Welcome to U, Jaelan Phillips

After several tweets hinting at something big that goes down in the pipe tonight …

The Miami hurricanes had a HUGE adding the transfer gate to the night when Jaelan Phillips of UCLA / OLB announced his transfer from the west coast to Coral Gables.

The country's number one recruiter in the 2017 promotion, Phillips has all the talents in the world. He measures 6 "5" 245 lb and will pursue him on the defensive side of the ball. While playing at OLCL at UCLA, Phillips was emerging as a dynamic defensive end for Miami.

But bringing Phillips is not without risk. As a sophomore, Phillips will have to pass the 2019 season before qualifying for Miami in 2020. He will not be an immediate-impact player, but he could follow in the footsteps of Gerald Willis III as a player defensive of the scouting team the year before hitting the field against other competitors for the canes.

In addition, Phillips played only 10 times TOTAL more than 2 years at UCLA. It was both because he was young and the coaching staff was taking him away, and because Phillips had been injured several times in Westwood. Phillips has faced concussion problems at UCLA, the last of which ended in 2018 after just four games and led him to medically retire from football, according to a UCLA spokesman.

Clearly, the history of concussions is an important factor and, as it cost him more than half of the 2018 season – and as recently as December was thought to be the cause of his retirement – it will be necessary to monitor closely both now and in the future. l & # 39; future. If Phillips is in good health and the University of Miami thinks, thanks to its due diligence, that it will be able to play football in the future, it is a big advantage for the Canes.

Miami has been the most active team on the transfer portal this season, and the decision to add Phillips to the roster is another major move by Manny Diaz and The New Miami. Phillips joins Tate Martell, Aubate quarterback from the state of Ohio, at Asa Martin, Buffalo and KJ Osborn, butler, Tommy Kennedy, at Virginia Tech. DT Chigozie Nnoruka and Bubba Bolden of the USC leaving their previous schools to join Miami via the transfer portal this dead season. No other team at the CFB comes TO CLOSE to have added that kind of talent to the list via the transfer portal like that of Miami.

During his 2 years at UCLA, Phillips played 10 games (6 in his first year in 2017 and 4 in his second year in 2018). 28 tackles, 8 TFL, 4.5 sacks and 2 passes were deflected. Obviously, the injury problems prevented him from going to the field and his stats were not outstanding, but he had the size, athletic ability, and skills to be a top player for the DL. from Miami.

For a memorable memory and insight into what Phillips brings to the Canes table (or will be in 2020 when he is eligible), here is his feature film, HS HUDL. Yeah, it's for me a No. 1 rookie in the countries.