CanesInSight National Signing Day Hub

Peter Ariz

Jan 31, 2017 3 min read

This thread will be your one-stop shop tomorrow for the latest on National Signing Day for the Canes. I will be updating this original post throughout the day with the latest information as letters on intent are sent in and announcements are made. CanesInSight will be live from American Heritage (Kai-Leon Herbert), St. Thomas Aquinas (Mike Harley), Columbus (C.J. Henderson), and Miramar (Brian Edwards).

Be sure to follow me on Twitter at [MENTION=4648]Pete[/MENTION]rAriz as well as [MENTION=10499]ErickMarreroU[/MENTION].

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10:50 - Miami adds elite receiver Jeff Thomas to the class.

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10:30 - Speedster Mike Harley commits to the Canes.

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10:27 - De'Andre Wilder signs with the Canes.

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9:52 - Jon Ford makes it official and signs with Miami.

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9:40 AM - Corey Gaynor inks with the Canes. Big get on the OL.

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9:25 AM - N'Kosi Perry is officially a Cane.

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9:17 AM - OL Zalon'tae Hillery sticks with Miami.

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9:05 - Brian Edwards and C.J. Henderson have informed both coaching staffs of their decision and Miami will not be landing either one in all likelihood.

8:37 - Kai-Leon Herbert signs with Miami.

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8:26 - Derrick Smith is officially a Miami Hurricane.

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8:15 AM - Evidence Njoku's LOI is in.

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8:13 AM - Trajan Bandy signs his LOI.

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8:10 AM - Multiple sources at Columbus tell CanesInSight that C.J. Henderson is expected to announce for UF today. Brian Edwards is also headed to Florida unless something changes.

12:50 AM - Jhavonte Dean is a Cane.

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To start things off, here are Miami's early enrollees who are already on campus.

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KrazyCane

Feb 1, 2017

We are about to get Jeff Thomas and Mike Harley but never mind "the fail is epic by the staff" lmao can't make this **** up

The Real Kirk Lazarus

Feb 1, 2017

Regardless of whatever else happens we have significantly upgraded the talent and athleticism on the oline and the dline

Gables Canes

Feb 1, 2017

Sabetta said:
Gables Canes said:

This class is awesome at OL and DL, really good at QB and WR (if we indeed get Thomas and Harley), solid at LB, but a failure at RB and DB.

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Failure at DB is wrong when you consider we signed Bandy, Dean, Carter and Smith who I think is looks ten times better on tape than the two we just lost.

RB I'll give you. I just don't understand why we on;y focused on two guys especially when Whoopi McFarland is a midget with a broken leg and Burns hasn't played since the 4th grade.

Dean will only be here two years. I love Bandy. Carter and Dallas project more as safeties than corners. We needed another guy or two at corner.
Yea, I don't get our recruiting strategy at RB. Head scratching.

Feb 1, 2017

The only way you can compare this class to any of Golden's classes is if half these kids never enroll or get kicked out after one season. I'm happy overall. Addressed areas of concern and signed some quality players at almost every position. Not to mention, they killed it with out of state star players.

Feb 1, 2017

I think you gotta have DJ at CB right now

bigsonnyu

Feb 1, 2017

Bandy and Dean are legit.... Henderson and Edwards knows they'd be coming in behind those guys...

Edwards is adamant about playing CB, and I think he would have eventually ended up being converted to Safety. UF might have sold him on Quincy Wilson as a big corner, etc... Henderson has speed for days, but who know how he'd turn out @ CB for us on the next level. Though we should have took him as a RB, and bulked him up during a Redshirt campaign.

Not too concerned, as we didn't come away empty handed.

Category5Hurricane

Feb 1, 2017

Cane Dynasty said:
CaneDynasty said:

So many gloom and doom posts. It's not the close we wanted but overall I like this class. Got a bunch of dogs hungry to make Miami MIAMI again. Unlike Randy and Golden, I'm confident this staff is gonna develop the **** out of these kids and make the most of their potential. Yeah, recruiting rankings aren't worthless, but it ain't **** if you don't develop them. Randy had the #1 class in 2008 and those boys underachieved like a ****. Say what you will about this class being comparable to Golden's classes ON PAPER, but to me that's skewed because most of those kids Golden recruited were never developed properly. We'll never know how good they could've been under a real coaching staff. The future is still bright man. Plain and simple, gotta have a really good year and get double digit wins and at least a Coastal Division title. Do that, and it's more realistic we won't be played by those ELITE DBs coming out in '18.

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Meat me farquat.

Clutching on to my ******** for infamy

Good luck

NSD and Royal Rumble all in one day?!

brock

Feb 1, 2017

Ver said:
I think you gotta have DJ at CB right now

True

doctaj11

Feb 1, 2017

3rd-43 said:
Cane Dynasty said:

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upvote

Best post of the day

OriginalCanesCanesCanes

Feb 1, 2017

chrisRMNU said:
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I woul love Pete's or [MENTION=10499]ErickMarreroU[/MENTION] input on why CJ Henderson is trolling Miami fans by tweeting positive Miami type stpuff when everyone knows he's at **** now?

It's just really a punk move to do your hometown team like that. Picking those hillbillies is one thing, trolling the locals is some low class shīt.

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How do we know that Henderson is trolling. Did he already announce?

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Only thing Miami he retweeted was Bandy's commitment pic. He's not trolling

He's trolling Miami.

Gables Canes

Feb 1, 2017

DTP said:
The only way you can compare this class to any of Golden's classes is if half these kids never enroll or get kicked out after one season. I'm happy overall. Addressed areas of concern and signed some quality players at almost every position. Not to mention, they killed it with out of state star players.

This is NOT a Golden class. I don't see any James King's, Larry Hope's, Terry McCray's, Nate Dorch's, Brandon Loftus's, Ryan Mayes's, Terrance Henley types in this class.

Feb 1, 2017

What happened in the chat last night that has the entire board 150% sure Hendersons gone

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pumbaa

Feb 1, 2017

Peter Ariz said:
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So was cooney brought in to help get cj and company cooney so far a fail

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That's not why Cooney was brought in at all. He had nothing to do with CJ...

He wasnt brought in for CJ, but he is the reason CJ even thought about Miami again. He is the reason why he told UF he was going to Miami and then flipped back. Cooney has known him a long long time.

Cane Dynasty

Feb 1, 2017

bigsonnyu said:
Bandy and Dean are legit.... Henderson and Edwards knows they'd be coming in behind those guys...

Edwards is adamant about playing CB, and I think he would have eventually ended up being converted to Safety. UF might have sold him on Quincy Wilson as a big corner, etc... Henderson has speed for days, but who know how he'd turn out @ CB for us on the next level. Though we should have took him as a RB, and bulked him up during a Redshirt campaign.

Not too concerned, as we didn't come away empty handed.

You don't post enough here. You used to be prolific on the cbs boards back in the day.

CaneDynasty

Feb 1, 2017

Hahaha nah this was coincidental. I use CaneDynasty on StateofTheU, too. No clue this username was already spoken for on here. **** this was my first post. Imma change it though cause you had it first.

canecat

Feb 1, 2017

KrazyCane said:
We are about to get Jeff Thomas and Mike Harley but never mind "the fail is epic by the staff" lmao can't make this **** up

I know right such puss mo fos on here lately. Best class in years but people only complain about what you don't get. Macfarland was a loss . These 2 creme puffs who changed thier minds 11 times don't count as we signed some beasts in the defensive backfield already.

JimmyJohnsonsHair

Feb 1, 2017

chrisRMNU said:
JimmyJohnsonsHair said:

OriginalCanesCanesCanes said:

I woul love Pete's or [MENTION=10499]ErickMarreroU[/MENTION] input on why CJ Henderson is trolling Miami fans by tweeting positive Miami type stpuff when everyone knows he's at **** now?

It's just really a punk move to do your hometown team like that. Picking those hillbillies is one thing, trolling the locals is some low class shīt.

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How do we know that Henderson is trolling. Did he already announce?

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Only thing Miami he retweeted was Bandy's commitment pic. He's not trolling

So why is everyone assuming he chose UF? Did I miss his announcement?

Crystal Ball

Feb 1, 2017

JimmyJohnsonsHair said:
chrisRMNU said:

JimmyJohnsonsHair said:

OriginalCanesCanesCanes said:

I woul love Pete's or [MENTION=10499]ErickMarreroU[/MENTION] input on why CJ Henderson is trolling Miami fans by tweeting positive Miami type stpuff when everyone knows he's at **** now?

It's just really a punk move to do your hometown team like that. Picking those hillbillies is one thing, trolling the locals is some low class shīt.

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How do we know that Henderson is trolling. Did he already announce?

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Only thing Miami he retweeted was Bandy's commitment pic. He's not trolling

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So why is everyone assuming he chose UF? Did I miss his announcement?

Pete told us like 30 minutes ago neither are coming.

252cane

Feb 1, 2017

Bccrhp said:
When is Thomas announcing? On ESPNU?

10:45

Cane Dynasty

Feb 1, 2017

CaneDynasty said:
Hahaha nah this was coincidental. I use CaneDynasty on StateofTheU, too. No clue this username was already spoken for on here. **** this was my first post. Imma change it though cause you had it first.