Miami set out to sign the nation’s top defensive line class going into the 2024 recruiting season.
The claim that the Hurricanes fulfilled their purpose is solid now that the evaluation process is complete, with 247Sports announcing the class’s final rankings on Monday afternoon.
The four defensive linemen signed by the Hurricanes are among the top 150 players in the country, including five-star defensive tackle Justin Scott (ranked No. 11), EDGE Marquise Lightfoot (ranked No. 34), defensive tackle Armondo Blount (ranked No. 39), and EDGE Booker Pickett Jr. (ranked No. 143). The Hurricanes are one of only two teams (out of Oregon) to do so.
They also signed Artavius Jones, who concluded the cycle ranked No. 232 nationally, a sixth defensive lineman ranked in the Top247. More than any other school in the nation, that is.
Additionally, no other institution has ever signed three defensive linemen ranked in the top 40 overall, since Miami is the first university to do so. The only other school that signed two during that same window was Oregon.
In his first full recruiting cycle as an on-field assistant coach at Miami, NFL Hall of Famer Jason Taylor concluded the 2024 cycle as the No. 5 recruiter in the nation. Taylor was instrumental in helping the Hurricanes sign six blue-chip defensive linemen in total, including Cincinnati (Ohio) Taft, a four-star EDGE. Rudolph Elias
All told, Miami signed eight Spanish Fort (Ala.) EDGE defensive linemen. Cole McConathy, the Yellowhammer State’s tackle and sack leader for the loss this past fall, and Daylen Russell of Miami Columbus, the two-time state champion in Florida’s top class.
This cycle, Miami has the fourth-best recruiting class overall.
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