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Jomel Ribalta - Hialeah OL

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- Father was Jose Ribalta, Cuban fighter who went 10 rounds with Mike Tyson in 1986, losing by TKO. Now a professional boxing trainer in Jupiter

- Does boxing drills including jumprope which helps with his footwork

- Minnesota verbally offered but reneged

- Will come to our camp in June

- Would commit if offered

- Played at 350 pounds is down to 340 pounds. Trying to get to 320 before camp

- Coach says he is an incredible talent who needs to lose weight. Told Kehoe he was the best OL there

- Coach also says Miami is waiting to see George Williams at camp before offering
 
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Wow how have we not offered George Williams. Kid looked like a beast in his highlight tape. I really want this guy to be a cane
 
Miami is playing around with possibly letting Williams go elsewhere in a year where linebacker is a need...
 
These boards never cease to amaze me. When will we figure out that this staff knows what it is doing? It was not even 3 months ago that we shocked everyone with a monster haul, and we are already back on the warpath. If the staff is waiting for him to attend a camp that means they want to see how he works in person. Every kid has a great highlight tape, they want their OWN tape of him for whatever reason. Every high school coach thinks their kids deserve a Miami offer, but the sad truth is we cannot offer every kid.

If the kid is as good as he looks in his highlights and really wants a Miami offer he will show up at camp, ball out and leave with an offer which he can then weigh against his other options. Period. If you want a good example of the right attitude go read the interview with Deeb.
 
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The highlights from his MVP performance at Miami NIKE intrigued me, so I went back and watched this kid's sophomore and junior clips. Wow. Great find OFK.

If he shows any progress with the weight loss, and the game film matches the highlights, give this Cubano an offer. Great anchor, huge ***, looks like a finisher. Really like his pad level for such a big, young player. You can tell his dad trains him in boxing drills with the way he uses his hands at an early age.

Nike camp at :14, 1:22, 2:09

http://espn.go.com/high-school/football/video/clip?id=7821640

Sophomore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOOJY_hpxeo

Junior
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjw0GmZEfwc&feature=related
 
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You would think with Jose as his dad, weight and conditioning wouldnt be such an issue.

Maybe he was trying to get bigger and just went a little too far one way?

Interesting prospect though for sure.
 
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