Miami Football Recruiting Update: Mark Richt Building His Hurricanes

A Miami football recruiting update as Mark Richt looks to build the Hurricanes his way.

After 15 seasons with the Georgia Bulldogs, Mark Richt is finally back with his alma mater.

In Richt’s first recruiting class, he had a limited amount of time to not only hold onto the Hurricanes’ commits but to also convince others to bring their talents to South Florida.

Miami held on to 4-star wide receivers Sam Bruce and Dionte Mullins. He also retained 4-star quarterback Jack Allison, who will likely be the future starting quarterback once Brad Kaaya takes his shot at the NFL.

The Canes finished with the No. 38 class in the 2016 cycle, but the 2017 haul will likely be more promising. Richt’s already off to a great start to balloon that ranking.

Miami is one of two schools in the top 10 of the class rankings that already boasts double-digit commits (Ohio State is the other). Richt’s biggest challenge will be keeping the prospects in his own backyard. South Florida is a filled with big-time recruits, and other programs have been snatching them out from under the Canes’ nose for years now.

Below is a breakdown of Miami’s 2017 class as it stands right now.

Note: Scout rankings and ratings used in this article.

Miami Football Recruiting Update

Complete Class

No. 6 Overall Class

Total Commits: 10

5-Star Commits: 0

4-Star Commits: 3

3-Star Commits: 7

Jonathan Ford: 4-Star, No. 11 DT, No. 182 Overall

Navaughn Donaldson: 4-Star, No. 26 OT, No. 209 Overall

Christopher Henderson: 4-Star, No. 18 ATH, No. 220 Overall

Rodney Scott: 3-Star, No. 84 WR, Unranked Overall

Billy Gibson Jr.: 3-Star, No. 78 S, Unranked Overall

Ahman Ross: 3-Star, No. 62 S, Unranked Overall

Nick Roberts: 3-Star, No. 60 CB, Unranked Overall

Waymon Steed: 3-Star, No. 54 OLB, Unranked Overall

Robert Burns: 3-Star, No. 25 RB, Unranked Overall

Bentavious Thompson: 3-Star, No. 37 RB, Unranked Overall

Top Targets

Jarez Parks: 4-Star, No. 3 DE, No. 37 Overall

Jerry Jeudy: 4-Star, No. 14 WR, No. 92 Overall

De’Andre Wilder: 4-Star, No. 22 OLB, No. 271 Overall

N’Kosi Perry: 4-Star, No. 16 QB, No. 226 Overall

Kevaughn Dingle: 3-Star, No. 64 WR, Unranked Overall

Tweet Of The Week

Stay True Never Switch Sides

— Up Next!!! (@Ford__1) March 8, 2016

Hurricanes commit Jonathan Ford threw up “the U” in this tweet.

Scouting The Enemy

3-Star RB Travis Levy committed to Boston College (3/7/2016)

4-Star RB Cordarrian Richardson committed to Clemson (3/6/2016)

2019 RB James Cook committed to FSU (3/11/2016)

3-Star DT Grant Gibson committed to NC State (3/1/2016)

Recent Miami Offers

Hunter Echols, 2017 4-Star, No. 12 DE, No. 147 Overall, Los Angeles, Calif. (UCLA Commit)

Christian Tutt, 2018 4-Star CB, Unranked Overall, Thomson, Ga.

Mark Webb, 2017 3-Star, No. 65 WR, Unranked Overall, Warminster, Pa.(Texas A&M Commit)

Kane Taylor, 2017 Unrannked DE, Clearwater, Fla.

Elijah Moore, 2018 Unranked WR, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

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