl back into lockers

ghost2

Tuesday at 5:39 PM

Jax State represent! Taught there for seven years (pre-Rich Rod). Good times.

Salt

Tuesday at 5:47 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, 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.

Near the Villages? Hope he clears his physical. Rumor has it you can catch an STD just by breathing the air over there.

TheOriginalCane

Tuesday at 5:50 PM

Salt said:
Near the Villages? Hope he clears his physical. Rumor has it you can catch an STD just by breathing the air over there.

If you golf up there, DO NOT sit down on the benches...

JamesQuall

Tuesday at 5:55 PM

CANESCANES said:
My bull gator friend said they wanted him at Nickel back but he agreed he's better at safety and he’s definitely a SEC level Safety

Cylo

Tuesday at 6:20 PM

Udynasty said:
for my brother @TheOriginalCane I know you enjoy these

I don't know much about this kid but it always feels good to up our rivals.

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YUMU

Tuesday at 6:21 PM

Jax State is Alma Mater
Wonder how this beast flew under the radar and ended up in such small college town
GREAT PICKUP! This changes completely our D… let’s get 3 or 4 more DBS now

Cylo

Tuesday at 6:25 PM

DMoney said:
Added some extra info to the OP. Measure: 6’1.5, 195-pounds on our visit. 41-inch vertical leap. Lifelong Canes fan. Former Miami staffer and Booker T grad Terry Jefferson coached him at Jax State.

love it

407cane

Tuesday at 6:26 PM

absolute win!

TheOriginalCane

Tuesday at 6:31 PM

YUMU said:
Jax State is Alma Mater
Wonder how this beast flew under the radar and ended up in such small college town
GREAT PICKUP! This changes completely our D… let’s get 3 or 4 more DBS now

Played WR in HS.

Elmer Leghorn

Tuesday at 6:45 PM

RozayCane said:
Did he grow up a Cane fan? Peep the him throwing up the U as a kid.

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Wonder who Yeshua is? Is that a nickname for Jesus or Muhammad? An Uncle?

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nobeastofburden

Tuesday at 6:49 PM

Elmer Leghorn said:
Wonder who Yeshua is? Is that a nickname for Jesus or Muhammad? An Uncle?

Yeshua is real name of Jesus, the Christ.

Damiencane86

Tuesday at 6:51 PM

PIPO said:
Some booties for this life long Hurricane!!

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