For Mike Rumph, being part of the coaching staff at Miami — his alma mater — has always been personal.
Rumph, a member of the Hurricanes’ 2001 national championship team, is intent on helping shape the Miami defense into the kind of unit it was when he played there beside the likes of Sean Taylor, Ed Reed, Phillip Buchanon, Jonathan Vilma, D.J. Williams, Vince Wilfork and Al Blades.
And so, when tasked with helping recruit a Broward County cornerback he knew all too well, Rumph was all in. Wednesday, that young prospect — Al Blades, Jr.