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DMoney

Friday at 5:17 PM 3 min read

Portal season is in full swing, and things are changing every day. Here is the latest from direct sources:

- The staff is holding the QB process very close to the vest this year. My best read is as follows: they believe they can win games with Emory Williams, he'll have every chance to compete, but they will aggressively monitor the Portal. Read into that what you will.

- Defensive back is a priority. CB Ethan O'Connor (Washington State) and CB Emmanuel Karnely (Arizona) are on campus right now. Several other visits at CB are being set up quietly. I expect the staff to allocate significant resources to this position, and it won't just be one player. Physical talent and snaps played are the key criteria. They don't want to take an Earl Little who never played at his previous stop, and they want to upgrade the length/athleticism at the position.

- Safety is also a priority. Two names Miami likes: Zechariah Poyser of Jacksonville State and Adrian Wilson of Washington State.

- The staff has a huge grade on Georgia Tech WR Eric Singleton. They are hopeful they can get a visit next week and are pushing hard.

- As I mentioned in another post, Miami is adjusting its recruiting strategy in consideration of the new roster rules. Teams will have more scholarships (105) but less roster spots, which means walk-ons are in danger. Miami is offering scholarships to inexperienced players such as Jonathan Cline (UCF) and Kavion Broussard (Ole Miss) because they are low-cost depth options. The team needs a certain amount of functional OL to run practice, and Coach Mirabal has shown ability to develop "projects" into starting-caliber players.

- The Canes are open to taking the right tight end. They want an all-around player who can run and catch. As far as RB depth, moving Elija Lofton to tailback (if necessary) is a legitimate option. He may be the best runner on the team.

- Three names who were big prizes last cycle and still project for major roles: WR JoJo Trader, WR Ny Carr and S Zaquan Patterson.

- Akheem Mesidor has not made his decision yet and he's one to watch. If he comes back, we are in much better shape at DE. Based on what I've gathered, I don't believe his draft grades warrant him early.

- As opposed to previous years, where we took several DTs, the staff is prioritizing quality over quantity at the position. Keeshawn Silver (Kentucky) and David Blay (Louisiana Tech) are names Miami likes. They want to place a legitimate dude next to homegrown products Justin Scott, Ahmad Moten, and Josh Horton (who has come on in practice).

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Friday at 9:11 PM

Shooter McGavin said:
As long as Lance is here this team ain’t winning ****

Rod Marinelli

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Yoyo82

Friday at 9:14 PM

The fact that we're not being mentioned with any QBs AND that Mateer isn't in the portal yet is a good sign.

Let's see if Oklahoma is willing to wait it out. They're not in a very strong position so I'm curious to see what they do.

I think we're in a good position if the coaches ACTUALLY believe Emory has what it takes. Dawson has been with him 2+ years now and he's earned the benefit of the doubt when it comes to QBs.

We can tell Mateer we've got a great package for you and we're going all in for you and not going after anybody else. But if it doesn't work out we'll stack the roster for Emory (probably get 2+ extra playmakers for the price of Mateer).

Hoyacane1620

Friday at 9:15 PM

The U is back to work said:
The bigger problem with rolling with Emery is his backup is a true freshman Luke Nickel. So you’ll have to sign another portal QB and the plan is to sign one that wouldn’t compete with Emory if the plan is to trust Emory and let him be great.

strangely enough, that doesn't make me worried. Nickel looks like a gamer and I don't think he'd be worse than Emory was in his first game.

ssvir

Friday at 9:20 PM

n0rcalcane

Friday at 9:20 PM

Josh said:
I think we’re gonna need some patience on this one y’all

ssvir

Friday at 9:20 PM

Problem2

Friday at 9:23 PM

Re Blay

He’s visiting Penn State this weekend and On3’s Steve Wiltfong reported Friday that trips he’s working on setting up are to Miami, Oregon and USC (others in consideration include Oklahoma, Tennessee, FSU and South Carolina).

Applecane

Friday at 9:24 PM

If Mesidor is getting lousy NFL grades, then how good is he really?

flips

Friday at 9:29 PM

Problem2 said:
Re Blay

Very important to heed the gif advice when travelling to Penn State

ssvir

Friday at 9:30 PM

RVACane said:
None of these QBs, mateer included, are replicating this non-playoff, non-ACCCG year we had with Cam Ward at QB unless the defense gets legit fixed.

RVACane

Friday at 9:31 PM

ssvir said:

I hope we fix it. However we do it.

ssvir

Friday at 9:32 PM

TRick72 said:
I’ve been critical of Emory but if the options are going with him next year and reallocating the funds to securing a monster Defense vs spending $1 million on Mendoza and hoping dudes like Karnely are the answer then it’s a no brainer give me option A

Based upon what we have seen on D in the portal and Guidry's body of work ... there is no monster.

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BoxingRobes

Friday at 9:32 PM

That Emory comment sounds like Ferny Mendoza.

PIPO

Friday at 9:34 PM

TRick72 said:
I’ve been critical of Emory but if the options are going with him next year and reallocating the funds to securing a monster Defense vs spending $1 million on Mendoza and hoping dudes like Karnely are the answer then it’s a no brainer give me option A

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Torocane

Friday at 9:35 PM

Applecane said:
If Mesidor is getting lousy NFL grades, then how good is he really?

Doesn’t make him a bad college player necessarily and to be fair Cam was not getting good NFL grades last year and now he is.
NOT COMPARING MESIDOR TO CAM...just saying it doesn't make him a bad player.

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ssvir

Friday at 9:37 PM

flips

Friday at 9:37 PM

Applecane said:
If Mesidor is getting lousy NFL grades, then how good is he really?

I think he's a very good college end when healthy. I imagine the coaches encouraged him to carry a little more weight this year because he played so much DT, which took away some of his speed around the edge.

I'd like him to come back next year. And not be asked to play DT or cover NFL-quality 3rd down backs out of the backfield.

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Torocane

Friday at 9:38 PM

bdcane4eva said:
Lost me at chasing that Karney cat...y'all fall for the same **** every year.
Adding on the Emory bull**** was just confirmation.

I don't think anyone here is falling for Karney.
I think people here like the idea of adding the wsu CB (visiting now) and the utha CB (hopefully visiting soon).

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PIPO

Friday at 9:39 PM

TRick72 said:
I’m recall hearing something similar last year

I remember being in a place last year (wont say where I was) where the coronation of Poff and how great he was by some people had me feeling dirty (pause). I went home and immediately took a shower.

Here we are again, 1 year later with Emory.

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Torocane

Friday at 9:47 PM

PIPO said:
I remember being in a place last year (wont say where I was) where the coronation of Poff and how great he was by some people had me feeling dirty (pause). I went home and immediately took a shower.

Here we are again, 1 year later with Emory.

I could be wrong but I think the point was that we ended up with Cam after similar things were said last year. Hopefully it works out the same.

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