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2026 4-star OT Ben Congdon commits to Miami

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Congdon went from OT30 to now OT25 at 247
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Canenok66 said:
And sadly he was the best OL on the team. Not a knock against him but an observation on how pedestrian our OL recruiting was during that span. Unbelievable how the fortunes have turn with that position group.
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And this is why I chuckle when people poopoo on stuff like this.

I saw some ****stick comment earlier about how we're paying Cantwell what we're paying him and he might play guard for a year. LMAO. After what we watched the past 2 seasons versus what we watched for the previous 10, how in the earthly **** can you comment a word about the offensive line and how important it is to a football team? ****, look at 2022 vs 2023. Or better, how many times did we lose to FSU in the late 2010's because we simply could not block them?

Here is Miami's yards per carry against FBS teams since 2016:

2016 - 4.01 (87th)
2017 - 4.67 (38th)
2018 - 5.09 (23rd)
2019 - 3.45 (118th)
2020 - 4.24 (71st)
2021 - 3.27 (112th)
2022 - 3.34 (107th)
2023 - 4.98 (20th)
2024 - 5.65 (5th)

Also, in TFLs allowed since we started the cratering in 2019, we finished 117th, 115th, 92nd, and 82nd.

Starting with the 2023 season, we've finished 38th, and 3rd last year. Third! Army is ahead of us, who runs the ball every play and never loses yardage, and we tied Navy. If you'd have told me in 2021 that Miami would finish a season with as few TFLs allowed as Army and Navy, I'd have told you to pass whatever you were smoking.

OL matters. A LOT. It's the entire backbone of a team. There are very, very, very few good football teams who don't have a kickass offensive line.
 
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OrangeBowlMagic said:
And this is why I chuckle when people poopoo on stuff like this.

I saw some ****stick comment earlier about how we're paying Cantwell what we're paying him and he might play guard for a year. LMAO. After what we watched the past 2 seasons versus what we watched for the previous 10, how in the earthly **** can you comment a word about the offensive line and how important it is to a football team? ****, look at 2022 vs 2023. Or better, how many times did we lose to FSU in the late 2010's because we simply could not block them?

Here is Miami's yards per carry against FBS teams since 2016:

2016 - 4.01 (87th)
2017 - 4.67 (38th)
2018 - 5.09 (23rd)
2019 - 3.45 (118th)
2020 - 4.24 (71st)
2021 - 3.27 (112th)
2022 - 3.34 (107th)
2023 - 4.98 (20th)
2024 - 5.65 (5th)

Also, in TFLs allowed since we started the cratering in 2019, we finished 117th, 115th, 92nd, and 82nd.

Starting with the 2023 season, we've finished 38th, and 3rd last year. Third! Army is ahead of us, who runs the ball every play and never loses yardage, and we tied Navy. If you'd have told me in 2021 that Miami would finish a season with as few TFLs allowed as Army and Navy, I'd have told you to pass whatever you were smoking.

OL matters. A LOT. It's the entire backbone of a team. There are very, very, very few good football teams who don't have a kickass offensive line.
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Thank you for providing this excellent informaiton. And despite believing that we finished 3rd in allowing TFL’s, I’d still like to know, and try, whatever they are smoking. It can be a win-win. Good football and a cool buzz.
 
Hstokes1447 said:
This offensive line class is starting to look scary.

Realistic dream class
OT Jackson Cantwell 5 star 6-7.5 325
OT Ben Congdon 4 star 6-7 285
OT/OG Joel Ervin 3 star 6-6.5 320
C JJ Sparks 3 star 6-4 300
OG Tommy Tofi 4 star 6-6 320
OG Canon Pickett 3 star 6-4 320
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To be honest, unless a pepe changes his mind, this is terrific.
Think both Pickett and Ervin are under ranked and are real quality players. Sparks will have time to develop inside
Not sure Tofi is in the class but he's more than a bench guy

If we project line next year
Mccoy Samson sj cantwell kinsler and one of the "development kids" in the mix sounds solid but little shy on super star gloss
Suspect we will look at one portal starter though.
 
Phydeaux said:
To be honest, unless a pepe changes his mind, this is terrific.
Think both Pickett and Ervin are under ranked and are real quality players. Sparks will have time to develop inside
Not sure Tofi is in the class but he's more than a bench guy

If we project line next year
Mccoy Samson sj cantwell kinsler and one of the "development kids" in the mix sounds solid but little shy on super star gloss
Suspect we will look at one portal starter though.
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I wouldn’t count us out on Pepe if Mario really wants him. He is relentless
 
Phydeaux said:
To be honest, unless a pepe changes his mind, this is terrific.
Think both Pickett and Ervin are under ranked and are real quality players. Sparks will have time to develop inside
Not sure Tofi is in the class but he's more than a bench guy

If we project line next year
Mccoy Samson sj cantwell kinsler and one of the "development kids" in the mix sounds solid but little shy on super star gloss
Suspect we will look at one portal starter though.
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DMoney said Ervin is a 6Star.
 
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