Zayden Walker sets an official visit to Miami for June 14th. Georgia May 31st, and South Carolina June 21st. Walker would be a huge get for the class.

Miami already has QB Luke Nickel, WR Waden Charles, and OL Lamar Williams committed to the 2025 class.

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as well as trips to Auburn and Colorado in the coming months, he says.

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Despite the loss last night to Clemson,Kyshawn George is developing into an NBA-caliber prospect. He scored 13 points after missing the last two games due to an ankle injury. He shot the highest percentage of any starter, going 5-9 from the field, and also had a team-high six assists and five rebounds. He also went 3-6 from the field.

ESPN's Jonathan Givony is really high on George and is projecting him as the 42nd overall prospect. George a point guard by nature, often facilitates the offense. He's one of the most proficient shooters in this freshman class, hitting 42% of his 3s on four attempts per game.

He had this to say about his offensive game:

"George shows flashes of ability, changing speeds fluidly out of hesitation moves and using his size to see over the top out of pick-and-roll, but he lacks aggressiveness, physicality, and explosiveness inside the arc. He's still growing into his body, picking up his dribble passively, getting his shot blocked too much, turning the ball over on 23% of his possessions, and not getting to the free throw line (19-for-23)."

On defense, Givony feels George has a ways to go:

"Defensively, George struggled early in the season as many freshmen do, giving up blow-bys, struggling to fight through screens and not always bringing great intensity off the ball, but he is starting to make real progress on that end of the floor. Miami frequently asks him to defend smaller guards, and he can be very impactful using his size, length, and instincts to contest shots all over the floor."

George is a big guard that can make shots from the floor. The final month will truly determine his draft stock, as he will be forced to make big shots in big moments. Although his draft stock is high, it might benefit him to return to play with incoming five-star guard Jalil Bethea.

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Cam Ward signed his NIL deal with Miami, and many believe it could be worth close to 1 million dollars.

Ward was rated among the top quarterbacks in the Transfer Portal after throwing for 3,735 yards with 25 touchdowns to 7 interceptions at Washington State last season.

Several other players inked their NIL deals according to the Canes Connection twitter page.

Ward commented on his new teammates in a video on the page.

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“Strep (Restrepo) is our dawg," Ward said. Jacolby, he’s gonna be the factor that’s gonna take us all the way. The young cat that I’ve been throwing to recently, JoJo, he’s that special player that not a lot of teams have in the country at that age, for their freshman year, but I feel like he’s gonna be a huge impact player for us.”

Canes Connection allows Miami fans to support Hurricanes student-athletes with contributions that unlock exclusive member benefits and perks. The first tier is priced at $25 monthly. The collective has steadily built momentum since its 2022 launch.

Head Coach at Illinois had questions about the Miami Hurricanes NIL collective and took to X.com/Twitter.com.

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Miami head coach Mario Cristobal clapped back on social media.

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Miami added two of the best defenders out of the state of Illinois in the 2024 cycle.

Solomon Thomas is open to taking official visits down the line and Miami has been recruiting him for some time

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The Rivals Top-50 prospect has the Hurricanes among his top group. He's expected to visit in the early spring and check things out. More in the story above

Miami loses 2026 defensive back commit Ksani Jiles after news of defensive backs coach Jahmile Addae leaving Miami to take NFL cornerbacks coach job with Buffalo Bills.

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Which Miami Hurricanes Super Bowl Performance was the best/most memorable?

According to multiple reports, Miami defensive backs coach Jahmile Addae will become the next cornerbacks coach for the Buffalo Bills.

Addae spent the last two seasons with Miami, serving as Miami's cornerback's coach. In his first season with Miami, he coached both the cornerbacks and safeties. In his second year, he focused more on the cornerbacks, while new defensive coordinator Lance Guidry had a high focus on the safeties. He helped to develop Tyrique Stevenson into a second-round pick and DJ Ivey into a seventh-round pick of the 2023 NFL Draft. According to Pro Football Focus, Miami ranked 51st in coverage last season and 11th in coverage in 2022.

Before Miami, Addae spent the 2021 season in a similar capacity at Georgia, where he helped guide the Bulldogs to a national championship.
Addae’s secondary ranked No. 13 in the nation in pass defense in 2021, allowing just 190 passing yards per game. The Bulldogs ranked second nationally in passing efficiency defense and picked off 16 passes, the eighth-best mark in the country.

In addition, the Bulldogs were No. 1 in scoring defense, No. 1 in red zone defense, and No. 2 in total defense.

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Multiple reports say Miami will hire Matt Merritt as its new running backs coach.

Merritt was previously the Associate Head Coach/Run Game Coordinator/Running Backs Coach at USF is considered one of the best candidates for the job. He previously coached at Georgia Southern, Tennessee, James Madison and Ohio State.

In his first season, he helped USF produce 12 team and 16 individual records as the Bulls capped the biggest turnaround in program history (a six-win improvement) with a 45-0 rout of Syracuse in the Boca Raton Bowl. USF ran for 182.8 ypg (2,377 yards) to rank third in the AAC and posted 5,871 total yards (451.6 ypg), the third-best mark in program history. USF ranked No. 17 nationally in total offense and produced 415 points, the fifth-best mark in program history.

As a player, Merritt tallied 1,099 career rushing yards and 12 touchdowns at Capital University (2006-09), making a pair of Division III playoff appearances.

Notable accomplishments:

• Georgia Southern offense ranked No. 19 in FBS in total offense (468.6 ypg) and No. 30 in points (33.67 ppg)
• Senior analyst for 2021 Tennessee offense that broke eight school records.
• A part of coaching staffs that have played for (JMU, 2019) and won (Ohio State, 2015) a national championship.
• JMU running back Percy Agyei-Obese earned All-America honors in 2019.
• JMU’s rushing attack ranked 10th nationally and first in the CAA (242.9) in 2019, JMU’s backs combined for 3,224 rushing yards and 39 total touchdowns.
• Elon led the CAA in the 2018 regular season at just under 200 yards rushing per game.

Courtesy of USF Athletics

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On Monday night, (2/5/2024) many prospects from the 2025 class posted a Miami graphic on social media/twitter/X.

The posts were significant because one can certainly draw that there is mutual interest between the school and prospect based on the post. See the list of prospects that posted on social media last night.

Four-star 2025 Prospects

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Four-star wide receivers Vernell Brown and Jaime Ffrench are planning to return to Coral Gables Saturday night.

Both put their premier athleticsm on display Saturday at the Football Hotbed seven-on-seven tournament in South Florida.

Both continue to speak really highly of the Hurricanes and the coaching staff. Since both Florida players reside outside of the tri-county area, Miami wanted to get both top 2025 targets on campus.

Brown was extremely dynamic during the tournament, showing his versatility as a safety and a receiver. Ffrench continues to show that he should be deserving of a fifth star with an overall outstanding performance.

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