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The Portal is cooling down and recruiting is heating up. Here is the latest:

- Miami is in a good position for nickel Keionte Scott (Auburn). He was a preseason All-SEC player and Senior Bowl kid at nickel before moving outside and struggling. He has NFL upside if he regains form with his old coach, Zac Etheridge.

- The Canes are also in a strong spot for LB Mohamed Toure (Rutgers). He was previously coached by Miami DC Corey Hetherman and was one of the best LBs...

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DMoney said:

The Portal is cooling down and recruiting is heating up. Here is the latest:

- Miami is in a good position for nickel Keionte Scott (Auburn). He was a preseason All-SEC player and Senior Bowl kid at nickel before moving outside and struggling. He has NFL upside if he regains form with his old coach, Zac Etheridge.

- The Canes are also in a strong spot for LB Mohamed Toure (Rutgers). He was previously coached by Miami DC Corey Hetherman and was one of the best LBs in the Big 10 in 2023 before an ACL injury. He is expected to be full go.

- I don’t anticipate any other action. Miami didn’t love the DT value available and is prepared to forward with DL Armondo Blount as an inside option alongside DT Artavius Jones.

- The battle for Jackson Cantwell (Nixa, MO) feels like a tennis match. Miami had all the momentum a couple weeks ago, Georgia is picking up steam and may have taken the lead, but Miami feels they are still very much alive. It doesn’t seem like Oregon is a huge threat.

- Some other names Miami is working hard as the focus shifts back to recruiting: WR Calvin Russell (Northwestern), WR Vance Stafford (Orange County, CA), OL Canon Pickett (Tampa), DE Asharri Charles (Venice, FL), and S Blake Stewart (Atlanta).

- One sneaky retention we haven’t talked about- OL Tommy Kinsler (Ocala, FL). He had a great spring.
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Any reason that we let Toure leave without locking him down?
 
DMoney said:

The Portal is cooling down and recruiting is heating up. Here is the latest:

- Miami is in a good position for nickel Keionte Scott (Auburn). He was a preseason All-SEC player and Senior Bowl kid at nickel before moving outside and struggling. He has NFL upside if he regains form with his old coach, Zac Etheridge.

- The Canes are also in a strong spot for LB Mohamed Toure (Rutgers). He was previously coached by Miami DC Corey Hetherman and was one of the best LBs in the Big 10 in 2023 before an ACL injury. He is expected to be full go.

- I don’t anticipate any other action. Miami didn’t love the DT value available and is prepared to forward with DL Armondo Blount as an inside option alongside DT Artavius Jones.

- The battle for Jackson Cantwell (Nixa, MO) feels like a tennis match. Miami had all the momentum a couple weeks ago, Georgia is picking up steam and may have taken the lead, but Miami feels they are still very much alive. It doesn’t seem like Oregon is a huge threat.

- Some other names Miami is working hard as the focus shifts back to recruiting: WR Calvin Russell (Northwestern), WR Vance Stafford (Orange County, CA), OL Canon Pickett (Tampa), DE Asharri Charles (Venice, FL), and S Blake Stewart (Atlanta).

- One sneaky retention we haven’t talked about- OL Tommy Kinsler (Ocala, FL). He had a great spring.
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Kinsler, Samson, Minaya and one of SJ/Francavilla are going to have some massive shoes to fill next year. Hope they're ready for it.
 
DMoney said:

The Portal is cooling down and recruiting is heating up. Here is the latest:

- Miami is in a good position for nickel Keionte Scott (Auburn). He was a preseason All-SEC player and Senior Bowl kid at nickel before moving outside and struggling. He has NFL upside if he regains form with his old coach, Zac Etheridge.

- The Canes are also in a strong spot for LB Mohamed Toure (Rutgers). He was previously coached by Miami DC Corey Hetherman and was one of the best LBs in the Big 10 in 2023 before an ACL injury. He is expected to be full go.

- I don’t anticipate any other action. Miami didn’t love the DT value available and is prepared to forward with DL Armondo Blount as an inside option alongside DT Artavius Jones.

- The battle for Jackson Cantwell (Nixa, MO) feels like a tennis match. Miami had all the momentum a couple weeks ago, Georgia is picking up steam and may have taken the lead, but Miami feels they are still very much alive. It doesn’t seem like Oregon is a huge threat.

- Some other names Miami is working hard as the focus shifts back to recruiting: WR Calvin Russell (Northwestern), WR Vance Stafford (Orange County, CA), OL Canon Pickett (Tampa), DE Asharri Charles (Venice, FL), and S Blake Stewart (Atlanta).

- One sneaky retention we haven’t talked about- OL Tommy Kinsler (Ocala, FL). He had a great spring.
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Does Blount want to play or slide inside? Cause there’s been rumblings guys like him,Bain,and Mesidor want nothing to do with DT
 
TheOriginalCane said:
Any reason that we let Toure leave without locking him down?
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Can’t force someone to commit on the spot. Not everyone’s dream is to be in Miami. Our fandom make Miami the best place to be and every player wants to be here over any other school. Making business decisions and checking his other options was what he wanted to do. Can’t blame him.
 
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The U is back to work said:
No Cantwell or Pepe would be terrible. If there’s one position we should be recruiting at an elite level for its OL.
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The lure of the P2 conferences is still difficult to compete against. Saw that with Haulcy and probably going to have that happen with Cantwell and also Pepe. You never want to lose recruiting battles, but OL is not an area that I don't believe Mario and Mirabal will not have us stacked at.
 
Cantwell aside, is it likely we get another HS commit before May 30th OV's?

Stewart, Redding, Wingo, or someone else who visited multiple times in the late winter and spring?
 
DMoney said:
Played outside and sucked. That’s why he’s in the Portal and not the NFL.
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No, no. Tell em about the whopping 88 yards he had in the return game last year, and this.
 

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kccanefan said:
The lure of the P2 conferences is still difficult to compete against. Saw that with Haulcy and probably going to have that happen with Cantwell and also Pepe. You never want to lose recruiting battles, but OL is not an area that I don't believe Mario and Mirabal will not have us stacked at.
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Except Haulcy is one-and-done.

By the time Pepe and Cantwell play in their first game for UM, we should have announced our new conference.
 
JADood said:
No, no. Tell em about the whopping 88 yards he had in the return game last year, and this.
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So he wasn’t 8th nationally in 2023?

The guy played terrible in 2024 and struggled across the board. In 2023 with Etheridge, he was great on both defense and at punt returner.

He’s available because of 2024. If we get him, I hope he plays like 2023.
 
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