Breaking news:Top QB Former University of Miami hurricanes return back to game over $5000 deal claim…
Breaking news:Top QB Former University of Miami hurricanes return back to game over $5000 deal claim…Nickel has racked up the awards for his incredible career. Gatorade Georgia HSFB Player of the Year. MaxPreps 1st team All-American. Touchdown Club of Atlanta Georgia top 50. 1st team All-State. And, finally, after enduring as a 3-star recruit for 2 years, Nickel was FINALLY bumped up to 4-star status in the final rankings by the major recruiting sites.
Miami heavily pursued Nickel and got him to commit before his JUNIOR year, when he was an unknown player who hadn’t even started a game for Milton. But, he shined in an on-campus workout and OC Shannon Dawson jumped to offer Nickel a scholarship and got him to commit. With his overdue rankings bump and the incredible collection of accolades, awards, and CHAMPIONSHIPS, getting Nickel in this class is a massive win for Miami.
With a QB every year, you’re automatically building a contingency plan for the future. – Recruiting Rule #1
Insofar as this Recruiting Rule, Miami did what they needed to do. The standard is to get a QB every year, without fail, and Miami did just that. Miami did not just get “a warm body” for the roster, they got an incredibly talented player with championship pedigree, incredible individual performance, and a ton of accolades to his credit. Nickel is the kind of player Miami has seldom recruited from HS at this integral position in recent years, and represents a BIG step forward for Miami’s recruiting process overall. Well done.
Last week was National Signing Day so it’s time to recap the 2025 recruiting class!
Or, rather, the ghost of National Signing Day was last week. In years gone by, the first Wednesday in February was THE day for recruiting. Players from around the country would hold their signing day ceremonies, and those recruiting battles that had been ongoing for many months came to a conclusion.
After the implementation of the Early Signing Period, a time that came to the forefront with the standardization of players enrolling early, the focus has shifted from February to December. There are only a few players who haven’t signed by the time February comes around, so this day, one that used to be the pinnacle of the recruiting year, has become nothing more than a nostalgic afterthought.
But, we can take this time to put a pin in the 2025 recruiting class, and evaluate how Miami did building the roster of the future using a template you should all know by now: The Recruiting Rules!
A feature I wrote back in 2018, The Recruiting Rules outline what I believe is the structure teams need to follow to build championship rosters. I mention the date of publishing because this was before the introduction of the Transfer Portal. But, the Portal is just another method to plug in talent at the top of the roster to plug holes. See: Cam Ward transferring to Miami last year. Still, I think looking at the class through the lens of The Recruiting Rules can show where Miami hit, and missed, in the 2025 recruiting class.
Recruiting Rule #1 – Get a QB every year
Miami not only got a QB in this class, they got a REALLY GOOD QB in this class.
A 2-time State Champion who ended his HSFB career on a 25 game winning streak, Milton (GA) QB Luke Nickel has the kind of talent Miami has sorely needed at the QB position. Previous recruits at this position have been more roster filler than potential stars, but Nickel is a class above.
