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Eli LedermanMar 6, 2026, 03:06 AM<\/p>\n
Close<\/a>Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World.<\/p>\n Multiple Authors<\/p>\n Miami<\/a> secured the commitment of a top in-state target Thursday night with a pledge from four-star wide receiver Nick Lennear<\/a>, ESPN’s No. 26 overall prospect in the 2027 cycle.<\/p>\n The 6-foot, 170-pound playmaker from Miami, Florida, is the fifth-ranked wide receiver in the SC Next 300. Lennear, who counted Florida State<\/a>, LSU<\/a>, Syracuse<\/a> and Texas A&M<\/a> among his finalists, announced his commitment to the hometown Hurricanes during a “305 Day” visit with the program.<\/p>\n Editor’s Picks 1 Related<\/p>\n Lennear lands as the top-ranked pledge in Miami’s 2027 class and marks the most significant addition yet in a strong run of local recruiting for the reigning national runner-ups. As things stand, all five of the Hurricanes’ commits in the 2027 cycle come from the state of Florida, including athlete Demarcus Deroche<\/a> (No. 284) and wide receiver Ah’Mari Stevens<\/a> (No. 298).<\/p>\n An all-around big-play threat with sharp route running ability, Lennear was credited with 42 receptions for 778 yards and 12 touchdowns while helping Miami Northwestern High School to a 3A state championship in a breakout sophomore season in 2024. As a junior this past fall, Lennear was instrumental in leading Miami Northwestern back to the state title game, where he hauled in six passes for 135 yards and a receiving score. Lennear will play his senior season this fall at Miami Carol City High School following an offseason transfer late last year.<\/p>\n Lennear’s commitment arrived Thursday with a number of Miami’s blue-chip 2027 targets on campus for one the premier dates on the program’s recruiting calendar. That group included five-star offensive tackle Mark Matthews<\/a> (No. 10 overall), No. 1 outside linebacker Kaden Henderson<\/a> and top 35 athlete Myson Johnson-Cook<\/a>. The Hurricanes are also engaged with multiple quarterbacks in the 2027 class with Israel Abrams<\/a> (No. 116), Will Mencl<\/a> (No. 237) and in-state passer Davin Davidson<\/a> (No. 175) among the program’s top targets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eli LedermanMar 6, 2026, 03:06 AM CloseEli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-180242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/r1622681_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&w=130&h=130&scale=crop&location=center.jpeg\")
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