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Phillip Dorsett is the only Miami wide receiver to be drafted in the first round since Andre Johnson. Since 2010, Miami has had only one defensive back drafted in the first round—and that was Artie Burns, almost a decade ago. What do you think is causing this? It just doesn't make any sense how this is possible. South Florida is literally the best place in the country for skill players, and yet Miami hasn't had a true blue-chip talent at those positions in almost 25 years. It's absolutely mind-blowing to me how this could happen.
 
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We haven’t consistently recruited guys with elite traits and don’t feature our WRs like OSU, LSU and Bama.

We don’t require our DBs to play press man consistently (see comment above).

Elite WRs will continue to spurn us if we spewing “we run an offense that’ll take what the defense gives us”.

We get some elite WRs and elite DBs will come because they know they’ll get good work in practice.
 
Per the comment about our struggles in Florida and since Dorsett, our top rated recruit in the state of Florida over the years:

2025 Pringle #17
2024 Blount #8
2023 Mauigoa #2
2022 Kelly #11
2021 Taylor #1
2020 Chaney #12
2019 Payton #10
2018 Silvera #5
2017 Donaldson #13
2016 Richards #13
2015 Walton #13
2014 Thomas #3
2013 Burns #12
2012 Duke #3

Tragic list. Only time we got #1 was when covid ravaged recruiting
 
CanesFan20 said:
Phillip Dorsett is the only Miami wide receiver to be drafted in the first round since Andre Johnson. Since 2010, Miami has had only one defensive back drafted in the first round—and that was Artie Burns, almost a decade ago. What do you think is causing this? It just doesn't make any sense how this is possible. South Florida is literally the best place in the country for skill players, and yet Miami hasn't had a true blue-chip talent at those positions in almost 25 years. It's absolutely mind-blowing to me how this could happen.
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Talent acquisition, development, coaching, schematics, money
 
Are RBs considered Skill players? If so I guess Duke Johnson would be our last elite skill player. He wasn't an elite NFL player but I do believe he was an elite college football player.
 
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JHallCanes said:
Per the comment about our struggles in Florida and since Dorsett, our top rated recruit in the state of Florida over the years:

2025 Pringle #17
2024 Blount #8
2023 Mauigoa #2
2022 Kelly #11
2021 Taylor #1
2020 Chaney #12
2019 Payton #10
2018 Silvera #5
2017 Donaldson #13
2016 Richards #13
2015 Walton #13
2014 Thomas #3
2013 Burns #12
2012 Duke #3

Tragic list. Only time we got #1 was when covid ravaged recruiting
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Random but **** I had to look up where Chaney ended up this season and just realized he signed with UNC Charlotte for his 6th season.
 
It's maddening! Mario and the staff have to do a better job at identifying not only skill, but speed as well. I would love nothing more than for Jojo/Carr/Chance, Popo/Pruitt/Hayes, Day, Blount/Cole, Lyle, etc to become All-Conference players this year; that's usually the path of a skill player taken on day 1 and or 2.
 
JHallCanes said:
Per the comment about our struggles in Florida and since Dorsett, our top rated recruit in the state of Florida over the years:

2025 Pringle #17
2024 Blount #8
2023 Mauigoa #2
2022 Kelly #11
2021 Taylor #1
2020 Chaney #12
2019 Payton #10
2018 Silvera #5
2017 Donaldson #13
2016 Richards #13
2015 Walton #13
2014 Thomas #3
2013 Burns #12
2012 Duke #3

Tragic list. Only time we got #1 was when covid ravaged recruiting
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Just to expound a little bit further, changing the scope to include rankings at their positions, as well (Focusing only on top 15)

2012: Howard (#1 CB), Johnson (#3 RB), Hamilton (#5 DE), McCord (#9 DE), Bush (#10 S)

2013: Stacy Coley (#7 WR), Artie Burns (#12 CB)

2014: Thomas (#3 DE), McDermott (#3 OT), Yearby (#8 RB), Darling (#9 OG), Moten (#15 DT)

2015: Walton (#10 RB), Johnson (#13 S)

2016: Allison (#8 QB), Homer (#10 RB), Bruce (#11 WR), Bethel (#14 DE)

2017: Donaldson (#11 OT), Garvin (#11 DE), Perry “Da Gawd” (#7 DT-QB)

2018: Silvera (#3 DT), Scaife (#5 OT), Harris (#7 RB), Pope (#11 WR), Blades Jr (#12 CB), Hall (#15 S)

2019: Payton (#10 WR), Huff (#10 OLB), Harvey (#11 DE)

2020: Knighton (#10 RB), Chaney (#11 RB), Roberts (#13 DE)

2021: Williams (#1 S), Taylor (#4 DT), Seymour (#11 OG), Smith (#15 ATH)

2022: Kelly (#14 DL)

2023: Fletcher (#8 RB), Bain (#11 DE)

2024: Patterson (#6 S), Blount (#8 DL), Trader (#9 WR)

2025: Pringle (#7 RB)

*These were 247 Composite Ratings at their respective positions

*These were recruits who were listed in our proverbial State of Miami recruiting territories

*IMG was not included due to the nature of the school, & many kids that attend r not South Fla.

So a quick analyst of this:

1. I have a tier system regarding rankings, & it’s always predicated on where they are ranked based upon their respective positions:

-Tier 1 (Elite) ranked #1-5
-Tier 2 (Very Good) ranked #6-10
-Tier 3 (Good) ranked #11-15

2. Since 2012, as I’ve already known, there r some yrs South Fla positions r not ranked in the elite category. As an example, based upon the RB rankings of 2025, Pringle was #7 in the nation, but he was the #1 RB in the State of Fl.

Imho, one of the issues we’ve had in getting skill players drafted is we become too consumed w/ So. Fla, hamstringing our class.

Since 2012, out of 44 met criteria recruits:
We’ve only recruited 20% of players from So. Fla that ranked elite in their respective positions in the nation

We’ve recruited 41% in the tier 2 rankings

We’ve recruited 39% in the tier 3 rankings

That’s totality; if we strictly isolated skilled positions, we’ve only recruited two Tier 1 skilled players in the past 13 yrs, Duke & Howard, while recruiting 9 Tier 2 type players.

If u look at our results & the make up of our classes, this jives. We’ve not built a team that’s on the same national levels needed to compete, but it’s been good enough for the ACC, for sure. The issue is the lack of development + lack of elite players = mediocre results.
 
CanesFan20 said:
Phillip Dorsett is the only Miami wide receiver to be drafted in the first round since Andre Johnson. Since 2010, Miami has had only one defensive back drafted in the first round—and that was Artie Burns, almost a decade ago. What do you think is causing this? It just doesn't make any sense how this is possible. South Florida is literally the best place in the country for skill players, and yet Miami hasn't had a true blue-chip talent at those positions in almost 25 years. It's absolutely mind-blowing to me how this could happen.
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All the best SF kids leave lol that’s it
 
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Just for arguments sake.

The 2000 Hurricanes were a computer programming statistical category from playing in the NC and in my opinion every bit as good as the 2002 team.

How many Top Florida football recruits were starters on the 2000 team?
 
RF-4CCane said:
Just for arguments sake.

The 2000 Hurricanes were a computer programming statistical category from playing in the NC and in my opinion every bit as good as the 2002 team.

How many Top Florida football recruits were starters on the 2000 team?
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Unfortunately it’s **** near impossible to compare rankings from then till now

I’d just go out on a huge limb and say we were a lot better then

247 has our composite ranking as #1 as a team in 1999 fwiw and it stays very good up until about 2005-2006

Which makes a lot of sense
 
RF-4CCane said:
Just for arguments sake.

The 2000 Hurricanes were a computer programming statistical category from playing in the NC and in my opinion every bit as good as the 2002 team.

How many Top Florida football recruits were starters on the 2000 team?
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off the top of my head

Dorsey was Cali, Wayne LA, McKinne NJ, Bibla PA, Romberg Canada, Shockey Oklahoma, Damione Lewis TX, Ed Reed Lousiana,

From Florida:

Portis, Santana Moss, Joaquin, William Joseph, Matt Walters, McDougle, Dan Morgan, Webster, Rumph, Leonard Myers, James Lewis
 
CanesFan20 said:
Phillip Dorsett is the only Miami wide receiver to be drafted in the first round since Andre Johnson. Since 2010, Miami has had only one defensive back drafted in the first round—and that was Artie Burns, almost a decade ago. What do you think is causing this? It just doesn't make any sense how this is possible. South Florida is literally the best place in the country for skill players, and yet Miami hasn't had a true blue-chip talent at those positions in almost 25 years. It's absolutely mind-blowing to me how this could happen.
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What a tired trope. Just about every coach follows the PR line about closing off south Florida. And pretty much up until the day he's fired slurpers rejoice at how we're finally doing it again.
 
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