4-star OL Denis lining up official visits, sets decision date

Jun 14, 2019

The Miami Hurricanes are set to take a big class on the offensive line in 2020. OL coach Butch Barry has a quite a rebuild ahead of him, and he has long seen South Dade (FL) 4-star OL Jonathan Denis as an important piece of the puzzle.

“He says I’ll fit in the offense,” Denis said of Barry. “The way I play and how Miami does things is my style of play.”

Denis has been pursued by various Power 5 programs for over a year now, and he is ready to begin wrapping things up with his recruitment.

“I’m just taking visits for right now,” Denis said. “Also, I’m committing on August 9th.”

Ahead of his summer decision, one of those trips was his first official visit of the process, which went to Louisville over May 31st weekend.

“Great school, great program, great coaches, great people, great city,” Denis said of Louisville. “It was amazing.”

Aside from his trip to the Cardinals, Denis has been slowly setting up his other OV’s. He has three others set, including one this weekend to Indiana.

“I also have Oregon and Kentucky, the only other ones that are set up right now,” Denis said. “UK will be June 21-23. For Oregon, July 26 is the date we’re looking at, but it’s not for sure yet.”

With four of his official visits essentially set, Denis has one more on the table. Will it go to Miami?

“Oh for sure, no doubt”

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lf26soda

Jun 25, 2019

Just got a crystal ball to Miami from David lake. Getting Denis back in the fold is huge for us and our o-line

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Gru

Jun 25, 2019

Ivins said he feels good about his CB for Denis to Miami as well

Also, Mclaughlin got a CB to Stanford from Wiltfong not that we've been much in that game lately

Canes2082

Jun 25, 2019

Liberty City El said:
If we get an OV, I think we'll get the commit.

Oregon is a wildcard because they really know how to wow kids that visit up there, but as long as we get the last OV I think he's ours for now.

My concern with him has always been FSU, looks like they're not after him as of now though.

And he is visiting Oregon in the summer when the weather is awesome and it's always sunny and 75 degrees but come fall and winter it's absolutly dreary and miserable

jkaz1

Jun 25, 2019

Would be nice to get Denis back on board.

Hope it happens.

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A1cane

Jun 25, 2019

I'm not the highest on denis. We have to many guards and not enough tackles I would rather have his spot be for a tackle regardless if they are a project or high rated kid. We are paper thin at tackle

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A1cane

Jun 25, 2019

jkaz1 said:
Would be nice to get Denis back on board.

Hope it happens.

Aren't you worried about tackle depth. Next year we are gonna gave nelson,campbell, herbert, el gammall as our tackles and the herbert has been injury prone and el gammall is a big project. We need tackles

Brickbybrick_mp

Jun 25, 2019

A1cane said:
Aren't you worried about tackle depth. Next year we are gonna gave nelson,campbell, herbert, el gammall as our tackles and the herbert has been injury prone and el gammall is a big project. We need tackles

Still have Scaife too

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A1cane

Jun 25, 2019

Brickbybrick_mp said:
Still have Scaife too

Scaife is best suited for the interior line

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[]_[] swag

Jun 25, 2019

A1cane said:
Aren't you worried about tackle depth. Next year we are gonna gave nelson,campbell, herbert, el gammall as our tackles and the herbert has been injury prone and el gammall is a big project. We need tackles

Scaife is starting at LT next year. We already have 2 tackles in this class with Rivers and the new commit Washington. We need balance in the classes. We took 0 guards in 2018 before the Juco guy.

jkaz1

Jun 25, 2019

We need both.

It sounds like Rivers and Washington will both play T for us.

Maybe we'll take a 5th OL this year - don't know.

A1cane said:
Aren't you worried about tackle depth. Next year we are gonna gave nelson,campbell, herbert, el gammall as our tackles and the herbert has been injury prone and el gammall is a big project. We need tackles

JayCane20

Jun 25, 2019

Am I the only one that doesn’t really care much for Denis? Not even sure his frame is built to eventually be 300+. ... narrow shoulders and thin lower body. I could see him at Center but we have Smith there who looks the part. Pick 1 of them but idk about taking both. Take the commitment just in case but down the road we might need to reassess who we want.

I like the Love kid at AH and he’s true guard prospect

If Rivers can be a legit tackle I could see taking both.

Brickbybrick_mp

Jun 25, 2019

A1cane said:
Scaife is best suited for the interior line

Yes but he can still slide to tackle. We’ll have potentially 6-7 tackle options for 2 spots. It’s Barry’s job to make it work

brock

Jun 25, 2019

A1cane said:
I'm not the highest on denis. We have to many guards and not enough tackles I would rather have his spot be for a tackle regardless if they are a project or high rated kid. We are paper thin at tackle

You have 2 tackles committed. Shoot for the stars with an elite prospect in issiah walker. Need another guard/c type player this class

brock

Jun 25, 2019

A1cane said:
Scaife is best suited for the interior line

He’s really not

Cuban-Cane

Jun 25, 2019

Denis is polarizing for me. I think he loves the SEC which is why Kentucky worries me. Also, he’s tiny right now. And his frame is slim in the sense that his shoulders aren’t at all broad like your usual guard prospects. Looks more like a center to me. I think Khris love is the better prospect.

252cane

Jun 25, 2019

[]_[] swag said:
Scaife is starting at LT next year. We already have 2 tackles in this class with Rivers and the new commit Washington. We need balance in the classes. We took 0 guards in 2018 before the Juco guy.

Scaife isn't starting LT next year.

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86Gang

Jun 25, 2019

Canes2082 said:
And he is visiting Oregon in the summer when the weather is awesome and it's always sunny and 75 degrees but come fall and winter it's absolutly dreary and miserable

But some of the best smoke in the world. Also hella exotics running round waiting for an out of towner.

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86Gang

Jun 25, 2019

A1cane said:
I'm not the highest on denis. We have to many guards and not enough tackles I would rather have his spot be for a tackle regardless if they are a project or high rated kid. We are paper thin at tackle

We still need guards too. We’re getting at least 3 tackles. We have 2 now.

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A1cane

Jun 25, 2019

I dont see the need for another guard. We have scaife,hillirey,Donaldson, reed,traore. And those are pure guards also have jakai Clarke. And the we are bring in Antonio smith who plays center and guard