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### As a selling point, UM defensive coordinator Mark D'Onofrio told recruits in recent days that Miami finished 15th in the country in defense.
"All that stuff is great," he said. "It's proof of improvement, big improvement. But we're looking for certain guys we want to go to the next level to be a dominant defense. There were certain games we did that this year, but we didn't do it the whole season. In order to do that you have to plug in the pieces, show kids where they fit, how they'll fit in the scheme and how they can impact our scheme starting next year. That's really what you're trying to do."
### UM is moving Marques Gayot from safety to linebacker but the staff feels it has enough at safety next season, with Deon Bush, Jamal Carter, injured Rayshawn Jenkins and Dallas Crawford returning and the addition of oral commitment JaQuan Johnson, the four-star Killian prospect.
Also, UM is one of three finalists, with Kentucky and Washington State, for Washington D.C. based four-star safety Marcus Lewis, according to rivals.com, which rates Lewis sixth among all safeties.
As for Gayot, D'Onofrio points out he is 10 pounds heavier than linebacker Jermaine Grace.
"We want to be fast, don't want to sacrifice speed because of scheme," D'Onofrio said. "So the way we play and the way we have it set up right now, we can play with a 200-pound WILL linebacker, 205-pound WILL linebacker. Marques is 210. I bet he's probably 220 in the future.
"We're just looking around and trying to gain flexibility, continue to gain athleticism because the way it is you're going to play a different [style of] offense every week. You want to be able to have flexibility in your scheme, get the best guys on the field."
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"All that stuff is great," he said. "It's proof of improvement, big improvement. But we're looking for certain guys we want to go to the next level to be a dominant defense. There were certain games we did that this year, but we didn't do it the whole season. In order to do that you have to plug in the pieces, show kids where they fit, how they'll fit in the scheme and how they can impact our scheme starting next year. That's really what you're trying to do."
### UM is moving Marques Gayot from safety to linebacker but the staff feels it has enough at safety next season, with Deon Bush, Jamal Carter, injured Rayshawn Jenkins and Dallas Crawford returning and the addition of oral commitment JaQuan Johnson, the four-star Killian prospect.
Also, UM is one of three finalists, with Kentucky and Washington State, for Washington D.C. based four-star safety Marcus Lewis, according to rivals.com, which rates Lewis sixth among all safeties.
As for Gayot, D'Onofrio points out he is 10 pounds heavier than linebacker Jermaine Grace.
"We want to be fast, don't want to sacrifice speed because of scheme," D'Onofrio said. "So the way we play and the way we have it set up right now, we can play with a 200-pound WILL linebacker, 205-pound WILL linebacker. Marques is 210. I bet he's probably 220 in the future.
"We're just looking around and trying to gain flexibility, continue to gain athleticism because the way it is you're going to play a different [style of] offense every week. You want to be able to have flexibility in your scheme, get the best guys on the field."
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What a hot **** mess
