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Reading so many stories on Bishop Sycamore today, so let me share this one – They played a defender on Sunday that’s originally a 2020 from Florida. Kid has reported over two dozen fake offers. Showed up once to a 7v7 tryout and used a fake ID. His HUDL is also fake. Amazing.
What a week for Mario Cristobal
-Flips a kid from Clemson (Something that Miami hasn’t done since Dabo took over)
-Flips a kid from Georgia (Something that Miami hasn’t done since Kirby took over)
-Lands the top prospect at IMG (That kid usually ends up in the SEC)
BREAKING: Avantae Williams is headed to Miami. Manny Diaz, Ephraim Banda and
#TheU
beat out Florida for the nation’s No. 2 ranked safety in a National Signing Day upset.
I would think Josh Gattis to Miami is going to make Miami pretty hard to beat for 5-star WR Jalen Brown. Could also see Hurricanes zeroing in on 5-star QB Dante Moore as the guy next cycle. Florida is loaded at WR in ‘23 – getting an OC that can recruit was big for Mario.
Nick Saban apparently took an 11-minute flight in a private jet Wednesday from Venice, Fla. to Lehigh, Fla. while out recruiting underclassmen. 🐐 move.
Jalen Hurts has followed one coach on Twitter since news broke that he’s in the NCAA portal … Miami’s Manny Diaz. The Hurricanes are obviously very interested.
Big news. Miami has flipped Top247 TE Jaleel Skinner from Alabama on the final day of the Early Signing Period. He tells
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why he will sign with the Hurricanes:
BREAKING: Miami has its quarterback as Jake Garcia announces that he will be a Hurricane. The Top247 talent becomes UM’s second highest-ranked QB signee ever. Big win for Rhett Lashlee and Manny Diaz.
BREAKING: Virginia Tech grad transfer DE Trevon Hill has signed a financial aid agreement with Miami. Manny Diaz and the Hurricanes continue to own the portal.
Jaleel Skinner just a massive win for Mario Cristobal. Stephen Field also deserves a ton of credit. Skinner and his camp brought up Field time after time. He never stopped recruiting Skinner and was ready to make a push once Cristobal was in place.
I asked Manny Diaz if he thought the gap with Florida State is as large as the score indicated. "We played a game and it went the way that it went. That's for someone else to judge."
Mario Cristobal is headed to Miami. And that’s bad news for Alabama, Georgia and others. A look at what this hire means for recruiting in one of the nation’s top football hotbeds:
Miami RB commit Don Chaney said he ran a 4.55 today. Also had a 40-inch vert. He says he will enroll early and is not planning to take other visits. Georgia came in second.
Dan Enos putting Jake Garcia through a workout as Manny Diaz and pretty much Miami’s entire staff watches. I have never seen anything like this at UM. Huge priority for the next cycle.
Photo shoots not the only thing gone from recruit visits, NCAA blasted out an email this morning saying schools can no longer decorate prospect’s hotel rooms on officials.
All cookie cakes and snacks must be handed to recruits in lobby.
Inching closer to NFL top-30 visits.
Top247 WR Nathaniel Joseph is headed to Miami. "I'm a diehard 'Cane. I have been a 'Cane,” he tells
@247Sports
. “Why put on for someone else's hometown when I can put on for my own?"
BREAKING: Top247 DE Chantz Williams has committed to Manny Diaz and
#TNM
. He breaks down the decision with
@247Sports
and explains why he's headed to Miami.
Greg Olsen, Jon Beason, Michael Irvin, David Njoku and Tolbert Bain all at Miami’s practice this morning. I also spotted Sheldrick Redwine and Michael Jackson.
Some big news for Mario Cristobal and Miami – Top247 ATH Robby Washington and his bother, LB Bobby Washington, both say they have committed to the Hurricanes.
In the past hour or so Miami has offered:
- Eden James, who is the son of Edgerrin James
- William Roberts, who is the son of Rick Ross
- Mason Taylor, who is the son of Jason Taylor
BREAKING: Top247 OL Jalen Rivers has committed to
#TNM
. He breaks down the decision with
@247Sports
and explains why he picked the Hurricanes over both Florida and Georgia.
Some big news for Manny Diaz, Rhett Lashleee and
#TheU
. I’m told Houston QB transfer D’Eriq King will take a two-day visit to Miami starting on Friday.
My take on Diaz:
If Miami wants to be back, it must win the big recruiting battles and in order to do that you need a head coach that is going to make it extremely difficult for kids to say no. Some in the program think Diaz can be that guy.
BREAKING: The commits keep coming for Miami. ’21 DE Tyler Johnson says he has given a verbal pledge to the Hurricanes. He’s the younger bro of Jaquan Johnson.
James Williams could be Miami’s highest ranked signee since Marcus Forston back in 2008 per
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Composite. Would be program’s 13th-highest ranked signee all time.
BREAKING: Miami’s recruiting class keeps growing as DE Thomas Davis announces a verbal commitment to the Hurricanes. FSU and South Carolina were also involved.
The first commitment of the Manny Diaz Era at Miami is a big one as former USC S and Top100 recruit Bubba Bolden announces he’s headed to Coral Gables. This one has been in the works for a while now.
Jeff Thomas coming back? It’s possible. A source told me that if he wants to play major college football this upcoming season his best chance would be at Miami.
Just talked with Tyler Van Dyke’s father. I don’t get the sense that the Miami QB wants to explore options in the transfer portal. Only way that would happen is if Mario didn’t want Van Dyke, which is a scenario that would be hard to see playing out.
Willie Taggart is out at FAU sources tell
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. Owls lost in overtime to WKU on Saturday. They dropped 4 games by a combined 9 points this season. Taggart … 1-10 in contests played after November 1st since taking over in Boca.