Five defensive recruits highly considering Miami football

Two defensive ends are still strongly (warm) considering Miami according to 247. Jabari Ismael from Miami Columbus High Scholl and Nathan Rawlins-Kibonge from Portland, Oregon have the Hurricanes high on their lists of college football programs they are considering. Rawlins-Kibonge recently named Miami as a finalist.

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Rawlins-Kibonge is 6-7, 240 pounds and a four-star strongside defensive end who has only been playing football for a few years. Rawlins-Kibonge is the 307th ranked player nationally, the 19th ranked SDE and second-ranked player in Oregon in the 2021 recruiting cycle. He is currently committed to Washington State for Basketball.

Twelve other schools are listed as warm to sign the lanky DE. Ismael is 6-5, 210 pounds, the nation’s 226th ranked player,13th ranked weakside DE and 32nd ranked player in Florida in the Class of 2021. There are no crystal ball projections for Ismael, but of the 19 offers he has, Miami is the only school listed as warm.

Miami has depth behind Roche, Rousseau and Phillips to absorb the potential loss of all three following the 2020 season. Redshirt freshman Jahfari Harvey is expected to be a part of the rotation at defensive end this fall and Cameron Williams who is also a redshirt freshman is additionally highly rated for the future.

Chantz Williams and Quentin Williams are a pair of DE who Miami signed in the 2020 class that are expected to have bright futures for the Hurricanes. Adding depth at DE is the goal for the Hurricanes in the class of 2021.