Samson Okunlola Talks Growth and Patience at UM

[Paranos]

Samson has been patient with the trek to getting on the field at Miami, which shows he has the maturity to be a leader next in 2026 on the team.



Go Canes

 

[CANEFAN83]

Samson has been patient with the trek to getting on the field at Miami, which shows he has the maturity to be a leader next in 2026 on the team.



Go Canes

What a great young man! I hope he keeps developing to become a quality starter possibly in 2026.

 

[Samson Doyo]

Humble young man. I hope we get to see him positively impact games for our Canes this year and next.

Go Canes!

 

[Caneofcanes]

He’ll be just fine and flourish when it’s his time. Just had to get stronger, improve some aspects of his game and also mentally adjust to it. Sounds like some of the old ways. When guys had go through the process until they were ready.

 

[ageezy]

i've been a believer that he'd be a transfer ... i'm now rooting for him as he embodies what we crave in terms of guys that want to be canes ... mirabal is right

 

[TheJet305]

Man I can't wait till he shines when he gets his opportunity He's going to be one of The top offensive lineman in the rotation this year and no doubt in my mind he's going to dominate next year when he's a starter He's waited and has not given up and he's going to ball out when he gets the opportunity

 

[cway313]

The amount of crow my gawd.

 

[Fightinibis]

Freakin Ferman…not wrong, but other ways to craft that interview.

Sometimes they don’t have it…I think this kid with the right push could. Proud he stuck around, but I always wondered if something personal held him back or something.

I hope he is a regular this season getting burn with fire in his belly for 2027 with us. He might not be what we hoped, but I still think they can get it out of him.

UM

 

[ageezy]

The amount of crow my gawd.

i'm guilty ... but i'll stfu and see what happens ... he's stuck around and deserves credit for that as not many do so in this era

 

[anr96]

Love to see it

 

[Southern Oz]

So good to see a guy with patience. I feel like 90% of 5 Stars would dip if they didn’t see meaningful minutes in the first 2 years.

Good things to come.

 

[DLINKDAGR8]

Good **** pancake

 

[CaneTheGaytors]

A lot of people on here ***** on Pancake and were saying he was a bust. I kept on saying and still believe that he will be a star at some point here. He is still young and had injury issues. That, plus facing little Timmies in high school was not optimal for him early on. Dude is a prototypical OT, and I’m glad that Mirabal and Mario didn’t give up on him at such an early stage.

 

[CaneTheGaytors]

Samson has been patient with the trek to getting on the field at Miami, which shows he has the maturity to be a leader next in 2026 on the team.



Go Canes

Who was the jabronie that interviewed him? Terrible questions and lowkey disrespected him. Reminded me of a ***aloon version of Susan Miller Degnan.

 

[Paranos]

Who was the jabronie that interviewed him? Terrible questions and lowkey disrespected him. Reminded me of a ***aloon version of Susan Miller Degnan.

That was Gary Ferman the long time owner of Canesports, he is been covering the canes for decades.

Go Canes

 

[TemplarCane]

He could have transferred to a school close to home and start.

Does not sound like he’s looking for an easy path.

Good for him.

 

[ShadowSpring]

We need him!

 

[coffeecane]

Love to see it

Wow. Nice work. He ready!

 

[cway313]

Love to see it

ABM

 

[htownkidd]

I was under the impression that he was OT only and didn’t have the power to play inside but he was moving folks on Sunday. I’d like to those reps go to him eventually but I’m sure they will continue to rotate to keep McCoy happy too.