Miami football highest rated defensive players by position
Top rated Miami linebacker, cornerback and safety
Linebacker is the position the Miami football program needs to upgrade the most. Incoming freshman Wesley Bissainthe is the highest graded LB on the Miami roster. The Hurricanes lost former starting LB Bradley Jennings as a transfer to Indiana. Miami returns every other LB in 2022.
Bissainthe received a grade of 0.9277. The top two returning LBs for Miami in 2022 signed as defensive backs. Keontra Smith received a grade of 0.9227 out of high school.
Gilbert Frierson who played the hybrid striker position in 2021 was graded 0.9211 when he signed in 2018. Miami is inexperienced at LB entering 2022.
Safety James Williams is the second-highest rated player on the Miami football roster behind Taylor. Williams was graded at 0.9921. As a true freshman in 2021, Williams had 31 tackles, 0.5 TFL, led Miami with two interceptions and added two pass breakups. Williams will almost definitely start in 2022.
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Cornerback Tyrique Stevenson is the third highest-rated player on the Miami football roster. Stevenson had 43 tackles, 2.5 TFLs, 0.5 sack, one interception and four pass breakups. Miami will have a deep CB room that includes 2022 signees Chris Graves and Khamauri Rogers. Rogers is the second-highest CB for Miami.