From: dbrown@newssun.med.miami.edu (Daniel Brown)
Subject: MIAMI PAST RECRUITING
Organization: University of Miami, School Of Medicine
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:46:35 GMT

(Cont'd, from MIAMI RECRUITING post; please assume same conditions
as previous)

* 1990

No dominant player has emerged but that could change this fall.  
Quaterback Frank Costa - a two-sport star at St. Joseph's Prep in
Philadelphia - is the heir apparent to Heisman winner Gino Torreta.

Speed?  Receivers A.C. Tellison, Chris Jones, and Jonathan Harris 
all run the 40-yard dash in 4.49 seconds or better.

Athleticism?  Examples are starting running back Donnell Bennett, 
who coaches said could be a better linebacker, and a strong safety
Malcolm Pearson, a projected starter in the fall, who earned letters
in football, basketball and track at St. Thomas Aquinas [FL].

As many as 10 players from this class could start next season.


*1991

A slow-developing class.  Two players - quaterback Alan Hall and 
defensive lineman Shawn Jones - transferred.  A third, defensive
lineman Shayon Tresvant, quit.  A fourth, linebacker Travis Cooper,
was declared academically ineligible.  And a fifth, densive lineman
Al Cotton, never made it to school because of academic deficiencies.

After signing this group two years ago, Erickson said, "It will rank
with the best recruiting classes UM has ever had."

Of the 18 players who remain, only five might start this fall.  Junior
Pat Riley and sophomore Warren Sapp might be the best pair of defensive
tackles in the country, linebacker Rohan Marley is a future star, 
kicker Dane Prewitt finished stron as a freshmen and Syii Tucker might
become a gem at tight end.

Two others intrigue: running back James Stewart impressed last spring,
but missed the season because of a shoulder injury; and quarterback
Ryan Collins has proved to be a better passer than anyone thought but
might still be third behind Costa and freshmen Chris Walsh.

Because of Collin's athleticism, coaches might be tempted to suggest a 
move to receiver or defensive back.

Overall, the Class of 1991 lacks the quality and depth of the Class of 1990.
"We've got to hace another great class like last year's," said Garcia.


* 1992

Might go down as one of UM's finest classes.

The signing of running back Danyell Ferguson, offensive tackle Ricky Perry,
and cornerback Jack Hallmon - all of whom played as tru freshmen - last
February prompted Allen Wallace, publisher or SuperPrep Magazine, to say
Erickson had acquired the second-best class in the country behind Florida.

Perry is a projected starter, Ferguson will push Bennett and Larry Jones to
be the lone back in UM's one-back offense.  Hallmon will see lots of action
in the secondary.

Linebacker Twan Russell, who redshirted last fall, is a projected
starter.  Walsh, center K.C. Jones and tight end Gerard Daphnis will
battle to start.

"We've been lucky," Tuberville says, "getting kids who have been
overachievers."

Recruiting for Dynasty U. - four national titles in 10 years - is harder
than you might think.  Rivals use everything against you:

	* Billy Bob, if you go to Miami, you might play for Coach
	Erickson one year, two years tops.  His college days are numbered.
	Sugar Bowl?  He's thinking Super Bowl.

	* Bobb Joe, if you go to Miami, you'll go down with the program.
	There's a Pell Grant scandal brewing.  When the FBI, CIA, IRS, and 
	NCAA get done, the only thing left will be that stupid bird,
	Sebastian the Ibis. 
	
	* Billy Don, if you go to Miami, you'll never start.  The Hurricanes
	are so deep they could win the Big East with their third team.
	They have more guys in the NFL than Dallas and Buffalo put together

Since Erickson signed a contract extension through 1999, Tuberville says,
fewer rivals are using his possible depature against UM.

Erickson and his staff address anti-UM propaganda with a simple pitch: 
Virtually all of our seniors graduate.  And every entering freshmen class
at UM from 1980 through 1991 has left with at least one national 
championship ring.

Still, the blue-chips don't always bite.  So sometimes UM signs players
nobody has heard of, like Marley, Daphnis and a guy named Russell Maryland.

How well will Erickson do with his own recruits?

Listen to Wallace.

"The 90's definition of an All-American," Wallace says, "is anybody
Miami recruits.
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