Brian Balom Safety, Miramar

[J_E_F_F]

Very good S prospect. Obviously I like William's and Tennison a little better, but this kid is not bad at all and is a quality plan B.

Team full of plan Bs = nailbiters against CMU.

 

[hoops156]

Team full of plan Bs = nailbiters against CMU.

hes a talented kid.

 

[NC_Canes_11]

Kid had a lot of potential. All we need now is a safeties coach that can develop him.

 

[HughFreezemyCuckoldYesPlz]

Have to give the staff credit for continuing to land these under the radar guys (who can actually play). A lot of years it was 5 star or bust, and I mean really bust, and any rational fan would see guys like this doing very well at a power 5 program and getting drafted while we were filled with busts.

This year:

-Restrepo
-Antonio Smith
-Austin Cave
-Clarke
-Hodges
-Branch
-Balom
-maybe Chris Washington
-to some extent even Elijah Roberts is probably under the radar

 

[AustinCane6688]

This is the classic example of a talented, albeit non-blue chip local kid that we would have likely slow played into the latter stages of the signing period, who won't reciprocate interest and then sign with Louisville or Utah, much to CIS' chagrin. Now he commits and many of you complain that we reached?

 

[twes.305]

Definitely not reach, I think he projects well and is a quality future Strong Safety.

 

[J_E_F_F]

hes a talented kid.

Yeah, so is everyone else we get after the big names pass us by right?

 

[mirasuegui]

Bring 25 a year : sort them out doesn't take long to figure out which of the 25 have it ; asked the rest to move on : I think these Drama Queens that we sometime recruit are headaches during the recruiting process, and then become cancers once in the program

 

[avax]

 

[TheSwagger1]

His test numbers look good but athleticism doesn’t jump out at me on his film. Congrats to the kid. Hope he does great here.

 

[jackbenimble71]

Team full of plan Bs = nailbiters against CMU.

TROLLLL ALLERTT!!!!!!

 

[J_E_F_F]

TROLLLL ALLERTT!!!!!!

Alert! Someone chugging reality instead of sipping Koolaid.

 

[MBonez12]

His test numbers look good but athleticism doesn’t jump out at me on his film. Congrats to the kid. Hope he does great here.

I'll take another Jaquon Johnson

 

[gacaneaddict]

Kid had a lot of potential. All we need now is a safeties coach that can develop him.

Let’s see, we’ve had 4 safeties start and graduate from Miami since Banda has been here in 2016.

3 of 4 were drafted, but all currently in the NFL.

2 four stars(Carter, Johnson)
2 three stars(Redwine, Jenkins)

 

[Captain Uberpants]

Provided Francois sticks, he compliments him well.

Adding Clarke, Hodges, Branch, Washington, and maybe Brian George is adding some good numbers to a thin secondary.

 

[OldhamA]

This message board loves to revel in misery.

A pretty good kid commits to the U and you wouldn't know about it based on the threads on here.

We all know what people think about Enos et al though, thank goodness for that(!)

 

[Canesfreak]

Reminds me of one of this kids that Golden wouldn’t offer and would end up totally balling out at Louisville. And from what I recall, he totally impressed at the UM camps, where he was drilling side by side w Williams and Tennison.

 

[1CN]

i support what manny said, but were in no position to tell kids to bleep off if they do take trips.

That not what Manny is saying ...

 

[Canesq]

That not what Manny is saying ...

Exactly Manny just said he wants parents involved before the kid commits. He wants the kid to be sure and enjoy your visits before you commit. If you do commit and then say you're open and take other visits then someone who's serious may take your spot.

I don't see what the big deal is. So we're supposed to hold a spot for a low four or three star and get left on signing day?

And I'm sure his rule doesn't apply to five stars so again what's the big deal?

 

[Dghustla]

Happy with this pick up. The key is to not have to rely on this guy next year. Give him 2 solid years. as a RSFrosh maybe-maybe he can make the 2 deep and be a special teams ace. Then his RS-Jr. yeah he’s ready to contribute.