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Don't need to convince anyone about the importance of a dominant defensive line. But how far away are we from "elite"? At times, our line has looked great. But many people have been concerned about our DT recruiting in the last two cycles... the lack of numbers and depth issues due to transfers, attrition, and dudes leaving early.
So here is a simple breakdown of where Miami is on the defensive line, numbers wise, compared to two similar programs - Clemson and Ohio State. I picked those programs because they are elite, have good defenses, and they run 4-3's.
Ohio State:
Total number of scholarship DL: 16
Total number of 4/5 star DL: 12
Current Recruiting Class: ONE 5-star DT, TWO 4-star DT signed
Clemson:
Total number of scholarship DL: 12
Total number of 4/5 star DL: 10
Current Recruiting Class: TWO 5-star DL, ONE 4 star
Finally...
Miami is looking at:
Total number of scholarship DL: 8
Total number of 4/5 star DL: 5
Current Recruiting Class: ONE 4-star DT, One 3-star DE
** Ford and Garvin are both 4-stars on the 247 composite, even though 247's site was bugged when I took this screen shot.
Overall, I don't think we're as ****ed as some people think. It's important that we hang on to Nesta and, if at all possible, add another highly ranked kid to the class. I don't think we have a problem with quality, but I think we would be a better team if we could add a handful more studs.
And it seems 2019 is going to have to be like this year was/is with DB's. We will have to dip in to a very deep class at DT/DE and fill up.
So here is a simple breakdown of where Miami is on the defensive line, numbers wise, compared to two similar programs - Clemson and Ohio State. I picked those programs because they are elite, have good defenses, and they run 4-3's.
Ohio State:
Total number of scholarship DL: 16
Total number of 4/5 star DL: 12
Current Recruiting Class: ONE 5-star DT, TWO 4-star DT signed
Clemson:
Total number of scholarship DL: 12
Total number of 4/5 star DL: 10
Current Recruiting Class: TWO 5-star DL, ONE 4 star
Finally...
Miami is looking at:
Total number of scholarship DL: 8
Total number of 4/5 star DL: 5
Current Recruiting Class: ONE 4-star DT, One 3-star DE
** Ford and Garvin are both 4-stars on the 247 composite, even though 247's site was bugged when I took this screen shot.
Overall, I don't think we're as ****ed as some people think. It's important that we hang on to Nesta and, if at all possible, add another highly ranked kid to the class. I don't think we have a problem with quality, but I think we would be a better team if we could add a handful more studs.
And it seems 2019 is going to have to be like this year was/is with DB's. We will have to dip in to a very deep class at DT/DE and fill up.
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