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Twelve years ago - on paper - Miami had run into a wall on a talent acquisition level compared to earlier years. The Canes had seen a high amount of attrition in a pre-transfer portal era in the previous two seasons:
Post 2010 offseason: 23 players departed (11 blue chips). 7 true freshmen were only on the roster one season
Post 2011 offseason: 32 players departed (19 blue chips). 3 true freshmen were only on the roster one season
Of the 55 players departing, 30 of them were blue chips. Replacing them were 13 blue chip players in the 2011 and 2012 classes.
Miami's overall blue chip level in 2010 had stood at 41 players. Going into 2012, it was reduced to just 20. This would be the lowest level the Hurricanes would see from at least 2006 onward, although it would take six more years until the Canes exceeded 30 blue chip players.
The following is a comparison of today's roster versus that team:
AVERAGE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE
2012 MIAMI POSITION ADVANTAGES (RATING)
Post 2010 offseason: 23 players departed (11 blue chips). 7 true freshmen were only on the roster one season
Post 2011 offseason: 32 players departed (19 blue chips). 3 true freshmen were only on the roster one season
Of the 55 players departing, 30 of them were blue chips. Replacing them were 13 blue chip players in the 2011 and 2012 classes.
Miami's overall blue chip level in 2010 had stood at 41 players. Going into 2012, it was reduced to just 20. This would be the lowest level the Hurricanes would see from at least 2006 onward, although it would take six more years until the Canes exceeded 30 blue chip players.
The following is a comparison of today's roster versus that team:
AVERAGE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE
- 2024: 1.84 years
- 2012: 1.15 years
- 2024: 0.9003
- 2012: 0.8646
- Wide Receiver - .9237 vs .8748
- Tight End - .9089 vs .8398
- Running Back - .9095 vs .9037
- Quarterback - .8912 vs .8542
- Defensive Tackle - .9049 vs .8417
- Defensive End - .9321 vs .8978
- Linebacker - .9143 vs .8519
- Safety - .8911 vs .8607
- Cornerback - .8964 vs .8595
- Special Teams - .7789 vs .7566
2012 MIAMI POSITION ADVANTAGES (RATING)
- Offensive Line - .8854 vs .8838
- 2012 Miami was astonishingly young. Average CFB experience for cornerback was an incredible 0.1 years
- 2012 Miami fielded five freshmen wide receivers, a high number that was needed after only three had been signed between 2009 and 2011
- 2012 Miami had an extremely thin offensive line room
- 2012 Miami cornerback room had only one player who was not a true freshman (and he himself had only 1 year)
- The 2024 Canes have 21 transfer players on their roster
- The 2024 Canes incoming freshmen have an average recruiting rating of .9086. The 2012 team's incoming class was .8710
- Although on paper the 2012 Canes were the lowest ranked team, they featured a high number of players who have had multi year NFL careers:
- Seantrel Henderson (.9988, 6 years NFL)
- Anthony Chickillo (.9902, 6 years NFL)
- Duke Johnson (.9894, 8 years NFL)
- Deon Bush (.9490, 9 years NFL)
- Ereck Flowers (.9377, 7 years NFL)
- Brandon Linder (.9362, 8 years NFL)
- Mike James (.9065, 6 years NFL)
- Danny Isidora (.8889, 6 years NFL)
- Denzel Perryman (.8857, 9 years NFL)
- Rayshawn Jenkins (.8524, 7 years NFL)
- Philip Dorsett (.8731 ranking, 9 years NFL)
- Herb Waters (.8872 ranking, 3 years NFL)
- Jon Feliciano (.8622 ranking, 9 years NFL)
- Clive Walford (.8333, 5 years NFL)
- Thurston Armbrister (.6999, 4 years NFL)
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