Four star safety Hylton "Drake" Stubbs is rumored to be in the verge of flipping from his USC commitment. Brian Smith describes a likely battle between Miami and Florida for his commitment.
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00:00Hilton Stubbs has been committed to USC.
00:03The sentiment seems to be growing, Brian,
00:05that Stubbs' USC commitment is not gonna stick.
00:09And you have described this to me now
00:12as a Miami Hurricanes versus Florida Gators tug of war
00:17to flip Stubbs from that USC commitment.
00:19What's the latest?
00:21When I spoke to him a couple of weeks ago at OT7,
00:24I asked him point blank,
00:25hey, are you gonna take any other visits?
00:26And I had no idea.
00:27It was just open-ended.
00:28And he said, yeah, that'd be Florida
00:30and it'll be Miami and that's it.
00:31He was just boom, boom, that's done.
00:34It's ironic because his brother is a walk-on at FSU.
00:37So I thought that would be the first school he'd mentioned.
00:40Apparently that was wrong.
00:41But he just took the OVDUM, Florida's involved.
00:45That's the school he grew up rooting for.
00:48There's all kinds of weird things going on here.
00:51Number one thing though,
00:51I just don't think he's going to SC.
00:53Like most kids from the East,
00:55they just don't want to finalize and go through that.
00:59Call me whatever you want,
01:00but I'm a guy that just follows the tea leaves over years
01:03and just charts this.
01:05SC loses somebody every year.
01:07They get committed early.
01:09Then they flip to Georgia or Florida or Miami, whatever.
01:12This is gonna be another one.
01:13Look for the Canes or look for the Gators for Mr. Stubbs.
01:16And for people looking for those clues
01:18and these recruits, power to them,
01:20they like to try to provide different clues and red herrings.
01:24So Stubbs is at the Rivals five-star event.
01:27He's trying to earn that fifth star
01:29and saw some video interviews with him yesterday.
01:31He's got Miami wristbands on, Brian.
01:33I don't get too crazy over this stuff,
01:36but people are interested.
01:37So obviously Stubbs is trying to drop some clues
01:41to the Canes fans.
01:42You guys are in it.
01:44Yeah, I love that because I always ask kids
01:47on the sidelines of games,
01:48the gloves are the big thing with DVs
01:49and receivers and stuff.
01:51Sometimes it's a big deal to a kid.
01:54It represents what's going on in recruiting.
01:55Other times he's like, yeah, I just grabbed these gloves.
01:58It's really random.
02:01So it may be something that matters
02:03because Stubbs had a really good visit to UM.
02:05So they're probably on his mind.
02:07Good for them.
02:08I'm sure you got some gear.
02:09You might as well go ahead and rock it.
02:11And obviously this is a player who would not be
02:13on either Miami's campus or Florida's campus until 2025.
02:18But these teams go head to head on the field
02:21in about six weeks, Brian.
02:24Now, whether he ends up at Miami or Florida,
02:27what type of a player is Drake Stubbs?
02:30Best known for his ability to jump routes.
02:33He's an aggressive free safety that plays downhill.
02:36The game I saw him last year was against Monarch
02:38in South Florida.
02:40He had two picks that were both spectacular.
02:42This is a young man that's aggressive.
02:44He comes down and he goes after picks
02:46and gets great hands as size six, two, six, three.
02:50He's going to come in with the frame that you look at
02:52and say, okay, that's an FBS guy.
02:54And that's also a power four guy.
02:56He's not as tall as a certain guy that left Miami
02:58from last year at safety.
03:00I mean, he's not six five, but he's six three.
03:02And he's also a guy that probably looks about the best
03:05of any safety in the country on the hoof.
03:07Just physical traits.
03:08He's a great kid too.
03:10So I think he would fit into any locker room.
03:12So chance to play early wherever he goes.