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Canes continue to lose potential mid-round picks early to NFL | Miami Herald

It’s one thing for a player who’s projected to go in the first two rounds of the NFL Draft to turn pro. It’s quite another when projected third-day picks do that, and the fact that’s happening at UM (and plenty of other places) is a source of frustration to some inside Miami.

Whereas four Clemson juniors are returning to school — including projected top 15 pick/defensive end Clelin Ferrell — the Canes continue to lose players who could go in the middle rounds.

One UM official said it makes no sense that players who were advised by the NFL to return to school — as was the case with Richard McIntosh Jr.