Miami Hurricanes Football: 5 Star DB Tracy Howard to Visit

Miramar High (FL.) All-American DB Tracy Howard has announced that his fifth and final official visit will be granted to the Miami Hurricanes.  This was quite a pleasant surprise, to say the least.

Most thought that he would use his last visit to go check out either Alabama or LSU.   This is not to be the case.  With over 30 offers from BCS schools to his name, Howard has mentioned that he has been a 'Canes fan since he was little and he thinks that it is only right that the home team is given it's fair shot at landing him.

Howard (5-11, 180) will attend college in-state and he will choose between Florida, Florida State, and Miami on National Signing Day, Feb. 1.  He has visited Florida and Florida State multiple times and many analysts consider him to be a Florida lean.

Miami commits Deon Bush, Duke Johnson and Malcolm Lewis are all good friends with Howard.  Bush and Johnson will visit Miami while Howard is there, unofficially, perhaps to try and sway the five-star recruit to Coral Gables. 

Rumor has it that Malcolm Lewis, Howard's teammate at Miramar and a current 'Canes commit, will forgo his final visit at UCLA in order to join Bush and Johnson in trying to convince Howard that the U is the place to be.

Head coach Al Golden and his staff have really turned it up in these closing weeks.  With the additions of DT Jacoby Briscoe, DB Deon Bush and DE Tyriq McCord and possibly the addition of Tracy Howard—wow, that would be a great close.  Golden is putting his money where his mouth is and showing that he can recruit with the best of them.
 
But still, getting Howard to commit will still be a bit of a challenge in itself.  Miami can offer him early playing time, something that goes a long way with these youngsters now-a-days. 

Howard has the potential to be a starter as soon as he steps on campus.