The Miami Hurricanes received a prediction last month to land 4-Star edge rusher Zion Grady. Grady, along with high school teammates Eric Winters and Andrew Purcell, will officially visit the Hurricanes this weekend.
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00:00 I want to start with Zion Grady,
00:01 edge rusher out of Enterprise
00:03 High School in Alabama.
00:05 Four star 6 foot 4235 pounds.
00:09 Now I'm not saying he's the most
00:10 important target in this class,
00:12 but he might be the most important
00:14 target this weekend because Grady.
00:17 He has received a a Fong bomb
00:20 prediction a few weeks ago.
00:21 Steve Wilp Fong predicted Zion Grady,
00:23 who's a former Alabama commit who
00:25 backed off of that when Saban retired.
00:27 Steve Wilp Fong few weeks ago
00:28 predicted Grady to land at Miami.
00:30 He's got that official
00:31 visit coming up this weekend.
00:33 What does Miami need to do to close the deal?
00:36 The visit is everything.
00:38 This is a kid from South Alabama,
00:40 originally committed to Alabama.
00:41 They kind of messed up the recruitment
00:43 with the coaching change, but now
00:45 they're back in it. Auburn has went
00:47 all in on him. Georgia wants him.
00:49 So this is about as highly
00:51 contested as it gets.
00:52 Does help to have Jason Taylor
00:53 recruiting in the Hall of Famer,
00:55 but at the same time they're
00:57 the number one player amongst the group,
00:59 so the visit has to be everything.
01:01 Curious to see if he comments afterwards.
01:03 What he liked about Miami,
01:05 how he contrasts it to the other schools.
01:07 'cause you know the SEC schools
01:09 are different lifestyle etc.
01:10 Miami's in a big city,
01:11 so this is going to be a
01:13 really interesting recruitment.
01:14 Yeah, I've also heard Florida State
01:16 mentioned as a team that likes him,
01:18 which would be interesting if it
01:20 could maybe come down to Miami
01:22 versus Florida State for shock.
01:23 One of the number six rated player in
01:26 the state. Well, Florida State
01:27 recruits Alabama pretty hard,
01:29 so it's possible and it's a
01:31 lot closer to Tallahassee.
01:32 So he's maybe 2 1/2 three hours
01:34 away from Tallahassee where he lives,
01:36 so it's not a shocker if that happens,
01:39 but really good edge player
01:40 could play linebacker.
01:41 Could be just pure pass rusher.
01:43 Pretty much has his pick of schools.
01:45 Now he's also got two teammates
01:47 from Enterprise who's visiting
01:49 with him this weekend at Miami.
01:51 Four star linebacker Eric Winters,
01:53 three star cornerback Andrew Purcell.
01:54 Now one thing is you've hung around
01:57 these guys a little bit, Brian.
01:58 Like how close are they?
02:00 Is there a chance that wherever one of them goes?
02:03 Maybe there could be a package deal
02:05 with two or three of them,
02:07 or could they all end up going
02:09 their separate ways? Zion transferred
02:11 enterprise a little later on.
02:12 The other kids, to my knowledge,
02:14 have been there longer,
02:15 but their friends I don't know.
02:17 Purcell I do know Eric Winters.
02:19 Great kid. Zion's real chill.
02:20 They I mean they would like it,
02:22 but I think they're making their own
02:25 decisions when you have schools like
02:27 Bama, Florida State and Miami.
02:28 You gotta make your own decision,
02:30 but winners fancies himself
02:32 as a hybrid safety guy.
02:33 How his recruitment works out
02:35 might have to do with that.
02:37 Like Auburn's willing to give him
02:39 a shot at like that nickel spot.
02:41 So how teams value them?
02:43 It's just different for each kid.
02:45 So the Purcell kid is the one that's unique.
02:47 His recruitment really started to rise.
02:49 And when I went to the high school this
02:52 year, it was the same day.
02:54 Ironically, the Taylor was there.
02:55 That's a kid.
02:56 He said this kid's going to blow up
02:58 and he was right. Head coach was
03:00 completely right.
03:00 His recruitment is now on that border
03:02 where he can get an offer from pretty
03:04 much anybody. So maybe Miami gets him
03:06 and that helps with the other two kids.
03:08 There's so many different scenarios with this.
03:10 It's it's really interesting.