#1 2026 WR Tristen Keys breaks down his Official Visit to Miami with CIS

Sebastian Font

Jun 1, 2025 3 min read

Recruiting season is well and truly underway as the Hurricanes had a star-studded list of official visitors down in Coral Gables this weekend, and @DMoney was able to catch up with the pick of the bunch in five-star Tristen Keys (MS). Here's what he had to say:

On returning for a third time to Miami:

"It was very important for me to come back, just being around the environment, being around the people and getting the feel with the guys. [Miami] had the number one offense last year, so just kind of seeing that, they kind of pretty much broke it down and just let me know how they could use me."

Why Miami is a contender in his recruitment:

"People sleep on [Miami] a little bit in my recruiting, but they're some great guys, and I have a great relationship with them. They do well by their people. But one thing I recognize when I'm around them or just in the environment, they're for the people. So it's like, as far as bringing recruits in, bringing people in, it's like they care about the person before they care about the ballplayer, and that's just something that's important to me."

"[Miami] is high for sure."

How he's approaching his recruiting process while being committed to LSU:

"A day by day thing. It's a process, not easy, but we try to make it easy as possible. You know, I got my family, so as long as we're on the same page, we're good."

"[For LSU] it's kind of like a remember we're home type of thing."

Outside of Miami there's still Tennessee, Alabama and LSU which Keys will be visiting June 13-15, June 17-19 and June 20-22 respectively.

"I'm ready for my heart and my mind to align with each other on one school so whenever that happens is when we'll pull the plug"

On bonding with players on the team:

"(I was around) [Malachi Toney, Ray-Ray Joeseph] and I was around a couple more guys. It was great, I got a little relationship with Ray-Ray and Mali and most of the receivers honestly. So for me, it was kind of easy for me and I kind of got that feel for being in the locker room. I know if I go in that locker room, it would be great and easy and there wouldn't be no tension."

What's going to be the separating factors between the schools:

"A great offense, the people, the environment and the coaches especially. I want coaches that not only I can talk ball with but talk about life."

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skeeter

Jun 2, 2025

aelmiami said:
Luckily we are, reportedly, the big dawg in bag game. If this kid is earnestly looking for a good offense, I like us against the aforementioned schools.

Side note. Those are two sentences I never expected to type on this site.

Big dog?

I'm not sure I'd say that. Those schools can all ante up

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nickster

Jun 2, 2025

I would pass on Tristen Keys and focus on Vance Stafford. That kid is fast, good hands, and many moves that would drive a CB crazy. Needless to say much less money too.

canecrazy23

Jun 2, 2025

Odysseus said:
Top offense and one of the top bag schools. We came along way from manny diaz lol

But we have porsters on here saying nothing has changed since Manny. LOL

canecrazy23

Jun 2, 2025

Thoughtsoncanes said:
D I say we get CJ Bailey to be our qb next season and maybe JS comes home for one season. What do you think?

ZeroBeachCane3

Jun 2, 2025

nickster said:
I would pass on Tristen Keys and focus on Vance Stafford. That kid is fast, good hands, and many moves that would drive a CB crazy. Needless to say much less money too.

canecrazy23

Jun 2, 2025

nickster said:
I would pass on Tristen Keys and focus on Vance Stafford. That kid is fast, good hands, and many moves that would drive a CB crazy. Needless to say much less money too.

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Hurracanes

Jun 2, 2025

nickster said:
I would pass on Tristen Keys and focus on Vance Stafford. That kid is fast, good hands, and many moves that would drive a CB crazy. Needless to say much less money too.

One of the wildest takes yet.

One has nothing to do with the other.

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Silentobserver

Jun 2, 2025

nickster said:
I would pass on Tristen Keys and focus on Vance Stafford. That kid is fast, good hands, and many moves that would drive a CB crazy. Needless to say much less money too.

Manny Diaz? Is that you?

Big O Cane

Jun 2, 2025

Hurracanes said:
One of the wildest takes yet.

One has nothing to do with the other.

Have you seen his previous takes? Let’s just say there’s a theme.

OrangeBowlMagic

Jun 2, 2025

Big O Cane said:
Have you seen his previous takes? Let’s just say there’s a theme.

Yeah he's definitely got a Manny Diaz Realdoll.

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nickster

Jun 2, 2025

Hurracanes said:
One of the wildest takes yet.

One has nothing to do with the other.

Not so my friend and we can save the money for others that we need more. Vance is a **** of a player and my take is the smart one. You have a nice day!

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Torocane

Jun 2, 2025

nickster said:
I would pass on Tristen Keys and focus on Vance Stafford. That kid is fast, good hands, and many moves that would drive a CB crazy. Needless to say much less money too.

Why can they focus on both?

canecrazy23

Jun 2, 2025

Torocane said:
Why can they focus on both?

We can and we will.

One9

Jun 2, 2025

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canadacanes

Jun 2, 2025

nickster said:
I would pass on Tristen Keys and focus on Vance Stafford. That kid is fast, good hands, and many moves that would drive a CB crazy. Needless to say much less money too.

Yes let’s pass on the #1 receiver in the country. Great idea.

Fart Keyhole

Jun 2, 2025

BALLHAWKU said:
Ask your *****

I hope for your lady's sake that we get a commit soon. She's probably tired of you pushing rope since you came down from the Cantwell high.

OrangeBowlMagic

Jun 2, 2025

canadacanes said:
Yes let’s pass on the #1 receiver in the country. Great idea.

You never go full ****ster. Everyone knows that.

ItsAUThing.com

Jun 2, 2025

DemCanes10 said:
Blah Blah Blah…..

I can already see people set themselves up just like Jeremiah Smith and forgetting he is committed to a school and cry it was a loss later.

Keys is committed to LSU and upping the bag.

People forget Jeremiah had been committed to Taint since his 10th grade year and we was trying to flip him.

Same here. I don’t call a flip a loss but that’s just me.

Yeah, and people read way too much into this player version of "coach-speak" and all the post-visit platitudes you get in an interview like this where he's talking to a site that are fans of the school he just visited. Of course it's gonna be a biased and positive report.

At the end of the day it's a kid from Mississippi who grew up in the south and around SEC country—and is he willing to leave that environment; small town football here in college town, playing in front of packed SEC fanbases weekly—to come down to HardRock for a few good home games a year, four dogs and a few ACC road trips, while nowhere near that big fish in a little pond as Hurricanes football will forever compete with the Dolphins, Panthers, Heat, Marlins, South Beach, a crazy nightlife, influencer culture, celebrity, big money everywhere, etc.

The city and school ain't for everyone.

A shame that a Jeremiah Smith "got away" as a local kid as he'd have been a Cane if Miami was in better shape at the time, but a top receiver from Hattiesburg, Mississippi deciding to buck the trend and bail the SEC for Coral Gables (when already an LSU commit) ... that is a tough pull and certainly isn't a "loss" if Cristobal can't flip him.

TpaBayFlyFisher

Jun 2, 2025

I understand that each recruitment is different, but this one "feels" like more of a show than a real possibility. He is very publicly visiting top bag $chools. LSU will pay him, his family is all LSU and he felt enough to publicly commit to them...........

...............still fingers crossed. I hope JoJo explodes this year!