Roster Breakdown…Up to Date 3-19…UM's Current Best Players IMO

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Miami top returning players right now up to date, still on the roster (Cohen declared, and 4 others already in the portal)

  1. Bain
  2. Lb Mauigao
  3. Martinez
  4. Restrepo
  5. Mesidor
  6. A. Cooper
  7. Ward
  8. Borreagals
  9. George
  10. Fletcher
  11. Rivers
  12. S. Brown
  13. Barrow
  14. Powell
  15. Bissainthe

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  1. OL Mauigao
  2. Porter
  3. Dam. Brown
  4. N. Joseph
  5. CJ Clark
  6. C.Johnson
  7. Carpenter
  8. Alston
  9. Alderman
  10. D. Hill
  11. Horton
  12. J. Richards
  13. A. Allen
  14. Arroyo
  15. Aguirre
  16. R.Williams
  17. J.Harris
  18. M.Bell
  19. McCoy

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  1. Cook
  2. Moten
  3. Kirk
  4. Joyce
  5. Nelson
  6. E Williams
  7. Poffenberger

Top group can play almost anywhere and i think are above average starters. The second group are important pieces/and either proven starters that won’t hurt you or are good backups, strong 2 deep guys. There are about 7-10 players in second group i think can/will end up the top group but they are young and unproven. I think the top group needs to be about 25 + players to be a top 10-12 team. And would like to see the top 2 groups encompass about 40 players. The bottom group are also serviceable and can play here and who knows, maybe move up.

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These guys are one step above jag/possibly jags with a little bit of hope left to be a 2 deep, or even a surprise starter. (probably lose a couple portal in this group), but can’t quite make 3rd group because we either don’t know yet or they’ve developed slowly…probable jags still though, albeit high end jags lol.

S M.Williams
LB C.Smith
DL Campbell

Unknowns/future prospects (hopefully/should be some top 2 group players in this group as soon as next year and I think there will be…Would rather we not lose any of these to the portal. 16 players altogether here.

W Robby Wash
LB Bobby Wash
DE Malik Bryant
OL 4 R.Frosh (Oku with the most potential)
DT Horton
CB Stafford
TE Carver

Jags or probable Jags (I would guess between 3 to 6 of these portal candidates…Would love to be wrong about some of these, but probably too late… Not all of these are unplayable (Chantz Will), but some are

G/C R.Rod
S Balom
WR Redding
OL Denis (Medical?)
TE McCormick

Definite Graduates:
Cohen, Deen, Lichenstein, Cloyd, K.Smith, Couch, J.Davis, Cristobal

Already Portaled Out (will move others from their groups as this list grows, I expect somewhere between 12 and 18 total here)

TVD (Group 2), Flagg (Group 3), Harvey (Group 3), Chaney (Group 2), Ladsen (Jag), C Williams (Jag), Skinner (high end JAG) , C.Moss (high end JAG), B.Smith (Group 2), Collins A. (Unknowns), Davonte Brown (Jag), Parrish (Group 2), N. Kelly (Group 2), J.Brown (Group 3), Citizen (unknown/future), Spencer (unknown/future), JHH (Group 1) , Wayne (Group 2), Freeny (Unknowns), Pulliam (unknown/future), Gore (Group 3)

Early NFL (Were all top 10 of group 1 before declaring)
Kinchens
J Will
L.Taylor

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And again I think numbers should be allocated like this…Parentheses is what could be an alternative option/what we can get away with

QB 4 (3)
RB 6 ( 5 or 7)
WR 9 (10)
TE 5 (4 or 6)
OL 16 (15 or 14)
DT 9 (8)
DE 8 (7)
LB 9 (8)
CB/Nickle 10 (9)
S 6 (7)
Specialists 3

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Adjusted for Burroughs, Kinchens, Dennis, JW

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So Kinchens announced? That’s too bad but it was expected.

I usually check out on the player side in the off season, but this is a good thread to keep on top of.

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Ya I saw updates in the portal thread too, so that’s a good one as well…This I will update from a big picture, roster spots and roster quality point of view

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Well boys, we gonna see if this staff can handle the portal or shit the bed.

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Honestly, I think most of the college football world are anxiously waiting to see how stays/leaves their school. It’s gotta be insanely stressful on coaches. I suspect the NCAA may come down with some transfer rules not already in place. Welcome to the college football version of free agency.

I’m not worried about Mario and staff handling the portal. They did a good job last year in filling in the gaps. The BIGGEST need will be at QB. Unless there is something that we don’t know about Brown then I suspect we wll be all over Will Rogers and others “like” him.

I saw a report that Van Dyke knew before the final two games of the season that he was leaving and he JUST SO HAPPENS to have a good final two games.

Anyhow, we will be fine. I still don’t get why we can’t land any stud DT guys??

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Mamamrelli out but he wasn’t even on the roster anymore to begin with, so I didn’t include him.

And I forgot Ladson was still on the team (great play on the onside kick vs. fSU though), and if I would have remembered I didn’t think he had eligibility left. He would have been in the JAG category, and I’ve added him to portal’d out. But I considered his spot free to begin with.

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If Burroughs stays…

I honestly can see us bringing in as few as 4 portal players…I was at about 6-9 players. Alot will depend on JHH and 1-2 other players and whether they stay or go

I think the definite will be (and again this is assuming Burroughs stays)

QB
DT
S
S/CB

Other maybe:
Additional DT
DE
OL (only if Lee and Rivers both leave)
DB
TE

Outside Chance:
WR
QB2

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Everything up to date thru Cyrus Moss portal.

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I had hopes for Cyrus…

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Were we expecting Colbie Young to the portal, because he is now. Grrrr!

OK, saw your post in the other section. Hey, let’s just open the front door and let 'em all go!!! Geez!! Think he winds up at SMU, who’s coming into the ACC, no less?

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Worth noting I have Kinchens already out bc I read he signed with an agent.

He has not officially declared, so maybe there’s a slim chance he’s back. Would be huge.

Reports are JHH is back, and Rivers is a strong lean to come back. Both big news.

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After the neck injury scare I don’t blame him. Love this kid. Huge loss.

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Ya always liked him…Good career and excellent down to down. His mistakes tend to be HUGE though.

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Will update the portal additions (Clark from NC St. commits tonite on my main roster list here)…But won’t be updating just a portal list for every commit, but we obv all contribute to the portal thread on the recruiting board.

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Note that when I add the incoming transfers to the original list, I don’t quite feel as confident with where I have them ranked.

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Miami is doing a great job. Been told that cam is heading to maimi to be the qb.

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Seriously, QB Malachi Nelson is now in the portal too? WOW!!!

I guess everyone is just a one year loan now, right?

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Hope you’re right. I’ll take him.