Miami's pursuit of local talent seems to roll through Miami Central high school, as it should. With Miami already having Rockets linebacker Waynmon Steed in the fold, the coaches are trying to add a defensive end from the school.
3-star WDE Owen Carney's price went up this summer -- in a big way. Over the last month, he has visited the likes of Miami, Alabama, Georgia, Auburn, South Carolina, Georgia Tech, Florida State, Florida, and Louisville. New offers from LSU, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Florida state have all come in.
"I came to Miami in the middle of June to check them out. I heard they brought some talent from our of state for paradise camp. I would have loved to be there, but I couldn't make it. I really hope they don't fault me for that," Carney said.
It looks like Carney is one of the staff's top targets to round out the defensive end class, one day after D.J. Johnson committed.
"I know they just took a commitment recently," Carney said "They told me as soon as the first defensive end commits, it's going to be a race for that second spot. They told me to punch my ticket now so that I won't have anything to worry about."
Although Miami would like to see Carney make a decision sooner rather than later, the coaches have not tried to force him into anything.
"Coach Kool has expressed how highly he thinks of me so I didn't feel any pressure when we were just talking about the recruiting game," he said.
"I feel like I'm getting closer, but I still plan on announcing in December because I'm a mid-year enrollee."
Carney has an older brother, O'Juan, who is a freshman receiver at Miami. Does that help the Hurricanes' chances?
"It doesn't have as big of an effect as you'd think. It would be our nice for our family to stay together, but if I leave state then we could also mature."
The Miami Central pass rusher added that he will look to take four out of five official visits because he will have to spread them out across his season.
3-star WDE Owen Carney's price went up this summer -- in a big way. Over the last month, he has visited the likes of Miami, Alabama, Georgia, Auburn, South Carolina, Georgia Tech, Florida State, Florida, and Louisville. New offers from LSU, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Florida state have all come in.
"I came to Miami in the middle of June to check them out. I heard they brought some talent from our of state for paradise camp. I would have loved to be there, but I couldn't make it. I really hope they don't fault me for that," Carney said.
It looks like Carney is one of the staff's top targets to round out the defensive end class, one day after D.J. Johnson committed.
"I know they just took a commitment recently," Carney said "They told me as soon as the first defensive end commits, it's going to be a race for that second spot. They told me to punch my ticket now so that I won't have anything to worry about."
Although Miami would like to see Carney make a decision sooner rather than later, the coaches have not tried to force him into anything.
"Coach Kool has expressed how highly he thinks of me so I didn't feel any pressure when we were just talking about the recruiting game," he said.
"I feel like I'm getting closer, but I still plan on announcing in December because I'm a mid-year enrollee."
Carney has an older brother, O'Juan, who is a freshman receiver at Miami. Does that help the Hurricanes' chances?
"It doesn't have as big of an effect as you'd think. It would be our nice for our family to stay together, but if I leave state then we could also mature."
The Miami Central pass rusher added that he will look to take four out of five official visits because he will have to spread them out across his season.
