Miami Hurricanes Defense Preview 2025: Reloaded With Even More Talent and Depth
X CFN, Fiu | CFN Facebook | Bluesky Fiu, CFN 2025 Miami Preview Miami Offense Breakdown Prediction, Top 10 Players, Win Total, Keys to Season- The defensive front has an NFL end to work around in Rueben Bain, and now he should be healthy. He was a 7.5 sack, 12.5 tackle for loss star as a freshman, but was banged up in 2024 and missed most of the first half of the year.Ahkeem Mesidor led the team with 5.5 sacks and nine tackles for loss as a tackle, but will likely bounce outside to end. Ahmad Moten is a 325-pound anchor inside, and Justin Scott and transfer David Blay (Louisiana Tech) are both big, NFL-sized linemen who can work inside or out.
- Leading tackler Francisco Mauigoa will be spending his summer trying to make the New York Jets, but second-leading tackler Wesley Bissainthe is back after making 59 stops. Raul Aguirre will likely be a statistical machine in the middle, and Jaylin Alderman will go from being a key backup to playing wherever needed.
- The Hurricanes picked up a playmaker in Wisconsin transfer Xavier Lucas to work on the other side of all-star OJ Frederique to form one of the ACC's better corner tandems. They'll need to be great around a brand new set of safeties.Zechariah Poyser made 75 tackles with three picks and eight broken-up passes for Jacksonville State last year - he should be one of the stars in the secondary. Jakobe Thomas (Tennessee) should battle for time with Markeith Williams, and Charles Brantley (Michigan State) will get every shot for time somewhere in the mix.
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