LB Jeremiah Marcelin: ‘The Energy From Miami, They Always Bring It’

Miami (Fla.) Norland 2024 linebacker Jeremiah Marcelin has excessive expectations for his crew and for himself subsequent season. The rising junior recorded 46 tackles and eight.5 sacks as a sophomore, incomes second-team honors for Miami-Dade.

“I am simply trying to enhance on what I did final yr and I simply need to translate all my upside from [the defensive line] and defensive finish to linebacker. I actually simply need to enhance my recreation at linebacker proper now and present everyone that I am the linebacker they need,” Marcelin informed All Hurricanes.

“For crew objectives … we simply need to make it to state. We need to stamp, we need to put ourselves on the map … Numerous guys doubt us, loads of guys doubt Norland, we simply need to make an announcement.”

This productiveness in Marcelin’s sophomore season led the linebacker to earn gives from Energy 5 applications resembling Florida State, Ole Miss and Miami. Based mostly on his Twitter timeline, the Hurricanes are undoubtedly on Marcelin’s thoughts.

The 2024 defender has constructed a robust relationship with UM linebackers coach Charlie Sturdy, who’s the lead recruiter at Miami for Marcelin.

“Coach Sturdy, I may relate to him so much as a result of he coached certainly one of my former coaches, and he is been round this space so much,” Marcelin mentioned.

Marcelin can also be strongly contemplating the Seminoles, who’ve fashioned a reference to the 6-foot-2 linebacker away from the soccer subject. He most just lately visited Florida State on June 15 for its 7-on-7 camp.

“I like FSU as a result of they hold it actual with me,” Marcelin mentioned. “Numerous guys at all times speak the soccer facet of issues, FSU does not simply do this. They speak about my life, me as an individual, and I am not saying Miami does not do this, however I see it extra prominently from FSU than Miami from once I’ve talked with FSU earlier than.”

With Marcelin heading right into a pivotal junior season with the Vikings, the Miami native is striving to enhance particular areas of his recreation as he is trying to present faculty applications that he may very well be a worthy and efficient linebacker on the subsequent stage.

“My pace and agility as a result of folks do not simply need a linebacker that might hit or plug a gap, folks need a linebacker that might cowl too, that might play in house,” Marcelin mentioned. “That is actually the principle factor that I am engaged on proper now. As soon as I get that down, I really feel like I will come full circle with my recreation after which simply hold bettering it from there.”

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