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Miami Hurricanes Roster Comparison 2026 vs 2025

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The following is a side-by-side roster comparison of current roster for the 2026 Miami Hurricanes versus the 2025 team.

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

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AVERAGE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE
  • 2026: 1.57 years
  • 2025: 1.77 years
AVERAGE 247 RATING
  • 2026: 0.9053*
  • 2025: 0.9024**
*excludes transfer Adam Booker (LS), who was not listed on 247's transfer compilation
*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 .9092 (2026) vs .9074 (2025)

2026 MIAMI POSITION ADVANTAGES (RATING)
  • Tight End (.8928 vs .8846)
  • Offensive Line (.8977 vs .8922)
  • Quarterback (.9087 vs .9062)
  • Safety (.9079 vs .8960)
  • Cornerback (.9217 vs .9083)
  • Special Teams (.7933 vs .6999)
2025 MIAMI POSITION ADVANTAGES (RATING)
  • Wide Receiver (.9252 vs .9193)
  • Running Back (.9064 vs .9046)
  • Defensive Tackle (.9213 vs .9143)
  • Defensive End (.9301 vs .9300) virtually tied
  • Linebacker (.9002 vs .8953)
NOTES
  • Miami's defensive tackle room is the tied for the least experienced group on the roster. Half of the players are freshmen, giving the group an average of 1.1 years experience
  • Offensive line also loses experience, falling from an average of 1.7 years in 2025 to 1.3 years in 2026
  • Aside from special teams, the linebacker room remains the most experienced group on the roster with an average of 2.3 years
  • The 2026 Hurricanes have the highest blue chip total of any squad in over twenty years. It rises from 48 to 55 this year.
  • The 2026 Hurricanes have the experience edge at TE, RB, and Special Teams
 
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GojiraCane said:
The following is a side-by-side roster comparison of current roster for the 2026 Miami Hurricanes versus the 2025 team.

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

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AVERAGE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE
  • 2026: 1.57 years
  • 2025: 1.77 years
AVERAGE 247 RATING
  • 2026: 0.9053*
  • 2025: 0.9024**
*excludes transfer Adam Booker (LS), who was not listed on 247's transfer compilation
*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 .9092 (2026) vs .9074 (2025)

2026 MIAMI POSITION ADVANTAGES (RATING)
  • Tight End (.8928 vs .8846)
  • Offensive Line (.8977 vs .8922)
  • Quarterback (.9087 vs .9062)
  • Safety (.9079 vs .8960)
  • Cornerback (.9217 vs .9083)
  • Special Teams (.7933 vs .6999)
2025 MIAMI POSITION ADVANTAGES (RATING)
  • Wide Receiver (.9252 vs .9193)
  • Running Back (.9064 vs .9046)
  • Defensive Tackle (.9213 vs .9143)
  • Defensive End (.9301 vs .9300) virtually tied
  • Linebacker (.9002 vs .8953)
NOTES
  • Miami's defensive tackle room is the tied for the least experienced group on the roster. Half of the players are freshmen, giving the group an average of 1.1 years experience
  • Offensive line also loses experience, falling from an average of 1.7 years in 2025 to 1.3 years in 2026
  • Aside from special teams, the linebacker room remains the most experienced group on the roster with an average of 2.3 years
  • The 2026 Hurricanes have the highest blue chip total of any squad in over twenty years. It rises from 48 to 55 this year.
  • The 2026 Hurricanes have the experience edge at TE, RB, and Special Teams
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I'm not convinced those numbers mean much.

Just to pull out a couple obvious points---no way the 2026 Oline will be better than 2025 and the Toney number is meaningless.
 
NCCanefan said:
I'm not convinced those numbers mean much.

Just to pull out a couple obvious points---no way the 2026 Oline will be better than 2025 and the Toney number is meaningless.
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Another way to do it is to use the rerankings of the players who transferred out. That doesn't solve for everything (right now Toney would probably rerank at .98 or above), but it does put more positions groups in 2026 Miami's favor.
 
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One thing on the negative side - this would be the least experienced overall of Mario's squads at present:

Years College Football Experience (Canes)
2006: 1.97
2007: 1.72
2009: 1.51
2010: 1.48
2012: 1.15
2013: 1.63
2014: 1.32
2015: 1.27
2017: 1.54
2018: 1.52
2019: 1.45
2020: 1.45
2021: 1.78
2022: 1.93
2023: 1.80
2024: 1.83
2025: 1.77
2026: 1.57
 
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On the other hand, the composite ranking is the highest in the last twenty years:

Team Composite Ranking
2006: 0.8904
2007: 0.8868
2009: 0.8920
2010: 0.8887
2012: 0.8646
2013: 0.8704
2014: 0.8727
2015: 0.8694
2017: 0.8782
2018: 0.8822
2019: 0.8802
2020: 0.8851
2021: 0.8916
2022: 0.8945
2023: 0.8992
2024: 0.9010
2025: 0.9021
2026: 0.9053
 
I understand it's hard to not feel confident about this team on paper, besides the OL. Every team is different though and we lost all of our leaders. New guys have to step up. Our fanbase is reminding me of ND's fanbase this season coming off their NC loss. They were ****y and arrogant. Even with a new unproven QB, they thought they were winning the NC. Communication with them was painful going into our game. That appears to be our fanbase right now. I will stay grounded!
 
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GojiraCane said:
One thing on the negative side - this would be the least experienced overall of Mario's squads at present:

Years College Football Experience (Canes)
2006: 1.97
2007: 1.72
2009: 1.51
2010: 1.48
2012: 1.15
2013: 1.63
2014: 1.32
2015: 1.27
2017: 1.54
2018: 1.52
2019: 1.45
2020: 1.45
2021: 1.78
2022: 1.93
2023: 1.80
2024: 1.83
2025: 1.77
2026: 1.57
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Otoh, your avg going down also suggests you jettisoned a bunch of pine sitters.
 
Cane30 said:
I understand it's hard to not feel confident about this team on paper, besides the OL. Every team is different though and we lost all of our leaders. New guys have to step up. Our fanbase is reminding me of ND's fanbase this season coming off their NC loss. They were ****y and arrogant. Even with a new unproven QB, they thought they were winning the NC. Communication with them was painful going into our game. That appears to be our fanbase right now. I will stay grounded!
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I dont think thats a fair take. We have still have a really good team and so did ND. There are plenty of people speaking of their concerns of the OL. Also many people have pointed out we may take a step back from losing Bain and Mesidor. But we also have alot of proven players coming in, none more so than the QB and WR.

ND lost 2 games by a combine 4 points. Its not like they went 2-10 like FSU. Also we lost 2 games last year. So we weren't perfect either. 2026 will be a new team, it may look different just like we had the #1 offense in 2024 and won nothing, had a significantly worse offense this past season and was 1 drive from winning the title.
 
GojiraCane said:
One thing on the negative side - this would be the least experienced overall of Mario's squads at present:

Years College Football Experience (Canes)
2006: 1.97
2007: 1.72
2009: 1.51
2010: 1.48
2012: 1.15
2013: 1.63
2014: 1.32
2015: 1.27
2017: 1.54
2018: 1.52
2019: 1.45
2020: 1.45
2021: 1.78
2022: 1.93
2023: 1.80
2024: 1.83
2025: 1.77
2026: 1.57
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The extra 4 games, 2 months of practice is a big deal IMO. Not to mention the freshmen that participated will have essentially gone through 3 camps prior to start of the next season.
 
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Only big concern is LT & RT, LB isn’t as big of a concern but i wish it was better.

TE we need someone who can block, its very important to our run game. Everyone keeps saying just go 4 wrs, i agree on obvious passing downs but we will have a great passing game regardless

Blocking from our TE is more important to our run game than another wr is to our pass game.
 
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