Miami's 2024 Recruiting Class
Signing Florida Recruits, Winning Battles For Top Prospects, And Signing Three Top Defensive Tackles
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00:00 Here are three reasons why Miami Hurricanes fans should be excited about the 2024 recruiting
00:07 class.
00:08 Let's start off with the most important factor for each class that the Canes sign, keeping
00:13 Sunshine State talent at home.
00:16 The Miami Hurricanes are going to bring in over 10 players from this class that reside
00:21 in the state of Florida.
00:22 That includes Broward, that includes Dade, Fort Lauderdale, and Miami, where the Hurricanes
00:26 have always been successful, just like they were in the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s
00:32 when they got their five ranks.
00:34 This is a good sign for the long term because teams like Georgia, Alabama, Ohio State, Texas,
00:38 and many other schools have been raiding the state of Florida for a long time.
00:42 Miami at least kicked them back a little bit this year, and that's going to pay dividends
00:47 long term.
00:48 Second, they're also getting a lot of these young men from South Florida that they really
00:53 have missed out on for years, the key elite players, guys like Zaquan Patterson, JoJo
00:59 Trader, Romanes Frederique, Chance Robinson, many other kids down in South Florida that
01:05 have left.
01:06 Georgia in particular has really hit Miami hard in several of the last recruiting classes.
01:10 This hasn't happened as much in the '24 cycle.
01:13 If Miami beats the elite teams in the recruiting world, one-on-one for South Florida talent,
01:18 the program will excel long term.
01:21 Finally, and point number three, Miami needed defensive tackle help.
01:26 Let's start off with Justin Scott from Chicago, St. Ignatius, one of the most coveted prospects
01:31 in the class of '24, regardless of position.
01:34 He flipped from Ohio State to Miami.
01:37 He also had Notre Dame.
01:38 He also had Michigan, Georgia, and many other schools.
01:41 Huge addition for the Canes.
01:43 Artavious Jones from Blundstown, Florida, about 45 minutes away from Florida State,
01:49 also signs with the Canes, 6'3", 3'10", very athletic young man.
01:53 He has a bright future in a Miami uniform as well.
01:56 And finally, right at home, the same school that Mario Cristobal and Mirabal, his best
02:01 friend and offensive line coach for the Canes, went to, Christopher Columbus, Daylon Russell
02:05 signs with the Canes.
02:07 He's a young man not many people know about, but that's another really good interior defensive
02:10 line prospect.
02:11 Look for the Canes to have a lot more success with defensive linemen that are homegrown
02:16 and not having to use the transfer portal because of the class of '24.