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2027 Maleek Lee 4* DE from Sarasota, FL (Booker HS)

Miami turning up the heat in this recruitment and has real momentum (Gators still lead). UV scheduled for late March (no date given).

 
lindend said:
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does this mean we losing traction with the top tier guys
seems like we doing what we did last year when we were hyped about landing an all time D line class then missed on every 5 star we were in on
and settled for 3 star guys who "fit what heatherman is looking for"
 
jsy said:
does this mean we losing traction with the top tier guys
seems like we doing what we did last year when we were hyped about landing an all time D line class then missed on every 5 star we were in on
and settled for 3 star guys who "fit what heatherman is looking for"
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Charles was a 4*, Stancil 4*, Lafayette 4*, Sainteus 4*. Yea Bacon was 3* but every SEC team was on him. Not sure what you're on about.
 
jsy said:
does this mean we losing traction with the top tier guys
seems like we doing what we did last year when we were hyped about landing an all time D line class then missed on every 5 star we were in on
and settled for 3 star guys who "fit what heatherman is looking for"
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Who was hyped about ever landing an all time D line class last year? That was 2024 dude lol
 
cookies said:
Who was hyped about ever landing an all time D line class last year? That was 2024 dude lol
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i dont have time to go back but look at the spring hype about the dline class
even that one dude that ultimately went to oregon came to that tavern and broke bread with dmoney as well

maybe im too demanding but for Dline in particular we need to recruit at a higher level than we currently are, we should be stacking a 5 start Dtackle every year
 
cookies said:
Who was hyped about ever landing an all time D line class last year? That was 2024 dude lol
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The talk last year was that we were a worst a top 5 NIL spender for the cycle. We were targeting the right guys and they were along the DL and reality is we missed on a bunch of them. Stancil was one of those guys that we flipped though.
 
jsy said:
i dont have time to go back but look at the spring hype about the dline class
even that one dude that ultimately went to oregon came to that tavern and broke bread with dmoney as well

maybe im too demanding but for Dline in particular we need to recruit at a higher level than we currently are, we should be stacking a 5 start Dtackle every year
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If we’re going by the composite there are literally only 2 five star DTs. Same thing last year. Then there were 3 in ‘25. Getting one of those every year is unrealistic and not necessary. 2024 was an outlier with 8 composite five star DTs and we landed two of them.

I know the prospects you’re referring to and i went back to look. The hype was never there to land the best Dline class in the country like we set out to do ‘24. We did miss on some elite guys yet Charles, Lafayette and Stancil were blue chip gets. Also got Carter and Davis in the portal.

We are currently in the top 3 or better for 5 of the top 25 DTs in the country ((#23 Ayangible, #19 Parks, #18 Thompson, #9 Muhammad (his tape has him at edge virtually all the time; i don’t seem gaining the weight for DT), & #3 Folorunsho)). We are sagging off a really good DT prospect in our backyard who is likely going to UF. We are doing very well.

Maleek Lee is ranked 40th and has OVs to UF, OSU, and USC besides Miami; recruiting him isn’t a bad sign of anything.
 
cookies said:
If we’re going by the composite there are literally only 2 five star DTs. Same thing last year. Then there were 3 in ‘25. Getting one of those every year is unrealistic and not necessary. 2024 was an outlier with 8 composite five star DTs and we landed two of them.

I know the prospects you’re referring to and i went back to look. The hype was never there to land the best Dline class in the country like we set out to do ‘24. We did miss on some elite guys yet Charles, Lafayette and Stancil were blue chip gets. Also got Carter and Davis in the portal.

We are currently in the top 3 or better for 5 of the top 25 DTs in the country ((#23 Ayangible, #19 Parks, #18 Thompson, #9 Muhammad (his tape has him at edge virtually all the time; i don’t seem gaining the weight for DT), & #3 Folorunsho)). We are sagging off a really good DT prospect in our backyard who is likely going to UF. We are doing very well.

Maleek Lee is ranked 40th and has OVs to UF, OSU, and USC besides Miami; recruiting him isn’t a bad sign of anything.
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i just think we could do better
hope we land one of those guys
DE recruiting this year has been a massive head scratcher, hopefully we land at least a top end DT this year the guy from chicago would be ideal
 
bobbydigius said:
The talk last year was that we were a worst a top 5 NIL spender for the cycle. We were targeting the right guys and they were along the DL and reality is we missed on a bunch of them. Stancil was one of those guys that we flipped though.
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We always target the top guys. That’s not anything new.

Idk the financials but USC & A&M— definitely outspent us. Wouldn’t be surprised if a TTech, Texas, Tennessee and some others ultimately did too. We finished 7th in the composite with an average rating of a 4 star.

Yes we missed on those linemen as i stated but the hype wasn’t that we were going to have the best dline class in the country. Mario goes after the top dlinemen yearly so he misses on guys yearly.
 
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