The groundwork for the Miami Hurricanes’ 2021 recruiting class was laid all the way back in the fall of 2017.
“Video is starting to surface around Dade County of a very special freshman football player,” UM coach Manny Diaz explained on Wednesday afternoon after locking in the signatures of 20 prospects on the first day of college football’s Early Signing Period.
“I remember driving over and sitting in the coach’s office at Monsignor Pace High School. And in walks a ninth grader and, instantly, after watching the film and watching this young man walk in in person, you realize, at that moment, that this is the exact player the University of Miami has got to sign to accomplish the goals that we want to accomplish.