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We certainly haven’t recruited at a top 5 level annually in recruiting so that tells me either these classes Miami has been getting have been underrated in regards to recruiting ranking or there is indeed development going on. Miami has for the last 5 years recruited at a top 15-20 level on average but is top 5 in producing draft picks. Not saying it’s the best but something is happening obviously. I see A bunch of teams who recruit at a higher level than Miami yet have less players drafted or whatever in the last 5 years. People throw around Miami not having many premium(first round picks)draft picks too and while that’s true it also looks funny in light when you actually look at the numbers from other teams outside bama, Clemson, Ohio state in the last 5 years etc



like I always say, recruit at a higher level and then you get more premium draft picks but Miami is developing the talent they have been getting, Probably better than expected in majority of the cases but not all obviously
 
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So the Big # FL schools have been the biggest under-performers on the field. Miami and gators top five in draft picks and nothing to show for it, especially us -- one decent year and then complete collapse.
 
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Mikep said:
I would say the opposite. I think if they were getting developed better they would go higher. I think thats why they are falling in the draft, they have talent but are under developed.
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You develop the talent you have which in terms of recruiting Miami has recruited at a top 15-20 level but yet still have the 5th most players drafted in recent years. Under developed isnt necessarily the appropriate term there. If that’s the case Miami wouldn’t be anywhere near top 5 in most players drafted.
 
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It certainly makes the case that Miami is developing players. If they're recruiting at a top 20 level but getting players drafted at a top 5 level, I'd say that players are certainly being developed. It's just that Miami fans tend to way over-value our talent. They have been recruiting at a "win the coastal" level consistently. Good enough to win 9 or 10 games but not at the level of the top tier teams. Every team on that list has out recruited Miami with the exception of Stanford and maybe Washington.

The reason the team has consistently underachieved isn't poor recruiting or poor player development. It's terrible X's and O's coaching. We've been hiring the Pat Nix's and Dan Enos' of the world to coach our offense and the short period of time where we had a decent offense, we had Mark D'Onofrio running the defense into the ground.
 
brock said:
We certainly haven’t recruited at a top 5 level annually in recruiting so that tells me either these classes Miami has been getting have been underrated in regards to recruiting ranking or there is indeed development going on. Miami has for the last 5 years recruited at a top 15-20 level on average but is top 5 in producing draft picks. Not saying it’s the best but something is happening obviously. I see A bunch of teams who recruit at a higher level than Miami yet have less players drafted or whatever in the last 5 years. People throw around Miami not having many premium(first round picks)draft picks too and while that’s true it also looks funny in light when you actually look at the numbers from other teams outside bama, Clemson, Ohio state in the last 5 years etc



like I always say, recruit at a higher level and then you get more premium draft picks but Miami is developing the talent they have been getting, Probably better than expected in majority of the cases but not all obviously
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This is depressing honestly, why can we not win smh
 
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I’m not surprised... we’ve been underachieving for almost 2 decades with talent...

Plus we aren’t a huge fan base (except when we are running on top bandwagoners) like SEC school following
 
I woud not say thats a 100% indicator of player development. Probably a few factors;
  • South Fla, in general, produces a ton of underrated dogs
  • Miami has been evaluating well
  • Player development is decent
  • Recruit ranking bias towards players going to larger public schools
 
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supersaiyanshel said:
Just 2 decades of stubborn leaders refusing to adapt. Us, and USC.
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Not surprising since both schools had a similar M.O. when they were winning titles. Attain the best talent and just out talent every opponent. It works great when your team is head and shoulders better than everyone else but if your talent level slips, even a little bit, you're going to wish you had some more innovative coaches on the sidelines.
 
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We've certainly underachieved with the talent we've had. But these stats are very advantageous split for Miami.

- Miami's had 4 1st Round picks in the last 5 drafts
Miami's had 4 1st Round picks in the last 11 drafts (about to be 12)

- Miami's 4 1st Rounders have been disappointing
Dorsett, Flowers (hopefully has already turned it around), Burns (hopefully can still turn it around), Njoku (TBD - still very young)

- Miami has had 8 players taken in Rounds 1-3 of the last 5 drafts. Louisville & NC St. have also had 8
5 of those 8 were in the 2015 draft. It's about to be "Miami has had 3 players taken in Rounds 1-3 of the last 5 drafts"


Miami still produces a ton of guys who get drafted. The overall numbers look great. We're just producing very few NFL starter level players anymore.
 
bshaw28 said:
We've certainly underachieved with the talent we've had. But these stats are very advantageous split for Miami.

- Miami's had 4 1st Round picks in the last 5 drafts
Miami's had 4 1st Round picks in the last 11 drafts (about to be 12)

- Miami's 4 1st Rounders have been disappointing
Dorsett, Flowers (hopefully has already turned it around), Burns (hopefully can still turn it around), Njoku (TBD - still very young)

- Miami has had 8 players taken in Rounds 1-3 of the last 5 drafts. Louisville & NC St. have also had 8
5 of those 8 were in the 2015 draft. It's about to be "Miami has had 3 players taken in Rounds 1-3 of the last 5 drafts"


Miami still produces a ton of guys who get drafted. The overall numbers look great. We're just producing very few NFL starter level players anymore.
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1st point
this tweet is talking about in the last 5 years not 11 years. The recent trends is more prevalent in this discussion

2nd point
Sort of true but there is hope.

Flowers just signed a 10 million a year contract and played like a pro bowl guard last year with the redskins

Dorsett had been one of the more efficient receivers in the league in terms of catching passes the last 2 years. He was off to a great start last season but when Gordon got back and they traded for Sanu his time was cut considerably. He also had a few injuries. Should thrive being the #3 in Seattle and with Russell Wilson who is arguably the best deep ball thrower in the game.


burns has been *** outside of his first year or 2 in the league. Hopefully he turns it around.

On njoku it’s ridiculous to say he’s been anywhere near a disappointment. Of course he has to work on his hands to be more consistent but He was hurt his 3rd year and just came off having a 670 yard plus season in his second year. If he’s what a disappointment is to you then what is tj hockenson who went top 10 in the draft as a tight end and had only 376 yards 2tds this last season.(njoku rookie numbers were better than that too). or another first round tight end in Hayden hurst who has been way worse than njoku through 2 years in the league.

3rd point
so what?, they are still collecting checks and playing in games. And believe it or not miami is not just putting backups in the league like you are trying to insinuate. You mean not producing perennial pro bowl type of players? You have a case there but very few nfl starters? That’s wrong. Of course it’s not how we use to be in our early 2000 era, but why are you comparing it to that though? Recruit better classes and you get better talent it’s simple . Y’all act like it’s easy to make/stay on an nfl roster especially if you aren’t picked in a certain round

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steeter and Washington never started in the leagues. The rest did in that draft class and did pretty well. 2 pro bowlers out of that class.

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All starters. Linder 50 million dollar contract.
Henderson has started in 29 of his 39 games he’s played in the nfl. His career just has been derailed in recent seasons due to Crohn’s disease but he was off to a good start starting his first 26 games to start his career. Allen hurns ended up as an undrafted guy and signed a 40 million dollar contract so another starter level player.



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this whole group outside chickillo (who played as a reserve) has played starter level minutes for the majority of their career. Even chickillo had 8 sacks in the last 4 years as a reserve
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2017 rayshawn Jenkins is a high level starter for the chargers
Njoku starter

alquadin muhammad has started a number of games in recent years and regularly plays and get sacks and pressures.

Adrian Colbert has started in more than half of the games he’s played in the last 3 years.

Williams , kaaya, coley didn’t do anything in the league.Elder at best is a depth piece but so what, every school has those.





2016
burns starter for his first few seasons

bush started some games ,primary backup.

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Norton obviously had the unfortunate loss of an arm.

mcintosh in a limited role had 2 sacks In 2019 , they have invested a lot at dt with dexter Lawrence, hill from ncstate, Dalvin Tomlinson. From bama and even Leonard Williams now so it’s not really a path for him to start

Chris herndon- hurt majority of last year but the jets are sky high on him.Had great production as a rookie

chad Thomas-finished the season as a starter and was productive. He’s coming along well.

Braxton berrios- had the best punt return average in the league and played some as a spot receiver for the jets.


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Cowboys high on Joe Jackson. He may not have started last season but they chose him over a 2017 first round edge rusher in taco charlton so that says something.

mile Jackson didn’t do much of anything, got picked up by the lions active roster after the cowboys waived him during the season.

redwine emerged as a starter late last season and flashed a lot

jaquan Johnson, depth player

Travis homer ended up starting their last 2 games or so for the Seahawks.

I say all that to say this, Every player you put out is not going to be a starting level player but that doesn’t mean Miami is putting out “very few starting level players” as my breakdown in the last 7-8 draft classes indicated otherwise. Majority of them start/started games and weren’t just backups
 
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More likely underrated classes than developing talent. That type of coaching wins games...
We all know that clickbait schools get their players bumped when they commit
 
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