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Class Impact: Jason Blissett to Miami

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Stefan Adams said:
2019 Poly Prep (NY) DT Jason Blissett committed to the Canes this afternoon after earning an offer at Paradise Camp in July.



The 6-4, 270-pounder is currently a 3-star in the national rankings. According to the 247Sports Composite, Blissett is the #552 player nationally, #31 DT in the country, and the #2 player in New York. His commitment gets Surge19 to #18 overall in the team rankings on 247Sports and #20 overall on Rivals.


The Player

Recruiting a player from an area not known for football like New York that offers little in the way of on-field competition is always a dicey proposition, which is why it is absolutely necessary to see that prospect work out in front of you with your own eyes. That’s exactly how the situation played out with Blissett, who came down to Paradise Camp in July and earned his offer by impressing the staff in drills against top level South Florida competition. Jess Simpson had been evaluating him since the spring and just fell in love with his game at Paradise.

Blissett actually plays mostly end in high school, but he’s the type of jumbo end at 6’4” 270 that UM loves to move inside to take advantage of their quickness and athleticism against slower guard types. And Blissett certainly brings that quickness, as he has tested extremely well this off-season for a big man, clocking a 4.40 shuttle time.

On tape, Blissett plays with good pad level and leverage. He fires off the ball and dips under blocks with ease. Blissett’s hands are fast and powerful and he shows the type of strength and balance that allows him to fight through blocks.

I’d like to see his quickness show up on tape more, as many times it seemed he’d lose his rep off the snap and get into a stalemate with his blocker. However, his high motor allows him to finish and make the play more often than not. This issue will also partially be remedied when he moves to the interior.

A player that has spent the past year or so rapidly improving, Blissett has landed recent offers from SEC schools like Florida, Texas A&M, and Tennessee. He’s another in a long line of Surge19 commits where the staff is trusting their own evaluations over recruiting hype, but Blissett certainly has the potential to make Simpson look good in a few years.


The Class

Blissett's commitment brings the total class numbers to 17 and he joins St. Thomas Aquinas (FL) 3-star Jason Munoz and Buford (GA) 3-star Jalar Holley at DT in Surge19. As a die-hard Cane, Munoz’s pledge seems like one of the most solid in the class and Holley just recently committed after Paradise Camp; he is a firm pledge as well.

The Canes just signed 2 DT’s in a 2018 class where they could have easily taken 4, so DT has become a huge need in 2019. With two of Miami’s DT’s also set to graduate in 2018, taking three DT’s this cycle is almost necessary, with four not out of the question.

With really only one spot left, at the top of Miami’s list would be St. Thomas Aquinas (FL) 4-star Braylen Ingraham, who is a bit of a swingman as a jumbo end/defensive tackle hybrid that will likely take the RJ McIntosh and Patrick Bethel route and grow into a defensive tackle at the next level. Manny Diaz and Jess Simpson love his potential as an interior guy and the staff is feeling good about their chances to eventually land Ingraham, who has named Miami his public leader multiple times. He is announcing next month and I don’t see a legitimate challenger to UM for his services as of now.

If Miami misses on Ingraham, loses a commit, or decides to take another DT, they have set themselves up well with high caliber options. Also on the radar is FSU commit and Lehigh Acres (FL) 4-star Quashon Fuller. He has flirted with Miami a lot, coming to campus multiple times during the off-season and showing up for "Miami Nights".

However, after slow playing him for a few months, FSU has picked up their pursuit of Fuller again lately and it will be tough to pull him from Tallahassee; I feel as if Miami is trending down here. However, a source told CIS that a big deciding factor for Fuller will be how the season’s play out for the respective teams and that the D-Lineman wants to see if Willie Taggart can make some noise in the ACC this year. A similar down year for the Seminoles and another big year for Miami could get Fuller to flip.

As I’ve always said, I’ve never gotten a good vibe from Wekiva (FL) 4-star Tyler Davis and I don’t believe he will ultimately end up in this class. However, he pushed back his planned summer decision and is now talking up a potential Miami OV, leaving a glimmer of hope. If he takes that visit, anything can happen.


The Team

Defensive line recruiting, particularly in balancing the numbers, has been the single biggest flaw from this staff as a whole the past few years. RJ McIntosh and Kendrick Norton leaving early for the NFL hurt, sure, but the shear misses at these spots in past years were starting to mount. Manny Diaz loves to rotate on the line, so having plenty of capable bodies at DT is a must for his defense to function.

Next season, Miami loses Gerald Willis and Tito Odenigbo from the position to graduation, while Tyreic Martin is a likely attrition candidate that has done nothing in 3 years at Miami. That leaves only 4 DT’s on the current roster that would be on the 2019 roster, and playing time will absolutely be up for grabs.

The Canes are banking heavy that Jon Ford, Nesta Silvera, and Jordan Miller will all develop properly and become a solid trio to complement Patrick Bethel. Behind them, Blissett will compete with fellow 2019 commits Munoz and Holley for a spot in the DT rotation as true freshmen, with the hopes he can develop into a starting-level player by his sophomore season in 2020.

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Hope the kid pans out but any kid that announces his official visit list in the same interview that he commits in leaves me less than inthused.

If I was Simpson I’d of yanked his s holly on the spot TD second I saw that.

Kids nowadays really have no clue what the word commitment means.....
 
Ethnicsands said:
Sometimes. sometimes not. The coach really has to be an elite evaluator to be better than the consensus of his peers. Fit for scheme counts also, acknowledged. But we do not yet know enough to declare Simpson an elite evaluator.
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At the end of the day, the Head Coach guides the evaluation philosophy of the program.

Richt has a long track record as an evaluator that includes a litany of NFL studs. He does not get enough credit for that.
 
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DMoney said:
At the end of the day, the Head Coach guides the evaluation philosophy of the program.

Richt has a long track record as an evaluator that includes a litany of NFL studs. He does not get enough credit for that.
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this kid clearly has no good s&c training. he is probably in a hs with a crappy weightroom. i think once gus gets a hold of him, he can
get stronger. his body clearly looks like it can develop.
 
TamaToaCane said:
I'll jump for joy in 2-3 years for you if he is Nesta-esque and you can call me all the adjectives in the dictionary you want. Until then, you sound like a dude who gets cheated on by his girl all the time but just complains and stays like a good puppy. Fck your evaluations. #StillNotImpressed
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What aren't you getting man? I'm not calling this kid the next Jerome Brown or the next Warren Sapp. I'm pointing out how ridiculous it is for you to declare how unimpressed you are with a kid's ability when you've admitted that you haven't even watched the kid play. You sound like a spoiled child pouting because your mother didn't get you the name brand toy you've been asking for. You haven't laid eyes on the toy that she did get you and you have no idea what it does or how it compares, but you're going to cry like a ***** anyway because it didn't come from the specific manufacturer you wanted it to come from or come emblazoned with the little status symbol emblem you were hoping for. You have no clue what you got but you just "know" it's no good and you won't like it. Just absurd to be whining about the quality of something when you haven't even seen that "something".
I'm getting tired of going back and forth with you. You clearly made a lazy, uninformed evaluation on a kid's ability based on nothing of substance and you pretty much admitted that yourself when you said you didn't even bother to take the time to watch the kid's tape before opening your mouth. I'm not wasting anymore of my time trying to convince you to stop defending what's clearly (to most people) an indefensible position..
 
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Zbrod95 said:
Nobody is lol...Guy keeps dodging questions, getting put in his place, and then when he’s proven way wrong he stomps around and throws a tantrum.
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lol...yeah, I'm done beating my head against the wall with this guy. I think he probably realizes now how ridiculous his position sounds but some people just can't bring themselves to admit to a mistake.
 
“Complement Patrick Bethel” - LOL. Bethel has done nothing so far. We need to replace PB not complement him. Maybe complement Nesta? That makes a heck of a lot more common sense.
 
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