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How does the 2014 senior class stack up with those of the last 5-10 years?

Perryman - starting MLB
Chickillo - starting DE
Dorsett - starting WR
Feliciano - starting LG
Walford - starting TE
Gunter - starting CB
Pierre - starting DT
McDermott - starting C
Armbrister - possible starting OLB
Heaps - probable starting QB
Scott - in the mix at WR
Sandland - in the mix at TE
Fentress - good special teamer
Williams - will probably play some
 
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Walk-ons:

Harvey: backup OL/special teamer
Regula: backup FB/special teamer
Johnson: backup RB
Delapinga: backup DB
Carroll: backup P
Tolson: backup DB
Akpejiori: backup TE
 
Pretty good considering most are avg to good players and not just starting because they have the coaches trust and more experience then the younger ones.

No reason we can't make the ACC Championship this year. Anything less hurts pretty bad.
 
Not a bad senior class. Throw in all the serious talent in the junior class and this year should be a very, very good year. It is all on the coaches now. Plenty of young guns from the last two years to sprinkle into the the mix. If I did not have a tremendous amount of doubt about staff's actually coaching ability, I would be completely over the top about this season. If Al could just treat each game with the hate and anger he had against the swamp scum, we will put fear back in college football this year. He needs to reach deep and channel his inner JJ and send the Canes out to crush and destroy not just play good.
 
Not bad for Golden's first Class...the one he had to piece together a few months before signing day
 
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Compared to the previous 6 years, at or near the top. But honestly, it's not very strong. Of that group, only Perryman has a shot at 1st round, and probably won't go until low 2nd due to his physical limitations. We'll be lucky to get a few more lower-round draft choices out of this class. Compared to the JJ through Butch years, far, far below Miami standards. This year's juniors have a chance to break that pattern and start getting us back to where we should be in terms of depth of talent graduating. Then we need to replace them.
 
See, I don't recall the teams from the glory years ever having an amazing senior class. Look at 2000 for instance:

7 Al Blades DB 6-2 205 Sr. Plantation, FL (Plantation)
24 Delvin Brown FS 6-0 210 Sr. Miami, FL (Carol City HS)
90 Quincy Hipps DE 6-4 265 Sr. Tampa, FL (Tampa Catholic)
21 James Jackson RB 5-11 215 Sr. Belle Glade, FL (Fork Union Military) (Glades Central)
84 Andre King WR 6-0 200 Sr. Ft. Lauderdale, FL (Stranahan )
79 Greg Laffere OL 6-5 305 Sr. Bayehor, KS (Butler C.C.) (Bayehore-Linwood HS)
92 Damione Lewis DT 6-3 295 Sr. Sulphur Springs, TX (Sulphur Springs HS)
35 Will McPartland FB 6-0 230 Sr. Scranton, PA (Scranton Prep)
86 Ivan Mercer TE 6-7 245 Sr. Antelope, CA (Orange Coast J.C.) (Oakmont)
44 Dan Morgan LB 6-3 230 Sr. Coral Springs, FL (Taravella)
26 Aaron Moser DB 6-0 190 Sr. Bonne Terre, MO (North County)
6 Santana Moss WR 5-10 180 Sr. Miami, FL (Carol City)
22 Leonard Myers CB 6-0 200 Sr. Ft. Lauderdale, FL (Dillard)
50 Jevon Rhodes DL 6-2 250 Sr. LaPorte, TX (LaPorte HS)
85 Michael Stewart WR 5-11 185 Sr. Cranston, RI (LaSalle Academy)
95 Brian Stinson DE 6-3 270 Sr. DeLand, FL (DeLand HS)
87 Reggie Wayne WR 6-1 195 Sr. Marrero, LA (Marrero HS)
96 Adrian Wilson DT 6-2 315 Sr. Jacksonville, AR (Jacksonville HS)

Wayne, Moss, Morgan, Lewis were the only guys who were big, big difference makers. Jackson, Myers, Blades, King, Hipps, Mercer, Laffere were good but they weren't irreplaceable.
 
2001:

65 Martin Bibla OG 6-4 300 Sr. Mountaintop, Pa. (Crestwood HS)
48 Chris Campbell LB 6-2 225 Sr. Mt. Pleasant, Texas (Mt. Pleasant HS)
4 Najeh Davenport RB 6-2 245 Sr. Miami, Fla. (Central HS)
27 Markese Fitzgerald CB 5-11 186 Sr. St. Petersburg, Fla. (Dixie Hollins HS)
73 Joaquin Gonzalez OT 6-5 292 Sr. Miami, Fla. (Columbus HS)
98 Cornelius Green DE 6-4 250 Sr. Houston, Texas (Aldine/Kilgore JC)
1 Daryl Jones WR 5-10 184 Sr. Dallas, Texas (Carter HS)
23 James Lewis SS 5-11 196 Sr. Piscataway, N.J. (Piscataway HS)
78 Bryant McKinnie OT 6-9 335 Sr. Woodbury, N.J. (Lackawanna JC) (Woodbury HS)
63 Scott Puckett OL 6-3 283 Sr. Duncanville, Texas (Duncanville HS)
20 Edward Reed FS 6-0 198 Sr. St. Rose, La. (Destrehan HS)
8 Mike Rumph CB 6-2 190 Sr. Delray Beach, FL (Atlantic HS)
80 Robert Williams TE 6-4 240 Sr. Dallas, Texas (Bishop Lynch HS)
 
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2002:

13 Freddie Capshaw P 5-11 190 Sr. Rock Springs, WY (Rock Springs HS)
11 Ken Dorsey QB 6-5 200 Sr. Orinda, CA (Miramonte HS)
68 Joe Fantigrassi OL 6-4 285 Sr. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (Western HS)
55 Jamaal Green DE 6-3 261 Sr. Camden, N.J. (Wilson HS)
74 Sherko Haji-Rasouli OL 6-6 318 Sr. Toronto, Ontario, Canada (J.A. MacDonald HS)
94 William Joseph DE 6-5 297 Sr. Miami, Fla. (Edison HS)
95 Jerome McDougle DE 6-4 271 Sr. Pompano Beach, Fla. (Hinds CC) (Ely HS)
66 Brett Romberg OL 6-3 290 Sr. Windsor, Ontario, Canada (Belle River District HS)
7 Ethenic Sands WR 6-0 178 Sr. Miami, FL (Carol City HS)
29 James Scott DB 6-2 194 Sr. Crescent City, Fla. (Crescent City HS)
16 Todd Sievers K 6-3 214 Sr. Ankeny, Iowa (Ankeny HS)
91 Matt Walters DT 6-5 272 Sr. Melbourne, Fla. (Eau Gallie HS)
72 Ed Wilkins OL 6-4 314 Sr. Plainfield, N.J. (Plainfield HS)
99 Andrew Williams DE 6-4 262 Sr. Tampa, Fla. (Hillsborough HS)
71 Jim Wilson OL 6-5 265 Sr. Hollywood, Fla. (Chaminade-Madonna HS)
 
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My point is that it was usually a bunch of juniors that left school early. We might have that again this year to an extent with Duke, Flowers, Howard.
 
2003:

97 Larry Anderson DL 6-4 258 Sr. Kissimmee, Fla. (Osceola HS)
9 Kevin Beard WR 6-2 173 Sr. Plantation, FL (Plantation HS)
60 Vernon Carey OL 6-5 363 Sr. Miami, Fla. (Northwestern HS)
10 Matt Carter P 6-4 208 Sr. Columbus, Ohio. (Columbus Academy)
65 Alex Garcia OL 6-1 296 Sr. Miami, Fla. (Christopher Columbus HS)
3 Jason Geathers WR 6-3 208 Sr. Delray Beach (Spanish River HS)
62 Chris Harvey LS 6-3 322 Sr. Accoville, W.Va. (Man HS)
41 Talib Humphrey FB 6-2 238 Sr. Miami, Fla. (Oklahoma JC) (Southridge HS)
76 Carlos Joseph OL 6-6 342 Sr. Miami, Fla. (Edison HS)
37 Michael Langley DB 6-1 177 Sr. Machipongo, Va. (Northhampton HS)
Jonathan Mann FB 5-11 215 Sr. Belle Glade (Glades Central HS)
25 Alfonso Marshall DB 6-1 183 Sr. Clewiston, Fla. (Clewiston HS)
49 Darrell McClover LB 6-2 223 Sr. Coconut Creek, FL (Coconut Creek HS)
67 Joe McGrath OL 6-5 297 Sr. Moose Jaw, Sask, Canada, St. Thomas Aquinas (St. Thomas Aquinas HS)
34 Jarrett Payton RB 6-2 224 Sr. Arlinton Heights, Ill. (St. Viator HS)
36 Maurice Sikes DB 5-11 197 Sr. Miami, Fla. (Pace HS)
53 Jim Sikora OL 6-5 286 Sr. Marathon, Fla. (Marathon HS)
51 Jonathan Vilma LB 6-2 220 Sr. Coral Gables, Fla. (Coral Gables HS)
38 Carl Walker LB 6-3 205 Sr. Jacksonville, Fla. (Jackson HS)
58 Jarrell Weaver LB 6-3 206 Sr. Miami, Fla. (Northwestern HS)
17 D.J. Williams LB 6-2 249 Sr. Concord, CA (De La Salle HS)
 
I just don't see the acccg for this group, the only playmakers I see on that list is Perryman and Gunter, we need more stars. AND I'M NOT BEING A HATER, just pointing out some things.
 
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Yeah, but Rock, all those classes you listed had more talent than our senior class. We're closing the gap, to be sure. And I'm not suggesting the weak senior class is an excuse, as the freshmen, sophomore and junior class all have some decent athletes now, and there's better symmetry. Just saying this year's seniors are not meeting Miami standards.
 
I agree grover. It's not a good enough senior class to win a national championship.
 
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Compare it with this list of walking corpses

23 Eduardo Clements RB 5-10 192 Sr. Miami, Fla. (Booker T. Washington HS)
82 Asante Cleveland TE 6-5 260 Sr. Sacramento, Calif. (Christian Brothers HS)
31 Tyrone Cornileus LB 6-2 225 Sr. Stone Mountain, Ga. (Stephenson HS)
47 Akil Craig LB 6-1 226 Sr. Tampa, Fla. (Tampa Jesuit HS)
59 Jimmy Gaines LB 6-3 240 Sr. Getzville, N.Y. (Canisius HS)
11 David Gilbert DL 6-4 254 Sr. Coral Springs, Fla. (Wisconsin) (Northeast HS)
51 Shayon Green DL 6-3 264 Sr. Tifton, Ga. (Tift County HS)
33 Maurice Hagens FB 5-11 250 Sr. Riverview, Fla. (Tampa Bay Tech HS)
77 Seantrel Henderson OL 6-8 345 Sr. St. Paul, Minn. (Cretin-Derham Hall HS)
30 AJ Highsmith DB 6-0 208 Sr. Missouri City, Texas (Hightower HS)
1 Allen Hurns WR 6-3 195 Sr. Miami, Fla. (Carol City HS)
37 Alex Irastorza DB 6-3 198 Sr. Miami, Fla. (Christopher Columbus HS)
61 Paul Kelly LS 6-1 255 Sr. Davie, Fla. (Archbishop McCarthy HS)
27 Jameson Labady RB 5-11 215 Sr. North Miami, Fla. (North Miami)
65 Brandon Linder OL 6-6 319 Sr. Southwest Ranches, Fla. (St. Thomas Aquinas HS)
57 Sean McNally LS 5-10 200 Sr. Bakersfield, Calif. (Garces Memorial HS)
17 Stephen Morris QB 6-2 218 Sr. Miami, Fla. (Monsignor Pace HS)
96 Curtis Porter DL 6-1 325 Sr. Charlotte, N.C. (Victory Christian HS)
78 Justin Renfrow DL 6-6 310 Sr. Morrisville, Pa. (Virginia) (William Penn Charter)
93 Luther Robinson DL 6-3 296 Sr. Fort Pierce, Fla. (Westwood HS)
22 Kacy Rodgers II DB 6-2 208 Sr. Southlake, Texas (Southlake Carroll HS)
75 Jared Wheeler OL 6-5 319 Sr. Hollywood, Fla. (American Heritage HS)
18 Chad Barnes WR 5-8 170 RSr. Weston, Fla. (Cypress Bay HS)
16 Pat O'Donnell P 6-5 220 Gr. Lake Worth, Fla. (Cincinnati) (Palm Beach Central HS)
 
Good work, rok.

An athletic and productive senior class will be a nice change.

We have more pieces this year than we've had in a long time. No telling what we do with them, but MOAR TALENT.
 
Not much star power in this senior class as compared to those other classes. It's a solid class, but not exceptional.
 
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