DL Daylen Russell commits to Miami

May 27, 2023

Daylen Russell, defensive lineman from Columbus and one of Miami-Dade County's most productive defensive players, has pledged to play for the Miami Hurricanes. Russell chose Miami over Louisville and Nebraska.

Russell, who stands at 6-foot-1 and weighs 270 pounds, marks the ninth commitment to the Hurricanes' 2024 recruiting class, and he is the fourth player from South Florida to join the roster. He is the reigning Miami-Dade County Defensive Player of the Year and was instrumental in leading the Explorers to their second state championship last year. Russell recorded 62 tackles, eight tackles for loss and eight sacks along with a standout performance in the state title game.

Russell joins three-star running back Chris Wheatley-Humphrey, four-star wide receiver Chance Robinson from St. Thomas Aquinas, and three-star Central linebacker Vince Shavers as 2024 commits from Miami-Dade and Broward counties.

Russell’s commitment is yet another tie between UM and Columbus High School, the alma mater of Mario Cristobal, offensive line coach Alex Mirabal and general manager Alonzo Highsmith.

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BS85

May 28, 2023

At this rate I might **** around and try to commit myself

westcoastcanes

May 28, 2023

The side fun about a thread like this is that no matter what happens this is getting bumped in a couple years, as an I told you so from one side or another. Here is to hoping we are a ten win team and nobody can be bothered to remember as we head into the B1G or SEC championship game in our Jordan brand merch boys.

CaneThang2020

May 28, 2023

Angry Ibis said:
Aside from Kayvon, how many of his DL were NFL guys?

I’m talking about building a physical, competitive team. I’m not going to throw around fake numbers that I haven’t researched, not that guy. I think we can agree on the fact that Mario built a winner on both sides of the line of scrimmage at Oregon.

I’m simply saying that we should trust that he’ll do the same at UM. I’m not saying that Russell will be C. Kancey but if he can be anything close to B. Dorlus I think we’d all agree that it is a win.

k9cane

May 28, 2023

either he's C. Kancey or Dmitri Stewart, lol. No middle ground, here...

Themadcane

May 28, 2023

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DusseDez

May 28, 2023

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Sorry kid had one too many pours of some 4 roses single barrel earlier lol….welcome to the U

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canenok

May 28, 2023

Zbrod95 said:
No…just no.

I don’t care if he was defensive player of the year. He’s going to be going up against other players of the year from their states and you can see a total difference in athleticism. The size isn’t even the concern. We’re in a different era where stuff like that have taken a step back but the athleticism isn’t there for the type of football we’re trying to play.

Prove me wrong kid. I hope you do. I just don’t see it.

Got to trust JT and Zo on this one. If we get the other expected DT’s and DE’s then this is definitely a no brainer take. Some tweener recruits you just have to defer to the staff. Actually these are the recruits they actually earn their money and reputation on.

Samoan Souljah

May 28, 2023

grover said:
BE the next Kancey but at Miami. Welcome to the U.

Took the word out of my mouth. It seems like we've missed on these guys going to Pitt, UL, WVU etc.

canes732

May 28, 2023

NC_Canes_11 said:
Interesting take considering all the talk about “multiple 5 star DT’s” are all but guaranteed to be in this class. They must think he has massive upside.

Well assuming 5* DT commits to us it’ll be 1 idk if we get 2. It’ll be 1 5* Jackson and this kid I think.

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dirtyred786

May 28, 2023

NC_Canes_11 said:
Interesting take considering all the talk about “multiple 5 star DT’s” are all but guaranteed to be in this class. They must think he has massive upside.

He plays defensive end. Go watch his film at least.

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dirtyred786

May 28, 2023

Ghandi said:
He’s not 6’3.

He’s also not even 6’1.

Are you assuming or did you get a chance to meet him in person?

da truth

May 28, 2023

NC_Canes_11 said:
Interesting take considering all the talk about “multiple 5 star DT’s” are all but guaranteed to be in this class. They must think he has massive upside.

dirtyred786 said:
He plays defensive end. Go watch his film at least.

He’s versatile which is part of the appeal

SWFLHurricane

May 28, 2023

Jaxson Villain said:
Bain won DPOY for 2m-1m class. Daylen Russell won for 4m-3m class

Russell: https://amp.miamiherald.com/sports/high-school/all-county-sports/article269576747.html

Bain: https://amp.miamiherald.com/sports/high-school/all-county-sports/article269583402.html

Bain was also MaxPreps Defensive POY in Fl (regardless of Class)

D_G87

May 28, 2023

BS85 said:
At this rate I might **** around and try to commit myself

Enroll at Columbus, be a high character guy, and try really really hard.

Dhatguy

May 28, 2023

Welcome to the U, wish much success

JgDaCane

May 28, 2023

Cryptical Envelopment said:
I think this tells us (again) that we are looking to take a BIG *** DL class. Let's say we get visits from say, eight 4 or 5-star DL and hit on three of them. Or ****, let's be generous, lets say we get 10 visits and hit on four of them. Those are very, very successful hit rates.

What if we want to take say, 6-8 DL? There has been unconfirmed talk that we want 4 DT's alone.

If they like this kid, if they think he will be a valuable addition to the program, then we're pretty much talking about him only having to be the 8th best DL or worse we can land before it becomes a mistake. We want numbers. We NEED numbers. There is no way we're getting enough highly ranked (ugh) prospects to fill a massive class like this. Think of him as Frankie or Tripp.

It's crazy to watch how triggered some people get here. Just zoom out and give it a think and there is usually a way to make sense of it all.

Nobodys triggered. Just expressing their opinion that he isn't a UM caliber take.

JgDaCane

May 28, 2023

Ya Boi said:
Yall is H E L L!! Ion care what nobody says lol

Can we just accept the kid who wants to help us get better without shytting on him. I hope he does well here and proves folks wrong

Dang..no booty gifs

Nobody **** on him.

JgDaCane

May 28, 2023

Lance Roffers said:
Welcome to the U.

I posted back on Wednesday he was going to commit and he’s bigger than media was reporting.

High motor, productive, feeder school, raises the floor in case some of the targets don’t get onboard, has relationships with teammates we want.

There are a lot of positives. I will say again, I was told directly, “staff likes him.”

Another trusted poster said he isn't even 6'1". Which one is it lmao

JgDaCane

May 28, 2023

Angry Ibis said:
Do we accept commits from players the “staff does not like”…

exactly lol

May 28, 2023

I’m ok with the take if he’s our 4th or 5th DL in this class.

He’s a similar body type to Bain but the comparison stops there. Right now he’s a Tweener who should probably be playing DT at the next level.