Miami has landed a big commitment on the recruiting trail.<\/p>\n
Rivals300 Fort Pierce (Fla.) John Carroll interior offensive lineman Sean Tatum<\/a> gave the Hurricanes a verbal pledge on Friday afternoon. <\/p>\n Tatum committed to Miami over fellow finalists Auburn, Florida and Tennessee. <\/p>\n Florida received Tatum\u2019s final visit before the decision and was considered the biggest threat to Miami. However, the Hurricanes were able to win out, thanks in large part to UM offensive line coach Alex Mirabal. <\/p>\n \u201cWe were in the meeting room, and he talked about how you shouldn\u2019t be thinking about playing as a freshman,\u201d Tatum said. \u201cYou should be thinking about development. I completely agree with him. That\u2019s what makes me think that this is a great fit for me in the future. I like coaches like that. Don\u2019t worry about playing time and the depth chart. Just go out there and work.\u201d<\/p>\n Tatum\u2019s commitment comes just two weeks after he visited Miami for a spring practice.<\/p>\n While on campus, Tatum got an in-depth look at the program, spent extended time with the staff and learned more about UM\u2019s academics.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was definitely an amazing visit,\u201d Tatum said. \u201cI missed coming back down here. I haven\u2019t been down here in a while. I got to see the campus. The campus was amazing. It was beautiful. I learned a lot of new things that Coach Mirabal is talking about. I loved it a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n At 6-foot-4, 319 pounds, Tatum is ranked as the No. 9 interior offensive lineman and No. 145 overall prospect nationally, per the Rivals Industry Ranking. He is also ranked as the No. 15 overall recruit in the state of Florida.<\/p>\n Miami now has nine commitments in the 2027 recruiting class \u2014 Tatum, Top 100 Lombard (Ill.) Montini Catholic quarterback\u00a0Israel Abrams<\/a>, 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\u00a0Sherrod Gourdine<\/a>\u00a0and three-star Palm Beach (Fla.) Central offensive lineman\u00a0Zaquan Linton.<\/a><\/p>\n Miami entered the day with the No. 9 recruiting class nationally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami has landed a big commitment on the recruiting trail. Rivals300 Fort Pierce (Fla.) John Carroll interior offensive…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124,75265],"class_list":["post-226971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-sean-tatum-27-john-carroll"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226971","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=226971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}