The State of Miami was an idea created by Schnellenberger to have a recruit and have a virtual fence around Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties. The tri-county South Florida area is the most fertile recruiting ground in the country. If the Miami football program can keep the majority of top recruits at home they will be elite.
That has not happened in this decade. The defection of high school starts from South Florida to the SEC, Big Ten, other ACC Schools and beyond has kept the Hurricanes stuck in mediocrity. Only six of the top 50 players in Florida in the Class of 2020 are committed to Miami with a sixth projected to commit.