4-star TE Zipperer feeling like a priority to the Canes

Jul 2, 2018

Lakeland (FL) 4-star TE Keon Zipperer has had the Miami Hurricanes near the top of his recruitment for a while now and the talented tight end prospect took some time to update how things are progressing with UM.

“Things with them are good,” Zipperer said on the Canes. “Miami’s been recruiting me hard, I do feel like a priority.”

Ace recruiter and Miami tight ends coach Todd Hartley has been in Zipperer’s ear about coming to Miami and the Lakeland product has been receptive to what Hartley has to say.

“I love coach Hartley,” Zipperer said. “He’s just a cool dude and like a father figure. He tells me I’m his number 1 guy and if I commit, he’ll stop everything at the position.”

What else about the Canes has Zipperer interesting in signing with the U?

“They had a big year this past season and they use the tight end a lot,” Zipperer said.

Besides Miami, it seems every top program in the country is coming after Zipperer hard and he listed out a few other schools that he talks with the most.

“I’ve been hearing from LSU a lot,” Zipperer said. “Also, Florida State, Alabama, Clemson, Oklahoma, and North Carolina. I’m taking an official to Georgia, but no date yet.”

When it comes time to make his choice on Signing Day in February, Zipperer will simply be looking for the one place he feels most comfortable at and it appears surrounding environment will be a huge factor for the 6’2” 242 pounder.

“Signing day in February,” Zipperer said of his decision timetable. “I just want that school to feel like home. It’s just going to be a hard decision.”

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gcane44

Jul 3, 2018

OrangeBowlMagic said:
Wrong, and this is exactly the reason he's not coming here. He's not better than Jordan or Mallory, and he'd be dumb to come here because he'd be sitting on his *** most of the time for 2 years. The kid is going to go somewhere he can play right away, and rightfully so. That's not Miami.

**** we should have oyu recruit him

OrangeBowlMagic

Jul 3, 2018

gcane44 said:
**** we should have oyu recruit him

I've said for 6 months that if Todd Hartley can get this kid to sign here, he should have a statue of himself built just outside the new IPF. It would be that impressive. That being said, I don't think they'll be roping off an area for it any time soon. It's about as uphill climb as you can have when you're trying to bring a kid like this in and he's looking at the 2 freaks ahead of him who have 3 years of eligibility and will have the opportunity to prove themselves immediately. Jordan is gonna hit the field Day 1 and never come off of it, and I believe Will Mallory is every single bit the prospect that Jordan is as well, but it may take him just a little bit longer to prove it. Barring injury, Larry Hodges and/or Jalen Wydermyer won't see the field much until they're upperclassmen, either. Just my $0.02.

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gcane44

Jul 3, 2018

OrangeBowlMagic said:
I've said for 6 months that if Todd Hartley can get this kid to sign here, he should have a statue of himself built just outside the new IPF. It would be that impressive. That being said, I don't think they'll be roping off an area for it any time soon. It's about as uphill climb as you can have when you're trying to bring a kid like this in and he's looking at the 2 freaks ahead of him who have 3 years of eligibility and will have the opportunity to prove themselves immediately. Jordan is gonna hit the field Day 1 and never come off of it, and I believe Will Mallory is every single bit the prospect that Jordan is as well, but it may take him just a little bit longer to prove it. Barring injury, Larry Hodges and/or Jalen Wydermyer won't see the field much until they're upperclassmen, either. Just my $0.02.

Not exactly rocket science. But, regardless stack chips. Our current situation definitely has me not stressing the TEs we get this cycle too much. But, def need to end up with 1-2. Hodges is a good depth guy.

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ajone228

Jul 3, 2018

OrangeBowlMagic said:
Wrong, and this is exactly the reason he's not coming here. He's not better than Jordan or Mallory, and he'd be dumb to come here because he'd be sitting on his *** most of the time for 2 years. The kid is going to go somewhere he can play right away, and rightfully so. That's not Miami.

We have a 2 set TE offense. He has the talent to be 3rd in the rotation next year.

g8rh8rMD

Jul 3, 2018

OriginalCanesCanesCanes said:
Me neither.

Would love to have him, but just not getting the vibe from him. Nothing solid, just gut.

I know the turds are after him big time, just kind of hoping if he doesn’t pick us, he goes out of state.

Rather him go to Felony than Clem$on or UGA.

brock

Jul 3, 2018

TheRichtShow said:
This board never thinks ANYONE is coming.

It's absurd how much negativity this is, even around guys outside people are confident we land. Neal, Richards, Bogle, Stevenson, Zipperer, it doesnt matter

People want us to recruit 4* and 5*, then cry when we actually have to recruit against UGA, Bama, FSU for them.

Having said that, if he waits Wyedemer will take his spot. Wydemeyer is taking an OV during the season and he really is talking up Miami

“People want us to recruit 4* and 5*, then cry when we actually have to recruit against UGA, Bama, FSU for them.”

This cannot be said any better

g8rh8rMD

Jul 3, 2018

TheRichtShow said:
This board never thinks ANYONE is coming.

It's absurd how much negativity this is, even around guys outside people are confident we land. Neal, Richards, Bogle, Stevenson, Zipperer, it doesnt matter

People want us to recruit 4* and 5*, then cry when we actually have to recruit against UGA, Bama, FSU for them.

Having said that, if he waits Wyedemer will take his spot. Wydemeyer is taking an OV during the season and he really is talking up Miami

Who’s crying? I read what he said and projected that we ain’t getting him. It’s not that big of a deal imho. It’s not like he’s the only fish in the sea, I just hope the staff is looking for other options, and they clearly are.

brock

Jul 3, 2018

g8rh8rMD said:
Who’s crying? I read what he said and projected that we ain’t getting him. It’s not that big of a deal imho. It’s not like he’s the only fish in the sea, I just hope the staff is looking for other options, and they clearly are.

Don’t thnk he’s just talking about him but just in any recruit in general when people complain why hasn’t he committed yet(ala Neal or whatever)

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OrangeBowlMagic

Jul 3, 2018

gcane44 said:
Not exactly rocket science. But, regardless stack chips. Our current situation definitely has me not stressing the TEs we get this cycle too much. But, def need to end up with 1-2. Hodges is a good depth guy.

Oh, absolutely. Zipperer is a luxury right now, you're 100% right. And **** yeah stack chips, that's why I'm saying if Hartley gets him he should be given the key to the city. I just think Zipp has multiple better situations he can get himself into rather than fighting 2 absolutely elite prospects for playing time. Hodges and Wydermyer added to the 2 last class turns the position from what it is today (raging, volcanic dumpster fire) to an absolute strength.

g8rh8rMD

Jul 3, 2018

brock said:
Don’t tyink he’s just talking about him but just in any recruit in general when people complain why hasn’t he committed yet(ala Neal or whatever)

Fair enough. At some point, though, we have to acknowledge the truth. It is different here. Unless we out of the blue have a massive bag game, we’re not going to start picking up 6-7 blue chips on signing day that other schools led for up until a week before. Building our classes really is all about relationships and we need guys to be on board and be vocal about it, or else it becomes clear that they want illegal incentives that we can’t provide. When you read comments like what Zip just said, and don’t understand that there is a very low chance he is coming here given what he is “looking for in a school”, you either understand it or you don’t. There is no emotion here, it just is what it is.

brock

Jul 3, 2018

g8rh8rMD said:
Fair enough. At some point, though, we have to acknowledge the truth. It is different here. Unless we out of the blue have a massive bag game, we’re not going to start picking up 6-7 blue chips on signing day that other schools led for up until a week before. Building our classes really is all about relationships and we need guys to be on board and be vocal about it, or else it becomes clear that they want illegal incentives that we can’t provide. When you read comments like what Zip just said, and don’t understand that there is a very low chance he is coming here given what he is “looking for in a school”, you either understand it or you don’t. There is no emotion here, it just is what it is.

Im not tripping on It really. if he comes great but if he doesn’t we will be more than fine too

RVACane

Jul 3, 2018

brock said:
“People want us to recruit 4* and 5*, then cry when we actually have to recruit against UGA, Bama, FSU for them.”

This cannot be said any better

I hate to see squabbles over this topic. We should be able to come to some common ground.

IMO everyone has a point here. We need to recruit and win some, especially locally, against Baga, O$U, Clem$on, UGAss and the like to get to where we want to be. That said, we've struggled against the bag game enough times that guys can get resigned to the fact that they've seen the movie before and know how it ends.

And often it does not end in our favor but it doesn't always end that way... There are born Canes, as @Mahoney-Pearson says, who could've gone anywhere and stayed to put on for this U.

Successful or not, Duke Johnson, AR, Tracy Howard and Stacy Coley had offers all over. Satan flew his copter to see Gurvan Hall, not Josh Joke.

Either way, we need to win on the field and we still need to fight for every top local recruit and make the bagmen and coaching staffs spend resources. We certainly don't want to concede every top recruit like defeated bîtches but some guys are also looking for a payday and/or are running a circus recruitment and while we shouldn't liberally throw in the towel on the elite talent, those situations I mentioned are probably out of our hands.

Identifying local guys early that blow up like Joe Jax and Rousseau and pulling guys like Bandy and Shaq, will be critical to wins on the field and then in recruiting.

GO CANES!

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RVACane

Jul 3, 2018

OrangeBowlMagic said:
Wrong, and this is exactly the reason he's not coming here. He's not better than Jordan or Mallory, and he'd be dumb to come here because he'd be sitting on his *** most of the time for 2 years. The kid is going to go somewhere he can play right away, and rightfully so. That's not Miami.

Bama stacks chips all over. UGA is doing it too...look at their QB and OLine classes. We need to get back to that. One place we've had success at that is at RB. I think we'll get there.

Fightinibis

Jul 3, 2018

TheRichtShow said:
This board never thinks ANYONE is coming.

It's absurd how much negativity this is, even around guys outside people are confident we land. Neal, Richards, Bogle, Stevenson, Zipperer, it doesnt matter

People want us to recruit 4* and 5*, then cry when we actually have to recruit against UGA, Bama, FSU for them.

Having said that, if he waits Wyedemer will take his spot. Wydemeyer is taking an OV during the season and he really is talking up Miami

Hard to blame em. What they are paying top end recruits these days, it's understandable. It all depends on the kid and how bad the Alabama's
Georgia's, Clemsons, OSUs, etc want the kid.

I prefer to be optimistic, but also very realistic given the climate these days.

UM

Tony Perps

Jul 3, 2018

TC7D said:
I don't think anyone on this board is crying. Most of the board realists can see the writing on the wall. He's openly said he wants to go out of state. He's sweating Bama. Also interested in UGA and Clemson. What does all of that tell you about this kid? Read between the lines.

Ah, the board “realists.”

Number1CanesFan

Jul 3, 2018

OrangeBowlMagic said:
Wrong, and this is exactly the reason he's not coming here. He's not better than Jordan or Mallory, and he'd be dumb to come here because he'd be sitting on his *** most of the time for 2 years. The kid is going to go somewhere he can play right away, and rightfully so. That's not Miami.

I don't think he's going to be a Cane either. Just 2 days ago, SB Nation quotes him saying Alabama and Oklahoma are the finalists with Florida lurking.

I think he sees the talent here and doesn't want to sit for 2 years. However, competition would make him a better player. Isn't that what Saban sells?

gatorsSUCK!

Jul 3, 2018

Irony is that even if he waited a bit to play, he’d actually be part of an Offense that actually is TE heavy. With Others, he would be a glorified fb/Deglorified OT who gets a pass thrown his way here and there...which to me would be lame. But, maybe he likes to go down slides or playing putt putt golf more.

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tyrn

Jul 3, 2018

Waiting till February....

He gone

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tyrn

Jul 3, 2018

Number1CanesFan said:
I don't think he's going to be a Cane either. Just 2 days ago, SB Nation quotes him saying Alabama and Oklahoma are the finalists with Florida lurking.

I think he sees the talent here and doesn't want to sit for 2 years. However, competition would make him a better player. Isn't that what Saban sells?

Yes, but we can't offer the extra cash as compensation for sitting the bench and waiting his turn like at Baga.