The Miami Hurricanes are trending to land four star safety Hylton "Drake" Stubbs. He will be announcing on July 4th. Will he choose the Hurricanes over the Florida Gators?
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00:00Do you think it's going to be Miami for Hilton Drake Stubbs?
00:03He gave his visit a 10 and everything has been trending that way.
00:08Like, why would I not think so?
00:10There's a lot of chatter, not just about Stubbs.
00:12A lot of kids are still very worried about whether or
00:14not Napier is going to be there next year.
00:17I think if Napier was on great standing, he would go play for UF.
00:21He is a Gators fan.
00:22Here's the irony.
00:24His brother is at Florida State.
00:25He grows up a Gators fan and he's apparently going to pick Miami.
00:30Welcome to recruiting.
00:32There's nothing about that beginning that makes you think he's going to end up in
00:35Coral Gables, but this is why relationships matter.
00:38Recruiting Miami staff does as good as anybody in the country building relationships.
00:43Stubbs as a kid, they didn't care where they were on the pecking order.
00:46They never slowed down in recruiting him.
00:48Nicholson and the entire defensive staff have done a great job with the linebacker,
00:52getting that to where it needs.
00:53Secondary is like the last part and everybody, it's all hands on deck with that.
00:58You got to get guys like this.
00:59You're going to get over the top.
01:00Miami needs to stop having to go to the portal.
01:02This is a kid that can play early.
01:04Stubbs is very, very good.
01:05He'll probably play some as a freshman if not start.
01:07Wherever he goes, this is how you get over the top.
01:10It's the last hurdle for Miami's defense.
01:12It's another top 2025 player I wanted to ask you about.
01:15Now, I don't think he has a specific announcement date that's been put out there yet.
01:20I may be wrong about this.
01:22So I don't know how soon we're expecting this one to come off the board,
01:25but Miami has received multiple predictions to land interior offensive lineman,
01:31probably the center of the future if he comes to Miami.
01:33SJ Alofaituli from Bishop Gorman.
01:35In fact, Steve Wiltfong just dropped the Fong bomb over the weekend for SJ to come to the U.
01:42Are you hearing similar sentiments about him?
01:44That's been the school that was slowly trending, but I didn't know it had moved that far.
01:49Steve isn't going to put that out just for fun.
01:52There's got to be a reason for it.
01:53And for those that don't know, SJ is not a kid that's real media friendly at this point.
01:58He's kind of done with that.
01:59So Steve has gotten that from somebody on a staff or something.
02:02That's about the only way you're really going to get that confirmation.
02:05I think this is a really good sign for them because Miami,
02:07the last two years, have had to go to the portal to get their center.
02:10And that's a super important spot at the pivot.
02:12He could be your two to three year start.
02:14I don't know if it'll start as a freshman.
02:15That's probably asking a lot.
02:17Miami may move somebody to center next year, whatever, get another transfer.
02:20Then they're going to be good for a while.
02:22This kid is elite.
02:23Not this summer, but last summer he was the best alignment.
02:25I saw a future 50.
02:27He's as good alignment as there is in the country.
02:29Extremely technically sound.
02:31He's great program plays Bishop Gorman.
02:33But this is another kid.
02:34Miami is targeting kids from programs that are elite.
02:37They will have less of a climb to make that jump.
02:40And it's still solved.
02:41Don't get me wrong, but there'll be less of a climb to adjust to the powerful level.
02:45Elite player.