Miami has scored an intriguing win on the recruiting trail.<\/p>\n
JUCO offensive tackle Jacob Hawks<\/a> committed to Miami shortly after his official visit over the weekend. Hawks picked UM over an offer from North Texas. <\/p>\n A6 6-foot-8, 315 pounds, Hawks was unranked as a high school recruit. However, he has an impressive frame and impressed at the junior college level in the fall.<\/p>\n A native of Topeka, Kansas, Hawks attended Hutchinson Community College last year and started every game at left tackle. He played a big role in Hutchinson finishing with an 11-1 record and reaching the junior college national championship game. <\/p>\n Hawks has three years of eligibility remaining and will enroll this summer, making him part of Miami\u2019s 2026 recruiting class.<\/p>\n Miami now finishes with 33 players in the 2026 class. The Hurricanes rank No. 8 nationally, per the Rivals Industry team recruiting rankings.<\/p>\n The 2026 class is now officially in the review mirror. Miami is already off to a hot start in the 2027 recruiting class, which is currently ranked No. 7 nationally. <\/p>\n Miami holds nine commitments in the 2027 recruiting class \u2014 Top 100 Lombard (Ill.) Montini Catholic quarterback\u00a0Israel Abrams<\/a>, Top 100 Miami (Fla.) Carol City wide receiver\u00a0Nick Lennear<\/a>, Rivals300 Fort Pierce (Fla.) John Carroll offensive lineman Sean Tatum<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami has scored an intriguing win on the recruiting trail. JUCO offensive tackle Jacob Hawks committed to Miami…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228060,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102683,123,125,124],"class_list":["post-228059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-jacob-hawks-25-washburn-rural","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228059","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=228059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}