David Lake

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Publisher, InsideTheU at 247Sports

Publisher of https://t.co/EWrcElghaU

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Podcast: Previewing Miami's second official visit weekend of the summer

21 hours ago | 247sports.com | David Lake

Recruiting never stops. Miami is set to host 17 official visitors this upcoming weekend and InsideTheU's David Lake and Gaby Urrutia are here to discuss them all. Who are the key players to know? Is there any buzz to share coming out of the first weekend of official visitors? What do we like about each player? Lake and Urrutia discuss all these topics and more on the latest Through The Smoke. Enjoy the show.
Photos from the first Mario Cristobal 7v7 and Big Man Camp of the summer

1 day ago | 247sports.com | David Lake

Summer camp season is here and on Sunday the Miami Hurricanes played host to a group of talented high school prospects. Close to 20 high school teams from the state of Florida competed in the 7v7 portion of the camp while over 100 line of scrimmage players competed at the big man camp. It was a good day of competition that featured top players from the 2027 and 2028 recruiting classes along with UM coaches and players in attendance. Check out photos from the event below.
ESPN’s Football Power Index metric ranks the Hurricanes top ten in its initial 2025 list

2 days ago | 247sports.com | David Lake

The summer months are here and that means annual college football preview magazines are being released. Both the Athlon Sports and Lindy's rank the Miami Hurricanes as a top ten team going into the 2025 season. Advanced analytics also views UM as a top ten team going into this year. ESPN released its preseason Football Power Index Ranking for 2025 and the Hurricanes check in at No. 9 overall. The FPI projects Miami to finish the regular season with a 9-3 record.
Position Rankings: A look at where Athlon Sports ranks each Miami unit compared to the rest of the ACC

3 days ago | 247sports.com | David Lake

The Miami Hurricanes enter the 2025 season with one of the most well-rounded rosters in the ACC going into the 2025 season. With the summer months here, it is officially college football preview magazine season and one of the best features provide by Athlon Sports in their annual publication is their position unit rankings within each conference. The ACC now features 17 teams due to conference realignment.
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4 days ago | 247sports.com | David Lake

In this modern college football calendar, high school recruiting moves are made during the summer months. During the month of June, official visits are happening and then commitments come in July and August. Now is the time for teams to start piecing together 80 percent of their recruiting classes that will officially sign in December. With a busy month of recruiting ahead, the folks at 247Sports are offering a 60 percent off annual subscription deal to InisdeTheU.com.
Podcast: Recapping the first official visit weekend of the summer

4 days ago | 247sports.com | David Lake

The Miami Hurricanes football program played host to their first group of official visitors over the weekend. UM had 17 official visitors in this weekend, including a few 5-star prospects, as the Hurricanes look to sign a top ten class during the 2026 cycle. How did this weekend go? Which recruits did the Hurricanes make a move for? InsideTheU's Gaby Urrutia breaks it all down in this official visit recap podcast. Enjoy the show.
Miami's class is top ten entering the summer (and a look at what it will take to maintain that ranking)

6 days ago | 247sports.com | David Lake

High school recriting season is here. This is what it will take to sign a top ten class in 2026. Summer is here and that means it is high school recruiting season as it relates to the modern college football calendar. June is now a month that is jam packed full of official visits with commitments announced during the months of June, July, and August. At the Power Four level, most teams will have close to 70 percent of their recruiting classes filled.
Five newcomers via the portal who will raise the level of the defense in 2025

1 week ago | 247sports.com | David Lake

The Miami Hurricanes have worked hard to flip the personnel on defense year-over-year. The Miami Hurricanes have worked hard to flip the personnel on defense year-over-year. UM featured a championship level offense in 2024, but the defense was inconsistent for most of the year and the Hurricanes fell short of appearing in the ACC Championship Game and the 12-team College Football Playoff.
Podcast: Previewing the first official visit weekend of a busy recruiting month

1 week ago | 247sports.com | David Lake

Enjoy the podcast. Recruiting never stops, but these summer months are a critically important time for college football talent acquisition. The Miami Hurricanes will begin hosting high school recruits this weekend with 17 players set to take official visits to UM at the end of the week. InsideTheU's Gaby Urrutia and David Lake discuss all the players set to visit this weekend. Who are the big names to know? Where do the Hurricanes stand for these players? Urrutia breaks it all down.
Mario Cristobal continues to praise defensive coordinator Corey Hetherman

1 week ago | 247sports.com | David Lake

Mario Cristobal has made it a point of emphasis on significantly improving the defense in 2025. The 2024 Miami Hurricanes won ten games in the regular season while featuring the number one offense in the country and the number one overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft in quarterback Cam Ward, but that unit couldn't overcome a flawed and inconsistent defense.