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2025 Tarvos “TJ” Alford II LB from Ft. Pierce... commits to OSU 3/30

grover said:
💯. We thought we had started rebuilding LB in 2023 but Bryant is now a DE, Pulliam transferred and Robby is still developing. Only high confidence kid is Popo. 2024 we have Pruitt and Hayes, and they’re also still developing. So once Kiko and Wes leave, we have no idea what our 2 deep will be. We need to keep stacking until we get more clarity there.
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Where is Wes going?
 
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grover said:
💯. We thought we had started rebuilding LB in 2023 but Bryant is now a DE, Pulliam transferred and Robby is still developing. Only high confidence kid is Popo. 2024 we have Pruitt and Hayes, and they’re also still developing. So once Kiko and Wes leave, we have no idea what our 2 deep will be. We need to keep stacking until we get more clarity there.
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The only two who should be leaving/graduating are Kiko & Chase Smith. Next year, assuming we don't have lots of portal attrition, the depth in the room will be very high. I hope Guidry acknowledges this and puts more linebackers on the field and minimizes usage of that extra db in the 4-2-5 until we get more speed in that secondary.
 
Damiencane86 said:
The only two who should be leaving/graduating are Kiko & Chase Smith. Next year, assuming we don't have lots of portal attrition, the depth in the room will be very high. I hope Guidry acknowledges this and puts more linebackers on the field and minimizes usage of that extra db in the 4-2-5 until we get more speed in that secondary.
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Yeah Wes isn’t going anywhere.

You got Popo, Wes & Hayes, Pruitt, Washington assume all stick around plus whatever new signees this class. Not sure Miami will hit the portal here unless they have an experienced fringe NFL kid want to transfer in for 1 year at MLB
 
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My god Wes leaving? To be maybe a 7th rounder ?
I’m looking for him to be the leader of our defense next year with Bain. Then popo takes those reigns as a senior. I hope he doesn’t leave early. He would get good nil also
 
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lindend said:
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"It was important for me just to come see how they perform in a different atmosphere, so the game is going to be packed out and the crowd going to be loud, see how they react to adversity," Alford told InsideTheU.

"It's really a great direction. I feel like they're becoming more of a team every week. You see more of the team, they struggle in the first half and then they pick it up later on. I didn't see that today. They started off great and they finished great," Alford said.

"It's not place like home. I come in, I make an impact. I come in and play as a freshman. The man that's in my position, he's probably going to be gone when I come here, so that's just an open door for me to come in and make an impact," Alford said.

"It's definitely something I think about a lot," Alford said. "Depth chart matters. You want to get in and get on the field. You might not start your freshman year, but I want to get my feet wet and stuff like that and get that three and out and get to the league."

Alford is trying to decide whether he's going to move forward with Ohio State or perhaps stay home and play for the Hurricanes.

"Definitely. I don't really got a timeline, I'm just trying to get to it," Alford said.
 
Braduhley said:
Wouldn't surprise me. Would just be another Cane in a long list of leaving before they're early.
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I think times are very different now with NIL around. We can give those guys who would go late-round more money to come back to school. They don't have to pick money over school when they're not ready (ie, Trajan Bandy). In fact, that's basically the same way we were able to get Ward to sign: make more staying in college for another year and up your value instead of being a mid to late round pick.
 
itsdolphhh said:
Not gonna lie, went to Columbus for a game.....and I understand now why kids be lining up to go to OSU. That **** is nice AF up there.
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My friend, Columbus Ohio is a **** hole. I too have been there for games, outside ( and I mean a block or two) of the shoe, it’s old, depressed, pothole Ohio. That’s when the weather is nice, go in Dec-Feb. Kids are going up there because it’s a football factory, not because it’s nice. There is zero comparison between The University of Miami, in Coral Gables, surrounded by greater Miami and OSU and Columbus.
 
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Question for my South FL brethren. What's considered south FL? Is Ft. Pierce really considered south FL? I'm from Cocoa, but my mom is from there and I spent a lot of time there as a kid. I know it's only a couple of hours from Miami, but I've never considered it to be SoFL at all. I guess that if we're considering ORL to be the dividing line...
 
TallyCaneFan said:
Question for my South FL brethren. What's considered south FL? Is Ft. Pierce really considered south FL? I'm from Cocoa, but my mom is from there and I spent a lot of time there as a kid. I know it's only a couple of hours from Miami, but I've never considered it to be SoFL at all. I guess that if we're considering ORL to be the dividing line...
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Palm Beach -> South is South Florida. Stuart, FP, Vero Beach is the Treasure Coast (no man's land). Then the Space Coast where you are (East Central Fl).
 
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swat1 said:
Palm Beach -> South is South Florida. Stuart, FP, Vero Beach is the Treasure Coast (no man's land). Then the Space Coast where you are (East Central Fl).
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That what I've always thought as well - just wanted to know if that's changed.
 
252cane said:
Alford said in an interview about a month ago that d.nich told him wes was gone after this year so he could compete for that spot right away. Now that could just be recruiting talk but I guess we will see
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Guess he is transferring cause he would be UDFA. But wouldnt be surprised.....its what Miami players do.
 
pyhooya said:
Guess he is transferring cause he would be UDFA. But wouldnt be surprised.....its what Miami players do.
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If we close with Wiley & Alford we would still have Bobby Wash, Alderman, Pruitt, Marcelin, and Wiley battling for reps at WILL so not a catastrophic loss hypothetically.
 
Damiencane86 said:
If we close with Wiley & Alford we would still have Bobby Wash, Alderman, Pruitt, Marcelin, and Wiley battling for reps at WILL so not a catastrophic loss hypothetically.
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Maybe.......just think those guys cant beat Wes out now. I was more questioning where would Wes go? Implying he not going to NFL.
 
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