Manny Navarro

WINTER GARDEN, Fla. — Among , , , and , quarterbacks from the state of Florida played a prominent role in the 2023 college football season. This year, the high school quarterback class in the Sunshine State is a little light on stars, with only two blue-chippers in the 2025 cycle — commit Carter Smith and commit Tramell Jones Jr. Advertisement But 2026 is shaping up to be quite the bounce-back cycle. Six of the 26 blue-chip quarterbacks in On3’s Industry Rankings are from Florida (tied for th…

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — will host its spring game on campus Saturday, and as soon as it ends coach Mario Cristobal and his staff will go right back into recruiting and roster management mode. After hosting hundreds of visitors this spring, Miami has close to three dozen official visits lined up beginning in late May. Since signing a top-five recruiting class last cycle, Miami has received pledges from five blue-chippers among six commitments in its 2025 recruiting class (ranked 17th in the 247Spor…

added another blue-chip recruit to its 2025 class on Thursday with a commitment from four-star tight end Luka Gilbert of Lakota West High School in West Chester, Ohio. The 6-foot-7, 233-pound Gilbert is ranked No. 254 overall and the No. 12 tight end in the 247Sports Composite. He caught 15 passes for 171 yards and two touchdowns as a junior and also played basketball as a sophomore. Advertisement Gilbert is the sixth commitment in Miami’s 2025 class that ranks No. 17 nationally. All but one of…

The state of Georgia has produced 29 consensus All-Americans since the modern era of recruiting began in 2002 — fourth most behind Texas (72), California (50) and Florida (48). Many other Peach State products — from eight-time Pro Bowl selection Tyreek Hill to 2023 Walter Payton Man of the Year Cameron Heyward — have been better as pros than they were in college. Advertisement Picking an all-state team of 26 players — 12 on offense (we added one all-purpose player), 11 on defense and three on sp…

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — is two-thirds of the way through spring practice and set to host its spring game on campus on April 13. What meaningful developments can we take away from the first 10 practices at Greentree with several key absences to injury among projected starters? There are a few. We sought the opinions of two former Hurricanes — quarterback Malik Rosier and punter Brian Monroe — who have watched practice over the past month and included them along with what notable things coaches and…

The state of Florida has produced 48 consensus All-Americans since the modern era of recruiting began in 2002. The Sunshine State has never been devoid of talent. Whittling down the list to form an all-state team of 26 players — 12 on offense (we cheated by picking an all-purpose player), 11 on defense and three on special teams — was the real challenge. Since this was about delivering as recruits, we prioritized college accolades — All-Americans, champions, award winners — over professional suc…

Blue-chip running back Girard Pringle, one of the fastest athletes in the 2025 recruiting cycle, committed to Miami on Saturday night. Pringle, 5 feet 10 and 182 pounds, plays at Seffner (Fla.) Armwood. He is ranked No. 360 overall in the 247Sports Composite but as high as No. 93 by On3. Pringle ran a 10.56 in the 100-meter dash — the fourth-fastest time in the country for football recruits in the 2025 cycle, according to ESPN’s UC Report. Advertisement He ran for 1,683 yards and 24 TDs on 7.7 y…

Katie Meier, who led Miami’s women’s basketball program to 10 NCAA Tournament appearances including a trip to the Elite Eight last season, is retiring from coaching and transitioning into a new role as a special adviser with the school, she announced Thursday. Meier, 56, was named the national coach of the year in 2013 by the Associated Press and USA Basketball and is the school’s all-time winningest coach (men’s or women’s) with 362 victories. She led the Hurricanes to 11 20-win seasons and was…

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — , who led the University of Miami in rushing each of the past two seasons, is leaving the program via the transfer portal, according to program sources. The 5-foot-10, 190-pound fifth-year senior joins () as the second running back to depart the program since the end of last season. Parrish ran for 625 yards and six touchdowns last season and 1,241 yards and 10 touchdowns on 230 carries over his two years in Coral Gables after transferring from . Advertisement Sophomore Mar…

IVES ESTATES, Fla. — In a state like Florida, the best recruits have usually found their ways to the top high school programs and have been identified as the next big things well before their junior years. Floyd Boucard is one of those exceptions. The 6-foot-3, 300-pound Canadian-born defensive tackle, who grew up playing hockey, transferred from a small private school in Mobile, Ala., to nine-time state champion Miami Central High School recently so he could get more exposure. Mission accomplis…