Miami just scored a huge win on the recruiting trail. <\/p>\n
Top 100 Lombard (Ill.) Montini Catholic quarterback Israel Abrams<\/a> gave the Hurricanes a verbal commitment on Friday afternoon. <\/p>\n Abrams picked Miami over finalists Auburn, Florida State, Kentucky and Purdue. <\/p>\n \u201cMiami is a dream school,\u201d Abrams said earlier this week. \u201cIt\u2019s one of the offers I wanted as a kid. I said I would get the offer, and I did. It was a true blessing. They\u2019ve had two really good quarterbacks back-to-back. It would be cool to come behind Cam Ward and Carson Beck.\u201d<\/p>\n Abrams arrived at Miami for an unofficial visit on Monday and stayed in Coral Gables until Thursday. The multi-day visit allowed Abrams to get an in-depth look at the program, spend extended time with the coaches and take in practice. <\/p>\n At 6-foot-4, 195 pounds, Abrams is a dual-threat quarterback with a live arm and the ability to create in and around the pocket. Ranked as the No. 3 quarterback and No. 45 overall recruit nationally, Abrams was a top performer at the OT7 event last weekend.<\/p>\n The talented Chicagoland prospect believes he could be a playmaker in Miami\u2019s balanced offensive attack. \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s an offense I can fit into,\u201d Abrams said. \u201cI feel like I can help the team with anything. I\u2019m ready to give my heart and everything I have. I think I can make all the throws on the field. I feel like I\u2019m a headache for defensive coordinators, especially when we get into pads, where it really matters.\u201d<\/p>\n Miami\u2019s recent quarterback success has come through the transfer portal. <\/p>\n Both Ward and Beck were big lands for Miami out of the portal. The Hurricanes also added former Duke star\u00a0Darian Mensah<\/a>\u00a0to be their next signal-caller. Some have pointed to Miami\u2019s aggressiveness in the portal as a negative for high school quarterback recruiting.<\/p>\n But Abrams doesn\u2019t see it that way.<\/p>\n \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter,\u201d Abrams said. \u201cThe only thing I\u2019m worried about is giving everything I have on the field. I\u2019m going to keep doing that all day. Whoever is in that room with you doesn\u2019t matter. You have to be better.\u201d<\/p>\n Abrams is the eighth verbal commitment in Miami\u2019s 2027 recruiting class, joining Top 100 Miami (Fla.) Carol City wide receiver\u00a0Nick Lennear<\/a>, Rivals300 Miami (Fla.) Chaminade-Madonna wide receiver\u00a0Ah\u2019Mari Stevens<\/a>, four-star Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) Cardinal Gibbons tight end\u00a0Demarcus Deroche<\/a>, four-star Davie (Fla.) McArthur defensive back\u00a0Jaylyn Jones<\/a>, three-star Key West (Fla.) High defensive lineman\u00a0Josh Johnson<\/a>, three-star Davie (Fla.) McArthur defensive back Sherrod Gourdine<\/a>\u00a0and three-star Palm Beach (Fla.) Central offensive lineman\u00a0Zaquan Linton.<\/a><\/p>\n Miami entered the day with the No. 8 recruiting class nationally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami just scored a huge win on the recruiting trail. Top 100 Lombard (Ill.) Montini Catholic quarterback Israel…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[99020,123,125,124],"class_list":["post-217815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-israel-abrams-27-montini-catholic","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217815","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=217815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}