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DMoney said:
It's been a while, so it's time to empty the recruiting notebook for the Bank. Let's go position-by-position:

- Luke Nickel (Alpharetta, GA) is locked in at quarterback and is having a good senior season. I continue to expect Miami to monitor the Portal and potentially add a proven signal caller.

- RB Girard Pringle (Seffner, FL) is committed and wowing the staff with his combination of speed, quickness and toughness. As we've been reporting, I don't see a second back in the class unless something changes.

- WRs Josh Moore (West Broward) and Daylyn Upshaw (Phenix City, AL) are committed and Miami is happy with both. Malachi Toney (American Heritage) decommitted but remains in play. The biggest name is Vernell Brown III (Orlando) and Miami will continue to push there.

- The staff is ecstatic with the senior film for Brock Schott (Leo, IN) and Luka Gilbert (Cincinnati). They believe they have an elite haul there.

- One name drawing particular buzz on the OL- SJ Alofaituli (Las Vegas). After watching his senior film, some in the building believe he is the best OL in the entire nation. You don't know for sure until he gets here, but I get the sense he is in the Rueben Bain, Francis Mauigoa, Elija Lofton category as an instant impact player.

- DE Herbert Scroggins III (Savannah) is locked in and Miami loves what he brings at JACK linebacker. Strong, productive, bendy, and plays hard with high-end intangibles. DE Hayden Lowe (Los Angeles) is considered a first round-type talent and Miami feels good about its momentum with the USC commit. Keep an eye on that one.

- The Canes are very happy with the senior film for DT commits Mykah Newton (Newberry, FL) and Donta Simpson (Chaminade). The primary target for a flip is Ohio State commit Jarquez Carter (Newberry). He is a major priority. I expect Elijah Griffin (Savannah) to commit to Georgia, but Miami will keep working there.

- Gavin Nix (IMG) and Ezekiel Marcelin (Central) are leading their respective defenses as expected. The Canes would like to add one more. The names to watch: Kellen Wiley (Seffner, FL) and Ohio State commit TJ Alford (Vero Beach, FL).

- The two biggest names to watch, at DB and in general, are DJ Pickett (Riverview, FL) and Ben Hanks (Miami). The Canes are pushing hard for both and there is movement. Jaboree Antoine (New Iberia, LA) suffered a season-ending injury, but should recover fully. He is visiting in a couple weeks and was having an outstanding senior year.

- There are a few names I wanted to highlight on the current team. One guy who isn't talked about externally but is considered a big-time player inside the building is Matthew McCoy. Some feel he is the best NFL prospect on the line. Some young names who are starting to emerge: JoJo Trader, Ny Carr and Armondo Blount. Elija Lofton and Jordan Lyle already have big roles, but those roles will increase. And keep an eye out for a guy who has been out with injury but is finally cleared: S Isaiah Thomas (Clearwater, FL). Excited to see what he looks like now that he's healthy.

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You may want to rephrase what you said about young Mr. Thomas.

The fan base is desperate for any positive news at DB and he’ll be ready to contribute positively in the spring. He’s played very little football for almost two years.
 
Cane44 said:
@DMoney any word how Washington has transitioned to CB yet? any chance he gets any game burn this season? wearing my orange/green shades hoping to catch lightning in a bottle with him fixing our CB speed issue.
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Thank you for reminding me, I forgot to include this in the original post.

I asked and received great feedback on Washington. He will be a player and help us at CB in the future.
 
ARodri7982 said:
Is OSU in that top 5? Because if we get Carter that would reduce there average and ranking.
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OSU's currently ranked #1 with the #2 overall player in the nation at QB committed as well as two absolutely elite 5* CB's in their class. Their average ranking per committed recruit is 93.36 and they're comfortably over the golden 300-point threshold.

Carter looks like a really talented DT, but he's only the 15th highest-rated player in their class according to the 247 composite. Wouldn't drop their average.

Would love to flip Carter, though, regardless of any site's rankings.
 
Cane44 said:
@DMoney any word how Washington has transitioned to CB yet? any chance he gets any game burn this season? wearing my orange/green shades hoping to catch lightning in a bottle with him fixing our CB speed issue.
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For Washington, @DMoney has said on at least one podcast that the position change will be more of a 2025 issue.
 
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ARodri7982 said:
Is OSU in that top 5? Because if we get Carter that would reduce there average and ranking.
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Yes, Ohio State currently has the #1 class with 309 points. As I mentioned, we have 263, and currently ranked #12.

If you remove Carter from Taint's class, they literally don't even drop a full point. They still have 308 points, and remain #1.

Adding him to Miami's class only adds less than 2 points, but would jump us to #10 overall, as we are barely behind USC and Oklahoma right now.

As far as your Pickett question, he's certainly more of a needle mover with how highly he's ranked. They are currently #3 with 297 points, if he flips they drop to 290 points and would fall all the way down to 8th.

Miami adding him jumps us to 272.79. So, obviously a ton can and will change, and when you start moving heavy hitters like Pickett around, things change quickly.

Right now, LSU is #3 and Miami is #12. Dropping Pickett from their class and adding him to ours actually jumps us ahead of them, we would go to #7 and they'd be barely behind at #8. The elite 5-stars are kinda important in all this.
 
the recruiting board is good…. if UM can close well. Looks like they are tryna close out on the elite prospects. I wish UM had cast a bigger net to find a WR1, and get a couple more DL prospects.
 
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305407cane said:
Props to the staff for not just blindly paying the kids with the most lucrative NIL deals

Let’s see how patient he is in the offseason
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I sometimes think that many of the posters on this board don’t listen to what Mario and others like DMoney say.

Mario has stated that he’s very happy with how Samson is coming along. Kid is a redshirt FR, and came from a state where the competition level was not very high. Mario has stated that his future is very bright, and DMoney has repeated this. Not every FR is going to be a star right away, specially on the OL or at DT. We have a lot of talent in both of those position groups.
 
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01Canes said:
OSU's currently ranked #1 with the #2 overall player in the nation at QB committed as well as two absolutely elite 5* CB's in their class. Their average ranking per committed recruit is 93.36 and they're comfortably over the golden 300-point threshold.

Carter looks like a really talented DT, but he's only the 15th highest-rated player in their class according to the 247 composite. Wouldn't drop their average.

Would love to flip Carter, though, regardless of any site's rankings.
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Miami needs to flip TJ Alford as well
 
P-Tizzle said:
Then what oath did he make?
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CaneTheGaytors said:
I sometimes think that many of the posters on this board don’t listen to what Mario and others like DMoney say.

Mario has stated that he’s very happy with how Samson is coming along. Kid is a redshirt FR, and came from a state where the competition level was not very high. Mario has stated that his future is very bright, and DMoney has repeated this. Not every FR is going to be a star right away, specially on the OL or at DT. We have a lot of talent in both of those position groups.
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t’s a great sign if guys are redshirting every year that means the older guys are performing up to their standards for once. So many guys will benefit from it in their career. So many guys benefited from the Covid year and not burning a year.

The Bain, Jeremiah Smith types are the rare plug and play ofc
 
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In terms of immediate impact the DB recruiting has been lackluster, but I think the staff is setting up the position to be nice within the next season

CBs- The current roster and committed prospects have a good mixture of guys with size, athleticism, agility, and good technique. I think Ryan Mack is gonna make some moves next season, came in at 5’11 175lb, just needs to add size and learn the defense. Guys that I’m optimistic about Mack, OJ, Brown, current 2024 CBs committed. Question marks Hill, Washington, Stafford, and Richards. If they can add Pickett and/or Hanks, this position will look great

Safeties - Optimistic about Dylan Day, Patterson, and Isaiah Thomas. Stubbs this cycle seems to be a good pick up, and Fitzgerald has the size and athleticism the physicality is TBD. I don’t know much about Amari Wallace.

But they have DB bodies either currently developing in their system or coming in. Also a lot of them have versatility that can play CB or S at the next leve. We all know how bad DB recruiting has been, luckily I think this staff is doing a lot better time will tell. As of rn the team is lacking at the DB position but with the transfer portal and current recruits coming in I think by next season we will start seeing major improvements.
 
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