Miami football recruiting: 5-star Jerrick Gibson visiting the Canes
Miami football recruiting is in the running for many top players in the 2024 recruiting class, including the top running back in the country.
5-star running back Jerrick Gibson out of IMG Academy is making a trip to Miami on June 9th.
247 Sports Composite Rankings had Gibson as the 23rd-best player in the country, the top running back in his class, and the 6th- best player coming out of florida.
On Tuesday, however, Gibson took a massive step forward in his recruitment, trimming his list to a final five of Miami, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and Texas:
Gibson, as Andrew Ivins of 247 Sports says, is “the real deal.” He is explosive with the ball in his hands and ” can stack cut after cut once he gets past the initial wave of defenders”.
He’s got pretty good speed out in the open space, with a 11.33 second 100m dash as a freshman, and a laser timed 4.5 40-yard dash.
Along with his speed, he’s a wrecking ball for defenders. Its hard to find a play on his film where the first defender got him down to the ground.
Something that stuck out to me watching his film was his ability and willingness to block. One play on the tape showed him going out wide to block for a running play and demolishing a defender on the edge.
That physicality is attractive to college football coaches, but Ivins says that there is still room for him to improve there, mainly in picking up late blitzes.
All the big dogs on the trail are in on Gibson. His recruitment is a chance for Mario and the Canes to show that they are a threat in recruiting again and that they are back on the rise.
Trinton is the owner of CanesToday. He writes for all sports, with a focus on football and recruiting, he is a freshman in high school and wants to graduate from the University of Miami
