{"id":385775,"date":"2026-08-31T03:58:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T03:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/385775\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T03:58:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T03:58:20","slug":"nfl-roster-cutdown-day-just-gave-miami-hurricanes-head-coach-mario-cristobal-another-major-asset-in-his-recruiting-toolkit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/385775\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL roster cutdown day just gave Miami Hurricanes head coach Mario Cristobal another major asset in his recruiting toolkit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It was a terrific day for a number of Miami Hurricanes NFL rookies. <\/p>\n

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The Miami Hurricanes have not lacked for reasons to draw major interest from top recruits around the country. <\/p>\n

The Canes\u2019 run to the national championship game last year showed they\u2019re a program very much on the rise. Add in the Hurricanes\u2019 aggressive NIL packages and living in South Florida, and it\u2019s not a hard sell for Mario Cristobal these days. That\u2019s evidenced by Miami\u2019s top 3 class for 2027 in both On3\/Rivals and 247 Sports. <\/p>\n

But Sunday night\u2019s NFL roster cutdown day might have just given Cristobal even more ammunition in the recruiting battle. Nine Miami Hurricanes were drafted in the 2026 NFL Draft. Eight of them made the cut for their NFL team\u2019s roster this year, with the ninth landing on injured reserve. <\/p>\n

8 of 9 Miami Hurricanes selected in 2026 NFL Draft made their team\u2019s 53-man roster, with Jets OL Anez Cooper landing on IR<\/p>\n

Eight of those nine players have been formally announced and listed on their respective team\u2019s 53-man roster. The ninth \u2014 Jets offensive lineman Anez Cooper \u2014 will start the year on injured reserve designated to return, meaning the team can activate him on IR and add him to their 53-man roster after the first four games. <\/p>\n

Rueben Bain, Jr. and Keionte Scott made the Bucs, with Bain a shoe in to start and Scott the top nickel corner candidate. Francis Mauigoa is a starter for the Giants, and Mesidor is in the two-deep rotation for the Chargers. Third rounders Carson Beck (Arizona) and Markel Bell (Philadelphia) stuck, as did Jakobe Thomas (Minnesota). The last confirmed is CJ Daniels with the Rams. Daniels\u2019 selection is particularly noteworthy, as he was a seventh-round pick by LA. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s clear proof of the development that Miami\u2019s coaching staff provided. Head coaches of other programs certainly have been able to make that claim in recent years, particularly Georgia\u2019s Kirby Smart. Now, Cristobal has an incredible success rate this year to point to when he\u2019s sitting down in a top recruit\u2019s living room with his family. <\/p>\n

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The Hurricanes have a truly unique talent coming to Coral Gables next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Home \/ College Football It was a terrific day for a number of Miami Hurricanes NFL rookies. Jan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,7209,129587,129588,125,5079,124,119],"class_list":["post-385775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-football","tag-miami-football-news","tag-miami-football-recruiting","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-hurricanes","tag-miami-news","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}