4-Star Miami CB Commit Kenton Dopson Reclassifies to the 2026 Class

Trinton Breeze
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Sadly they still allow this jock sniffing fat loser at practice..
i dont care but him and rickey williams i wouldnt deal with whatsoever. But they are the sfe guys...but they arent really fans of the program. Mario recruiting national so it is what is regardless..get with it or get rolled over.
 
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With the portal, i will never cry over a high school recruit again. Blow a blood vessel then less than 12 months later they back on the market, sending a "you up" text. Trying to spin the block. Nope.
 
SMH... y'all gon learn to get on the "it's not real until Dec 5th" train. Can't even follow recruiting anymore because its literally a timed auction.
Yea Dec. 5th will be my 40th anniversary .Maybe we all will get a gift that day…..then again hopefully we get several.
 
JFC South Florida is just still full of d bags…parents, kids, coaches, people on X, podcasters, etc. UM always has to kiss their *** snd offer them since they’re 4 years old, pay the most, win the NC every year. Recruit national, only take the Miami area kids who want to be Canes. Exhausting.
 
His kid could be a part of something special being built down here but instead he's to butt hurt about a comment from a UM staffer that's not here anymore. LOL

WOW
Ah, stop with the excuses & revisionism. UNC offers a much easier route to playtime & they’re desperately willing to overpay.
 
Some of these old heads want attention so bad they’re out here wishing kids good luck for leaving Miami. Bro, if they don’t wanna be a Cane, let ‘em go — no need to tweet about it.
#$%^ em and all that go out of they're way to congrats him
 
Interesting point - I had that same thought when I was typing out my last message but I didn't make mention of it. Not sure why. You are 100% correct. Is $50k a lot of money? Depends. Is it $50k in cash to someone who hasn't eaten in 3 days? Is it a down payment on a house? Is it a life savings? Is it a vacation? I had a term in college where my transmission on my car was toast and I didn't have the money to fix it. All of a sudden, those old Honda Civics sitting around campus that I thought were hunks of mierda started looking like pretty awesome automobiles.
There can't be many people on this board that would be able to shrug their shoulders at $50k in cash.

It's not life changing money, but it's a nice chunk of change.
 
Can't wait for the days when a recruit and/or family just tell 247 that they committed because they got offered the biggest bag. It is coming.

I understand why they don't, of course, but it is funny that ppl still gotta play the "we love the school and the history and the academics and the slight from a coach 4 years ago didnt sit right" game.
Haven't they said that for years? "It's a business decision".
 
If I'm guessing NC paid a lot for him because they dont have anyone good at his position, Miami was not willing to "over pay" when we are kinda stacked at the corner position with talent, if so you cant blame dude for taking the bigger bad, and possibly being able to see the field earlier.
 
There can't be many people on this board that would be able to shrug their shoulders at $50k in cash.

It's not life changing money, but it's a nice chunk of change.
you're right 50k is not life changing, but it's a nice chunk of change, also I'm willing to bet most people on this board do not have 50k sitting in the bank.
 
Personally, I think it's ridiculous to call the kid out for honoring his mother with a commitment and later decommitting. No insider, but it is as clear as day that UNC gave him a bigger NIL package to flip. Both sides had to reevaluate. We weren't going to match so his side made the move. Bringing his post about his mom back up is totally unnecessary.

At the same time, Pops Dopson reads these boards. He knows us idiot fans do not represent Mario and his staff. The program is not throwing shade, just dumb fans, which trust me you can find anywhere including UNC. So Pops, stop being falsely outraged because it isn't productive. And the thing about not being offered as a freshman in high school, come on man, how silly is that?

Hopefully, young Dopson keeps balling out and both sides maintain good relations and contact. And this all gets sorted out come signing day.
That post was a reply to the idiot fans who keep bringing up his mom. I said after something like that had she still been here would've never allowed him to commit to Miami. I never said I was still holding it against miami, obviously not since he was committed here and was planning on being an early enrolle.

Just moving on and doing what we think is best for him no matter what anyone else thinks.

Wtbs Go Canes, kick off in Louisville *** tomorrow night 💚🧡💚🧡
 
He honored his mother. It's that simple. The fact the kid appears to have changed his mind for whatever reason, doesn't mean anyone because they're a fan of a football team can call a kid a disgrace to his ****** mother. Anyone that was raised to disrespect someone to that extent over a football team is in all likelihood far more of a disgrace than this kid could ever be. It's just sad.
Hopefully you’re close to this family, because you are way too emotionally attached to this.

People can indeed do so if they choose.

Can’t put your life out on social media for everyone to follow you and get upset when it’s not always love.
 
thats what they should be selling him along....with THAT BAG. lol

Its pretty simple.
Nah, matching UNCs offer would be straight dumb. If this dude doesn't want to come to Miami for slightly less, and the actual opportunity to play for his dream school he grew up a fan of, and even possibly win a starting job for a national championship contender, he can walk. Period, simple as that.
Jaelan Waters has just as good of a shot to win the starting Nickel job as this dude would. Also just based on **** like this, I absolutely doubt this dude would be a team player and open to moving around positions anyways, likely strictly outside CB for him. Similar **** with Damari. I won't be shocked when Damari portals out either btw. If the choice were between Damari and O'Connor, I'd keep O'Connor. Hopefully Antione is earning meaningfull reps as well. Waters, Ewald, and imo portal at Nickel, and our CBs are looking very good. Safety is absolutely a must portal though. Hopefully we get Fitzpatrick.
 
Reclassify and take the biggest year 1 deal, knowing you will start. So you have the opportunity to show promise on the field. Without that tape, you’re not marketable. You then move on to a contender willing to pay you more in years 2 and 3.
It's just as or more likely that by reclassifying and chasing the immediate PT in a garbage environment that you actually don't play all that well as a True Frosh - even if you have a lot of talent and long-term potential.... then what does that do to you Ideal gameplan? Yeah much easier to plan like that oh ill do this, take the big bag, get immediate pt, prove myself as the top frosh cb in the nation, then portal and get the super big time bag from a top 5 program.... uh well it's a lot easier to play bad than good when you graduate HS early and are on a garbage team, with who knows coaching you... Cormani and his mom vs Dopson and his dad.... hmm wonder who is making the better choice of the two there... Both seem bad to me. The funny thing is if he was doing this and going to like say Tennessee or Ohio St, I wouldn't be saying any of that. But when you make these decisions to go to Colorado or UNC... good luck.
 
There’s only been one kid in Mario’s tenure here that was able to commit to us, decommit and commit elsewhere, and then recommit to us.

That was 5* DL Armando Blount.

Good luck to Dopson on the road to UCF.
 
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