Pope is part of a deep group of wide receivers the Miami Football program signed in their most recent recruiting class. He was a four-star recruit by the 247 Composite rankings listed above. Rivals.Com gave Pope five-stars. That made him one of two Hurricanes five-star signees for 2018. Running back Lorenzo Lingard was the other.
Pope is joined in the Miami stable of Freshmen wide receivers by fellow four-star signees Brian Hightower and Marquez Ezzard and three-star Dee Wiggins. All four give the Hurricanes excellent height. Each other them stands 6’1 or above.