Travis Benjamin Commits

The Canes have received their 5th WR commit of the recruiting season in Travis Benjamin of Belle Glades. Travis is a speedster in the mold of Santana Moss and upgrades the Hurricanes receiving corps even further. His commitment never was that much in question, but there were worries he wouldn't qualify academically. Luckily Travis took care of business and congrats to the young man for being the next Cane.

Travis' commitment means several things. First, we are down to only a handful of spots left for this recruiting class. Tommy Streeter of MNW may have possibly missed the boat at this point, though a kid of his talents probably could find his way on this roster somehow. Secondly, it means that someone like Sam Shields needs to light it up every week in practice or else he will find himself riding pine. The two biggest problems the past 3 years offensively have been the lack of QB play and talent at WR. With this class, Shannon is bringing in 3 new QBs to compete with stud Robert Marve and is bringing in 5 receivers to compete with last year's crop of kids (Kayne Farquharson, Leonard Hankerson, and Jermaine McKenzie). It'll probably take a year or so to get the offense rolling but expect serious improvements by 2009.

In other recruiting news, still no new word on Patrick Johnson. He was upset by Walton's firing, but nobody knows where the guy will end up. We'll have to wait and see. More importantly, today was full of rumors of potential commitments by Matt Patchan and Brandon Harris. Supposedly Patchan will decide tomorrow at 5pm. Hopefully where there is smoke there is fire, however in the recruiting game, sometimes that smoke is being blown up our collective asses. Patience is the key, as is faith that Randy Shannon will bring in a class that takes Miami back to the top.