Know Your Enemy - 2025 Miami Hurricanes vs 2025 USF Bulls

[GojiraCane]

The following is a side-by-side roster comparison of current rosters for Miami and the University of South Florida heading into next week's game.

Names in green denote incoming players in their first year in their respective programs:

AVERAGE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE

• 1.76 years (Miami), 1.91 years (South Florida)

AVERAGE 247 RATING

• 2025: 0.9026 (Miami)*, .8446 (South Florida)*

*excludes transfers Carter Davis (PK) and Adam Booker (LS), neither who are listed on 247's transfer compilation

If special teams are excluded, Miami's composite is .9075. South Florida would be .8457


MIAMI POSITION ADVANTAGES (RATING)

• Wide Receiver (.9252 vs .8432)
• Tight End (.8846 vs .8561)
• Running Back (.9064 vs .8540)
• Offensive Line (.8922 vs .8395)
• Quarterback (.9062 vs .8155)
• Defensive Tackle (.9213 vs .8410)
• Defensive End (.9301 vs .8630)
• Linebacker (.9031 vs .8495)
• Safety (.9007 vs .8529)
• Cornerback (.9083 vs .8449)

SOUTH FLORIDA POSITION ADVANTAGES (RATING)

• Special Teams (.8093 vs .6999)

2025 SOUTH FLORIDA VS 2024 SOUTH FLORIDA POSITION ADVANTAGES (RATING)

• Wide Receiver (.8432 vs .8092)
• Running Back (.8641 vs .8540)
• Defensive Tackle (.8410 vs. 8360)
• Safety (.8529 vs .8446)
• Cornerback (.8449 vs .8418)

NOTES

• South Florida is carrying 20 overall defensive backs to our 17
• The 2025 Hurricanes have the highest blue chip total of any squad in the last twenty years. It presently jumps from 42 in 2024 to 53 this year. This is the first time that blue chip totals have exceeded 49 players in at least twenty seasons
• This year's total signing class is the most weighted towards blue chips of any class in the last twenty years as well, at 58%. The closest previously were the 2023 and 2007 classes (58%). Last year was 43% by comparison
• Attrition this year was the lowest of the modern NIL era at just 30 players, again reflecting the youth of the overall team last year
• South Florida brings in 50 new players this season (23 transfers) compared to Miami's 40 new players (19 transfers)
• South Florida has the experience advantage in the following position groups: TE, RB, OL, QB, DT, DE, and CB
• Multiple South Florida defensive tackles double as fullbacks
• Miami's defensive ends have a collective CFB experience average of just 1.1 years. Without Messidor that average experience falls to just 0.6 years
• Miami has 17 transfer portal players on roster compared to 23 for South Florida

 

[SpikeUM]

Those ratings show what a great job Golesh has done.

 

[harphong]

Ain't gonna lie, i liked Golesh after last year's game. I respect the dude. Good coach. Hope we stomp him tho.