Three Hurricanes named Top 50 Players ahead of College Football Season

Trinton Breeze

Aug 9, 2025 1 min read

We’re officially two weeks away from Week Zero of the college football season, and the excitement is building. Pro Football Focus has released its Top 50 college football players ahead of the season — and three Miami Hurricanes made the list.

Francis Mauigoa, Carson Beck, and defensive lineman Rueben Bain all earned spots in the rankings. Mauigoa comes in at No. 41, Beck at No. 21, and Bain leads the way for Miami at No. 15.

Bain has been one of Miami’s top defensive performers for two straight seasons, even after missing four games in 2024 due to injury. The junior defensive end still racked up 23 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, and 3.5 sacks in just nine starts.

Beck enters his first season with the Hurricanes after an impressive run at Georgia. In 2024, he threw for over 3,400 yards and 28 touchdowns while completing more than 64% of his passes, helping the Bulldogs reach the SEC Championship Game.

Mauigoa started all 13 games at right tackle last season, anchoring an offensive line that powered the nation’s top-ranked offense in both points per game (43.9) and total yards per game (537.2).

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grover

Aug 9, 2025

All legit. Season will depend on some guys like Trader, Toure, Scott, Too Tall Bell and one of our RBs and DEs making the Top 50-200.

Bird4um

Aug 9, 2025

Cici is better than Bain.

FuriousStyles

Aug 9, 2025

grover said:
All legit. Season will depend on some guys like Trader, Toure, Scott, Too Tall Bell and one of our RBs and DEs making the Top 50-200.

Mehh… I know OL doesn’t hold the same value as other positions but I have a hard time believing that 1) there are 40 better football players than Mauigoa and 2) that there are 40 people that are better at their given position than he is at his position.

Whatever the criterion is, him at 41 is off to me.

grover

Aug 9, 2025

FuriousStyles said:
Mehh… I know OL doesn’t hold the same value as other positions but I have a hard time believing that 1) there are 40 better football players than Mauigoa and 2) that there are 40 people that are better at their given position than he is at his position.

Whatever the criterion is, him at 41 is off to me.

I meant it was legit that those three would be recognized as Top 50 players, and our only ones preseason. I'm not worried about where precisely they're ranked within that elite group. But I understand your point.

CanefaninBuckeyeland

Aug 9, 2025

So we like PFF now?

CaneLife93

Aug 9, 2025

FuriousStyles said:
Mehh… I know OL doesn’t hold the same value as other positions but I have a hard time believing that 1) there are 40 better football players than Mauigoa and 2) that there are 40 people that are better at their given position than he is at his position.

Whatever the criterion is, him at 41 is off to me.

Mauigoa isn't even viewed as the best OL in this draft class. Proctor is always talked about before him.

Could be LT vs RT (not sure of Proctor's T position) but

Golsen82

Aug 9, 2025

Bird4um said:
Cici is better than Bain.

Id hope so, Bain dont play OL

Golsen82

Aug 9, 2025

CanefaninBuckeyeland said:
So we like PFF now?

Yes til they diss Miami

PSU Cane

Aug 10, 2025

CaneLife93 said:
Mauigoa isn't even viewed as the best OL in this draft class. Proctor is always talked about before him.

Could be LT vs RT (not sure of Proctor's T position) but

PFF had Proctor 43rd. Fano from Utah was 5th. Fano is a really good run blocker in that Utah system, but from an NFL projection standpoint, the other 2 will be higher. Fano might not even be the best OT on his team by year end.

Mauigoa will test better than Proctor. I think teams will view each guy differently and thus rank them differently, especially with their fit to each scheme....some will love Mauigoa inside at G, some at RT, just as some teams will likely see Proctor more at RT too bc he can struggle with speed and lateral movement. Right now, i think Mauigoa goes higher. Proctor can go higher if he plays more consistent this year.

I'm also interested in see that Nevada transfer now at Oregon (Isaiah World) and how he looks against better comp week in week out. He has the physical tools.

JHallCanes

Aug 10, 2025

Bird4um said:
Cici is better than Bain.

What our fans said about Bain last year compared to what they started saying in the spring has been a sight to behold

Alex_Dynamix

Aug 10, 2025

JHallCanes said:
What our fans said about Bain last year compared to what they started saying in the spring has been a sight to behold

Saw alot of Bain is overrated talk on here. (Pure nonsesne btw)

JHallCanes

Aug 10, 2025

Alex_Dynamix said:
Saw alot of Bain is overrated talk on here. (Pure nonsesne btw)

Yeah he got beat up here it was pretty shocking to me even being on these boards this long

But the whole defense can flush last year and change the script pretty quickly