It wasn’t way back the place it was a digital assure that Miami was shedding Mark Fletcher, South Florida’s high working again, to Ohio State.
Once he stepped away from the Buckeyes in November, it was Florida who was instantly linked to the Plantation American Heritage product. But on the finish it was Miami – not Gainesville – the place the nation’s No. 8 working again would spend his school profession.
That resolution was made on Sunday night time whereas wrapping up the tail finish of his official go to along with his hometown program. For Fletcher, who grew up in a household of Miami followers, it is a full circle second. He will probably be taking part in his soccer on Saturdays in orange and inexperienced.
“They want me to bring The U back,” Fletcher stated a number of weeks in the past on the message he was getting from Miami. “That’s what they telling all the recruits, but they want people who really want it. They’re not going to waste their time. If you don’t feel it in your heart, there’s no point of being there. They just want recruits who really want to bring The U back, and obviously want people from South Florida. They just want people who want to bring The U back to how it used to be.”
Fletcher capped off his highschool profession with a possibility to win a state title, an effort that fell simply quick. But the 6-foot-1, 225-pounder has nothing to hold his head about, totaling 1934 speeding yards to the tune of 8.6 yards per carry, with 23 scores as a senior. Over the course of his four-year profession with the native powerhouse program, Fletcher ran for over 4400 yards with 49 journeys to the top zone.
Kevin Smith is hoping to carry that stage of effectivity all the way down to Dade County over the subsequent few seasons with Miami and Mario Cristobal trying to flip the roster on the highway to constructing Miami right into a contender.
Fletcher joins a Class of 2023 backfield that additionally options one of many nation’s quickest prospects in Fort Lauderdale Dillard four-star Christopher Johnson. He’s additionally teammates with high Miami goal and Top247 cornerback Damari Brown and five-star large receiver Brandon Inniss an Ohio State commit who Cristobal has not stopped recruiting.
He turns into commit No. 25 in Miami’s No. 4 ranked recruiting class.
