Rivals - Yahoo has the Canes class ranked 24th behind schools like Nebraska, Texas A&M and Ole Miss.
ESPN is a little bit more kind with a Ranking of 13th, which is respectable, but disappointing with all the talent in South Florida this year. The Canes swung at and missed at most of the Key players that they went after and Randy Shannon suddenly seems like an inept recruiter.
The biggest need in this class was at the Offensive Line, were Miami has recruited very poorly recently. Miami got the Commitments of two impact players Tavadis Glenn at Tackle out of Raines in Jacksonville and Center Brandon Linder Saint Thomas Aquinas. This class could have been complete if the U was able to Land Mega-Star Seantrel Henderson. Miami rounded out its class with Shane McDermott, Jonathan Feliciano, Jermaine Barton and Malcolm Bunche. Overall a very solid Offensive Line Class.
The Canes 2nd biggest area of need was in the Defensive Backfield. Randy's Staff didn't hit any homeruns here or even a triple. They landed Keion Payne, Kacy Rodgers, Jeremy Davis and Devont'a Davis. Rodgers is the best of the bunch, but they look like developmental players at best. 
The 3rd biggest need in the class was at QB. The Canes were desperate for quality Quarterbacks in this class and only Landed Undersized Stephen Morris. If Harris goes down, the Canes will be very much be done in 2010.
With very few Linebackers and one time 5 star Arthur Brown MIA, Miami needed a solid follow up to its 2008 LB Class. Once again, this class fails to deliver. Kevin Nelson is the best of the bunch and should be a contributor in a few years. Tyrone Cornileus and Travis Williams aren't in the top 60 at their position. Worse, Kelvin Cain and Jimmy Gaines are large term projects and most likely be on the Scout team the next few years.
With a loaded WR field the Canes wanted to get one or two select receivers in this Class. They didn't do that and only received the commit of Allen Hurns from Carol City. There was a lot of good WR in the State and once again this staff swung on and missed.
Miami had two of the top Defensive of Lineman in the Country Committed going into the season (Todd Chandler pictured). Unfortunately they both de-committed in the last few months and this class is also a disappointment. The Canes end up with 3 Star Commits Jeffrey Brown and David Perry and 2 Star Commit Delmar Taylor.
The Canes Running Back class was above average with Storm Johnson being the Big Back Randy was looking for. Booker T Eduardo Clements and Darion Hall from Naples rounded out the Class. Tampa Bay’s Maurice Hagens looks very solid at FB and hopefully can make an immediate impact.
The TE class is full of projects. Asante Cleveland is the best of the bunch and could make an impact on the field in 2010. Clive Walford and Chase Ford will red-shirt and see action on the Scout Team.
Overall this class is a disappointment to most Canes Fans. We are already looking to the Class of '11.
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