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Top 30 Miami recruits since 2002

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Here are the 30 highest rated recruits (since recruits were ranked). Some names you'd expect, others didn't really pan out.

1. Lonnie Walker
2. DeQuan Jones
3. Bruce Brown
4. Dewan Huell (Hernandez)
5. Durand Scott
6. Earl Timberlake
7. Ja'Quan Newton
8. Harlond Beverly
9. Brian Asbury
10. Chris Lykes
11. Isaiah Wong
12. A.J. Casey
13. Rion Brown
14. Jakai Robinson
15. Matt Cross
16. Denis Clemente
17. Lawrence Gilbert
18. Donovan Kirk
19. James Dews
20. Garrius Adams
21. Dwayne Collins
22. Bensley Joseph
23. Adrian Thomas
24. Favour Aire
25. Wooga Poplar
26. James Palmer
27. Deandre Burnett
28. Michael Nwoko
29. Deng Gak
30. Davon Reed
 
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After Tito Horford I got nothing, but that was way before rankings and he was a transfer. Really big get back at that time, though.
 
301cane said:
After Tito Horford I got nothing, but that was way before rankings and he was a transfer. Really big get back at that time, though.
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Yeah, these were high school recruits. Eric Brown was a big time HS recruit that could have gone to some big time schools then too. So were Tim James and Steve Edwards.
 
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So, Aire was rated higher than Nwoko. Doesn't bode well for him filling our big man need in the coming season. Unless Aire makes a big jump, need to hit the Portal for sure
 
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So about half of those kids turned in successful careers/pro careers. Just proves the portal is the way to go if you can’t land top 10 kids.
 
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Notsince1985 said:
Here are the 30 highest rated recruits (since recruits were ranked). Some names you'd expect, others didn't really pan out.

1. Lonnie Walker
2. DeQuan Jones
3. Bruce Brown
4. Dewan Huell (Hernandez)
5. Durand Scott
6. Earl Timberlake
7. Ja'Quan Newton
8. Harlond Beverly
9. Brian Asbury
10. Chris Lykes
11. Isaiah Wong
12. A.J. Casey
13. Rion Brown
14. Jakai Robinson
15. Matt Cross
16. Denis Clemente
17. Lawrence Gilbert
18. Donovan Kirk
19. James Dews
20. Garrius Adams
21. Dwayne Collins
22. Bensley Joseph
23. Adrian Thomas
24. Favour Aire
25. Wooga Poplar
26. James Palmer
27. Deandre Burnett
28. Michael Nwoko
29. Deng Gak
30. Davon Reed
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I forgot about Rion Brown. Underrated part of those early Larranaga teams.
 
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For the **** of it, here are 31-60

31. Christian Watson
32. Derrick Griffin (yes, that guy)
33. Sam Waardenburg
34. Anthony Lawrence
35. Corn Elder (yes, that guy)
36. Rodney Miller
37. Danilo Jovanovich
38. Anthony Walker
39. Omar Sherman
40. Julian Gamble
41. Tonye Jekiri
42. Bishop Daniels
43. Ebuka Uzundu
44. DJ Vasiljevic
45. Ivan Cruz-Uceda
46. Lisandro Ruiz-Moreno
47. Anthony Harris
48. Greg Brown
49. Raphael Akpejiori
50. Karron Clarke
51. Antoine Allen
52. Leonard Harden
53. Anthony King
54. Reggie Johnson
55. Guillermo Diaz
56. James Kelly
57. Erik Swoope
58. Manu Lecomte
59. Ray Hicks
60. Antoine Maynard
 
Notsince1985 said:
For the **** of it, here are 31-60

31. Christian Watson
32. Derrick Griffin (yes, that guy)
33. Sam Waardenburg
34. Anthony Lawrence
35. Corn Elder (yes, that guy)
36. Rodney Miller
37. Danilo Jovanovich
38. Anthony Walker
39. Omar Sherman
40. Julian Gamble
41. Tonye Jekiri
42. Bishop Daniels
43. Ebuka Uzundu
44. DJ Vasiljevic
45. Ivan Cruz-Uceda
46. Lisandro Ruiz-Moreno
47. Anthony Harris
48. Greg Brown
49. Raphael Akpejiori
50. Karron Clarke
51. Antoine Allen
52. Leonard Harden
53. Anthony King
54. Reggie Johnson
55. Guillermo Diaz
56. James Kelly
57. Erik Swoope
58. Manu Lecomte
59. Ray Hicks
60. Antoine Maynard
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I loved Guillermo Diaz. That dude was a walking bucket. Teams overall sucked those seasons though.
 
Not sure which publication or ranking service you're using for this list as reference, but Eddie Rios (c/o 2007) is definitely one of the top 60 HS recruits to sign at Miami since 2002.
 
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