re: 2020 FB Recruiting & Roster

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* The highest-ranked prospect in attendance, Aquinas wide receiver Marcus Rosemy, maintains patience with the process but did say Ohio State may be the early team to beat with the local Miami Hurricanes on the Buckeyes’ heels. Florida and Florida State are also squarely in the mix. Rosemy is considering spring or summer official visits, though destinations are to be determined. . .

* Another offensive emerger in Miami (Fla.) Carol City wide receiver Thaiu Jones-Bell said Alabama is his leader as they sell him on the path that Amari Cooper took from south Florida to Tuscaloosa. Miami, Penn State, Tennessee and Syracuse were also mentioned as Jones-Bell contemplates a potential early decision. . .

247Sports' Charles Power, Andrew Ivins, Luke Stampini and Zach Blostein contributed to this report.

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DAVIE, FL – The Opening made its annual stop in South Florida on Sunday which meant that a number of Miami commits and targets got together for drills and 1-on-1s the Miami Dolphins Training Facility. InsideTheU has the latest after spending the afternoon on the sidelines.

– Alabama still leads for Carol City three-star wide receiver Thaiu Jones-Bell. The productive pass catcher, who impressed with a 4.54 in the 40, said that he will camp in Tuscaloosa on June 21. While it's clear that he likes the Crimson Tide, he said that he's also high on the Hurricanes and is talking with Taylor Stubblefield. Syracuse will get Jones-Bell on campus in two weeks.

– Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas five-star wide receiver Marcus Rosemy said that Ohio State and Georgia are showing him the most interest and that he hopes to get to those campuses at some point this spring. Miami doesn't appear to be pushing. “I wish they would show more interest because they are one of my favorite teams,” Rosemy said. The Buckeyes currently lead on the 247Sports' Crystal Ball.

InsideTheU's David Lake contributed to this report.

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“Alabama has always been one of my favorite schools growing up. I really like Alabama. They’re a really great program. The tradition and they’ve always been a dominant force in college football. Amari, Jeudy, Julio, it’s just a dynasty of receivers that have gone through there. They end up going to the league and having a great career.”

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DAVIE, FL – Sunday saw The Opening make its way to south Florida for its Miami Regional stop. The event was held at the Miami Dolphins practice facility, which is located on the campus of Nova Southeastern University. Many of the Sunshine State’s top prospects from the 2020 and 2021 cycles were on hand with several making strong impressions over the course of the day.

Alpha Dog

In typical south Florida fashion, the wide receivers were the deepest and most talented position group at the event, by a fairly wide margin. That didn’t stop Thaiu Jones-Bell from standing out and earning Alpha Dog honors.


Jones-Bell was unguardable in 1-on-1's.

The Miami (Fla.) Carol City pass catcher was an easy choice for 247Sports’ Alpha Dog after turning in a strong day of work capped by a dominant showing during the camp’s 1-on-1 portion.

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Next Five On Offense

3. WR Marcus Rosemy, Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) St. Thomas Aquinas

Rosemy entered the day with high expectations as the top-ranked prospect in the state of Florida per the 247Sports Composite.

The 6-foot-1, 185 pounder is a smooth and polished route-runner and has high level ball skills with the ability to make contested catches in traffic.

Rosemy did much of his damage on the day on underneath and intermediate routes, but did have one nice deep touchdown tracking the ball over his shoulder.

He posted a 4.68 second 40-yard dash, a 4.38 second short shuttle and 35.8 inch vertical jump in testing.

Rosemy currently ranks as the No. 26 overall prospect in the 2020 cycle according to the 247Sports Composite.

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4. OT Marcus Dumervil, Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) St. Thomas Aquinas

It’s all about length with Dumervil. The 6-foot-5, 300-pounder used his long arms and reach to slow down edge rushers for most of the day, winning the majority of his reps.

Even when beat off the ball, Dumervil was able to slow down pass rushers and uses his long arms to allow a chance to regain his feet in the middle of his pass set.

Dumervil split reps with Miami commit Samuel Anaele towards the end of the OL-DL portion, one of the only instances we saw him lose a rep.

A four-star prospect, he ranks as the No. 140 overall prospect and No. 21 offensive tackle in the 2020 cycle according to the 247Sports Composite.

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National Signing Day has come and gone and most FBS recruiting classes are completely finished. Today, we continue our position-by-position look at the 2019 cycle with the top linebacker classes.

3. ALABAMA


Shane Lee

Nick Saban will have to replace a pair of starter at linebacker in 2019, including middle linebacker Mack Wilson who declared for the NFL Draft last month. At Alabama, though, the cupboard gets re-stocked at every position seemingly every year with top talents, and 2019 is no different. Baltimore native Shane Lee, a top-50 ranked overall prospect in the 2019 class, is the headliner, and one of three four-stars. He is joined by outside linebacker King Mwikuta, the No. 227 ranked prospect in the Rivals250, and inside linebacker Christian Harris, the No. 235 ranked player in the Rivals250

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With offers from Florida, Florida State, Georgia and LSU, among others, Robinson felt the Tide was the choice for him. It’s not just the football aspect of things that won over Robinson and his family.

“Talking to Coach Saban, I just felt that that’s probably the best decision for me so I can challenge myself against the top talent in all of college,” Robinson said. “He was big on academics as well.”

“He said if you’re not going top 35 in the draft, don’t leave I want you to stay here. He said if we didn’t have as many people leave for the draft as we did, we would have a 97 percent gradation rate.

"My parents liked that. They actually did more academic stuff on the visit than they did athletics. This is the best Junior Day I’ve ever been on.”

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