Get To Know New Canes Commit- Alin Edouard

       The University of Miami football program has a long line of outstanding players in the quarterback position who have achieved great accomplishments. Five national title winning quarterbacks in Bernie Kosar, Steve Walsh, Craig Erickson, Gino Toretta and Ken Dorsey. Also two Heisman trophy winning quarterbacks in Vinny Testaverde and once again Gino Toretta. One thing all these players have in common, is their style. None of them were dual threat quarterbacks that could take off on their feet and run for a 30 yard gain, they were for the most part pro-style pocket passing quarterbacks. But, this is not the case for the new Canes commit coming out of Hialeah High School, Alin Edouard.

      The dual threat QB received a scholarship offer from Miami on Wednesday (2/13) morning and on the same day committed to Al Golden and the football program. He is part of the graduating class of 14' and as a Junior already has offers from Tennessee, Ole Miss, Penn State, Boston College and even more D1 colleges. This is credited to a big junior year he had as starting quarterback at Hialeah High, ending with 16 touchdowns and 1485 all purpose yards. Checking in at 6'2" 180 lbs Alin has size to compliment his strong throwing arm, but one thing that can't be talked about enough is his speed. He runs a 4.57 for the 40 yard dash and a 4.54 on the shuttle. He has long legs and takes big strides when he runs, people have compared him to Teddy Bridgewater who plays for Louisville (out of Miami Northwestern) and I would have to agree. From watching his highlight tape multiple times, you can see he has the ability to scramble out of the pocket to make plays by buying time to throw it or taking off for big gains. Bottom line he is a "playmaker" and an all around athlete,  in all honesty I would not be surprised if Miami used him as a WR or in special teams rather than the QB position. Assuming he stays true to his commitment, he would have a lot of competition for the the quarterback job. Williams, Dewey, Olsen, Thompson and Crow are also on the Hurricanes roster. Whether he redshirts or not, I think it would be a good idea to give offensive coordinator Coley a year to see what direction he wants to take the offense in, so I say redshirt. With Edouard at the QB spot it opens a whole new playbook than you would have with Olsen or Williams. We could possibly see a Johnny Football type premier of Alin Edouard in Miami in my opinion.

     I cant let myself get to far ahead though, Alin still has his senior year of high school to play. Assuming he stays healthy, stays out of trouble and performs just as well if not better in his senior year, we should have no worries. He does play on the Florida Fire 7 on 7 team and I look forward to watching him play in tournaments this off-season. Its well known the football class of 14' is one of the best ever, and Miami's class has started off strong with this commitment out of the State of Miami. I am very happy to have him a part of the #CanesFam and most importantly Go Canes!!! #TBred!!

His highlight video can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB07t5O542U