OL Juan Minaya commits to Miami

DMoney

Apr 18, 2023 1 min read

Coach Mirabal has been laser-focused on rebuilding the body types on Miami’s offensive line. That group just got bigger with the commitment of Juan Minaya. Minaya (6’6, 315) hails from Paramus, NJ-- a suburb of New York City-- and holds offers from Florida, Penn State, Michigan State, Ole Miss, Boston College and Pittsburgh. He’s a former basketball player with significant room to develop.

In just two years, Coach Mirabal has added Anez Cooper (6’6, 350), Matthew McCoy (6’6, 300), Tommy Kinsler (6’6, 330), Frankie Tinilau (6’6, 315), Francis Mauigoia (6’6, 315) and Samson Okunlola (6’6, 300). Minaya fits right into that mold.

His junior clips were up and down for me, but you can see the promise in his sophomore film:

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Donny Donowitz

Apr 18, 2023

Explosive lifting and flexibility training only please. Needs to add twitch and bend.

BS85

Apr 18, 2023

tsimonitis said:
Under pervious coaches

I see you

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3FW

Apr 18, 2023

HurricanePhilly said:
I believe so, no others coming to mind

We landed a Safety who was a big recruit, who left like right away.

DusseDez

Apr 18, 2023

Sorry Juan but better late than never

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LatinCane

Apr 18, 2023

Welcome to The U! Work hard, stay dedicated to improving your skill set and end up amazing!

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CaneSinceForEver

Apr 18, 2023

3FW said:
We landed a Safety who was a big recruit, who left like right away.

Kiy Hester, who was more LB than Safety.

We also got Jovani Haskins, who ended up transferring WVU.

Number1CanesFan

Apr 18, 2023

Silentobserver said:
Big kid and clearly a project which Mirabel and Cristobal can afford to take their time with.

Do they envision this kid staying at tackle, or is the plan to bump him to guard (he moves more like a guard than a tackle)?

With a basketball background I would expect tackle. However, since they cross-train everyone, I think they'll place him where he develops best.

canesupremacy

Apr 18, 2023

Love the pickup. I have faith in coaches’ OL prospects

Brains

Apr 18, 2023

grover said:
AQM last one of those?

Courtel Jenkins was obese, a Golden Special, and from that area.

Bernie20

Apr 18, 2023

Donny Donowitz said:
Explosive lifting and flexibility training only please. Needs to add twitch and bend.

Yeah, he looks stiff and unathletic. Don’t know if that’s something that can be greatly improved with training, lifting, coaching etc.

01Falsetto

Apr 19, 2023

DMoney said:
Yes. Deryc Plazz from Jacksonville is one candidate.

All I can think about seeing that name

OriginalCanesCanesCanes

Apr 19, 2023

gogeta4 said:
…Also this kid looks like he goes to Braddock or Coral Park or something, drives a Honda civic with pipes, and has a girlfriend named Idaliz.

He fits in at Miami like a glove...lol

You had me dying on this. Buy this man a beer because he nailed this ****.

:pgdead:

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jakeman1

Apr 19, 2023

Ispyin said:
I’ve never really been a star guy but I gotta tell ya I also have a hard time with believing that suddenly Mario and these recruiters are the only ones identifying these future studs as if they have some unique superpower that no other programs have. One or two flyers I get - happy to be proven wrong, but right now, this class is very suspect.

I can see it if there's a reason they're under the radar. If they're at a small or less well-known high school, if they're not doing 7-on-7's, or they just started playing football, then there's a reason they haven't shown up on the radar of the recruiting sites. If they remain 3-stars after they've committed, and they now have the attention of the sites, then that's a bad sign.

Hurricane23

Apr 19, 2023

grover said:
I’ll bet every one of those kids going to USC would have given us serious consideration if we had pursued them. Two closest programs culturally. And Miami is a lot closer and where half their extended family lives or vacations.

Well I know Dwayne Jarrett personally, he was a highly rated recruit coming out of NJ in 2003. You probably know who he is, but he said he loved Miami but they didn’t really recruit him so you may be right.

ScubaCane

Apr 19, 2023

Looks slow and stiff in those highlights, not impressed with this commit

kryptonite

Apr 19, 2023

Any chance the staff would look at a kid who's 6'5" or 6'7"?

Canesfan_134

Apr 19, 2023

Hurricane23 said:
Well I know Dwayne Jarrett personally, he was a highly rated recruit coming out of NJ in 2003. You probably know who he is, but he said he loved Miami but they didn’t really recruit him so you may be right.

Dude was a beast on those USC teams!