Miami In The Race For 2027 4-star CB Josiah Molden

[Trinton Breeze]

Mario Cristobal and the Miami Hurricanes are in the mix for one of the top 2027 recruits in the country.



Four-star cornerback Josiah Molden is down to six schools, and Miami made the cut. The Hurricanes will battle it out with Ohio State, USC, Texas, Washington, and Oregon for his signature.

Molden’s dad, Alex Molden, has strong ties to Oregon—he played there back in the day and even got drafted. That connection could make the Ducks a serious player in this one...

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[catsncanes]

What are the chances this kid doesn't go to oregon?

 

[cookies]

What are the chances this kid doesn't go to oregon?

At least decent. His brother played at Washington University from 2017 to 2020. Oregon went 4-8 that year; the recruiting class right before Willie Taggart & Mario arrived.

Currently on the Chargers

 

[catsncanes]

At least decent. His brother played at Washington University from 2017 to 2020. Oregon went 4-8 that year; the recruiting class right before Willie Taggart & Mario arrived.

Currently on the Chargers

Just seems we've got both family ties and distance against us here.but stranger things have happened.

 

[cookies]

Just seems we've got both family ties and distance against us here.but stranger things have happened.

Well he could certainly end up at WU or elsewhere; but specifically penciling him to a school not named Oregon is what I am saying has a decent chance.

We have ties too. Mario obviously recruited the Oregon area; and might have met his dad during his time there. More concretely, I just found out that Will Harris, while not recruiting Elijah because he was at San Jose State, has significant ties of his own to this family.

Prior to Georgia Southern, Harris spent four successful seasons, from 2018 to 2021, coaching Washington’s defensive backs.

In 2020, Harris helped the Huskies improve from No. 56 nationally in pass defense in 2019 (222.2 yards per game) to No. 13 nationally and No. 1 in the Pac-12 (184.9 yards per game). That year, he helped coach the top defense in the Pac-12 in terms of total defense and passing yards allowed. Among his defensive backs were first-team All-Pac-12 and second-team All-America honoree Elijah Molden (Pro Football Focus’ Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year) and McDuffie, an all-conference second-team selection that year. Molden went on to become a third-round selection in the 2021 NFL Draft when he was picked by the Tennessee Titans.

In 2019, Harris served as an assistant defensive backs coach for UW and helped coach one of the strongest secondaries in the nation. Despite a young defensive group, the Huskies posted the No. 15 scoring defense in the country, giving up less than 20 points per game. That year, Molden earned first-team All-Pac-12 and second team All-American honors, while senior Myles Bryant was an all-conference second-team selection.

In all, Washington produced an All-American defensive back every year from 2018 to 2021. McDuffie in 2021; Molden in 2020 and 2019; and Murphy and Rapp in 2018. Not coincidentally, Harris coached the defensive backs those four seasons.

Additionally, although Texas is on that list, Sark did just fire the UW DC, Pete Kwiatkowsk, before Jimmy Lake was promoted, that Elijah played for. Obviously the bigger threats are still UO and UW.