East Tennessee State OL Transfer Johnathan Cline transferring to Miami

[BoxingRobes]

Backup C and insurance policy type iOL would be my guess.

Could play some guard, too, I'd assume.

Maybe never plays, but I am sure he's happy to be here.

 

[Angry Ibis]

Welcome to the U!

 

[Zbrod95]

We liked him at C I believe

 

[jjpuppet]

If he's better then Lou Cristobal , I'm in .

 

[Zbrod95]

If he's better then Lou Cristobal , I'm in .

Bigger equals stronger??

 

[JayCane20]

We liked him at C I believe

We liked him at Guard. Mirabal sat him and his dad down for about an hour and a half and talked technique and cut up his film to give him pointers and demonstrate during his senior year.

Basically said he didn’t have the feet and length to be at tackle. Never played center either last I had talked to them about it. Idk if that’s something he did at UCF or not but that would be his only experience there.

Have a hard time seeing him beating out Buchanan. Similar build and similar players. Maybe a bridge to Max if he’s just not there yet.

 

[cowboycane]

Might be the gummy but I just cackled at the idea of ETSUInsight having a bunch of guys on there right now saying “who? To MIAMI?!?!?”

 

[Genghis Cane]

Hopefully, he’s a better pick up than that last OL we brought in from the FCS — the dude from Butler….who Nesta made cry.

 

[twes.305]

I think he’s our backup Center

Exactly what we needed, a OG/C. Hopefully he can contribute and develop.

 

[smack99]

This that Thomas Gore/Lou Cristobal type pickup.

 

[brcane1]

This that Thomas Gore/Lou Cristobal type pickup.

Weight room plug archetype

 

[Golsen82]

6'4 315lb? Holy mother of Mary

 

[ddann]

If he's better then Lou Cristobal , I'm in .

Yeah, but is he better than Xavier Shannon? That’s the real question.

 

[chris2183l]

Seems like we strung him along for Connor Lew back in the day

Still bummed connor lew flipped right at the end. That would have been one of the all time best OL hauls w him, mauigoa and okunlola

 

[chris2183l]

Did ryan Rodriguez ever get that additional year confirmed yet?

 

[BALLHAWKU]

Bigger equals stronger??

 

[CanesFan20]

Walk on?

 

[JZCane0825]

This that Thomas Gore/Lou Cristobal type pickup.

I’m sorry that every portal player we add isn’t a plug and play all-conference starter.

 

[JayCane20]

Might be the gummy but I just cackled at the idea of ETSUInsight having a bunch of guys on there right now saying “who? To MIAMI?!?!?”

Hey now we’ve had some studs move up. Had a guard go to LSU, a QB go to FSU, DE to TN, the best RB in the UFL the last 2 years, and a back that was better than him that probably would have been an SEC RB1 if the portal was what it is now about 4-5 years ago.

However… that was the exact reaction when everyone watched a kid bolt to LSU. Literally the talk of the town for a week or so.

Will Healy sells kids on the temporary stop to boost their stock and bolt to bigger programs. That’s his model. He’s trying to get some P4 programs (Tennessee and FSU specifically) to send kids there to play and develop instead of standing on the sideline for a year. Lost its traction when they got rid of the spring portal.

 

[JayCane20]

This that Thomas Gore/Lou Cristobal type pickup.

The difference is he has the body type to play at this level. Gore and Cristobal physically couldn’t handle it.

We will see if he has everything else that they did have that put them in a position to be here.