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Gilbert & Renfrow Now Officially Canes

Up to this point it’d been reported by the local and national media, as well as discussed ad nauseam on message boards, but the University of Miami has finally made the news official and the Hurricanes have two new defensive lineman on board.

David Gilbert and Justin Renfrow have each signed their papers and have one year of eligibility remaining, which will be played out at Miami.

Gilbert spent his previous years playing for the Wisconsin Badgers and was an All-Big Ten selection, though plagued by foot injuries throughout his career, while Renfrow heads to Coral Gables after spending his playing years at the University of Virginia.

Gilbert was four-star prospect when coming out of Oakland Park, Florida in 2009 and Renfrow was a three-star talent out of Morristown, Pennsylvania the same year. Though injury-plagued, Gilbert put together a solid couple of years with the Badgers while Renfow was used sparingly with the Cavaliers.

Still, both will bring experience as well as man-sized upperclassmen builds and physiques to UM. Gilbert is measuring 6-foot-4 and weighing in at 250 pounds while Renfrow is 6-foot-6 and tipping the scales at 310.

An *official* Welcome To The U for both Gilbert and Renfrow. Now get busy as that defensive line needs your depth and you only have one year to make your mark, gents.

IN OTHER NEWS : JUCO signee Ufomba Kamalu has also joined and has been cleared. Kamalu signed with Miami back in February, having played some ball at Butler Community college in Kansas. The focus of this piece was two transfers who had played some Division-I ball and had size and experience. Kamalu will also join the defensive line, officially, and enters the program as a junior.

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C. Bello

Longtime Miami Hurricanes columnist. Wrote for CanesTime.com, Yahoo! Sports and former BleacherReport featured columnist. Founder of allCanesBlog.com no longer toeing any company line. Launched ItsAUThing.com to deliver a raw, unfiltered and authentic perspective of all things "The U".

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