{"id":228349,"date":"2026-04-12T07:45:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T07:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/228349\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T07:45:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T07:45:20","slug":"miami-hurricanes-land-6-foot-9-juco-ot-as-late-2026-offensive-line-add","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/228349\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Hurricanes land 6-foot-9 JUCO OT as late 2026 offensive line add"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"66\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caneswarning.com\/evaluating-miami-s-quarterback-outlook-over-the-next-few-seasons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Miami<\/a> added another big piece to its offensive line on Saturday when junior college tackle Jacob Hawks committed to the Hurricanes during his official visit. The 6-foot-9, 320-pound lineman gives the Miami staff a late 2026 addition with uncommon size and immense upside.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: JUCO OT Jacob Hawks has Committed to Miami, he tells me for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rivals?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Rivals<\/a>\u2070\u2070The 6\u20199 335 OT is set to enroll in May and will have 3 years of eligibility remaining <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m Home Cane Nation \ud83d\ude4c\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hFCl4yfOtJ\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/hFCl4yfOtJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NuK16pFiDG\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/NuK16pFiDG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hayesfawcett3\/status\/2043101798630588870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 11, 2026<\/a>JUCO OL Jacob Hawks commits to the Miami Hurricanes<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6f\">Hawks is a native of Topeka, Kansas, and played his high school football at Washburn Rural before heading to Hutchinson Community College.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6i\">Hawks was a full-time starting left tackle for a Hutchinson program that went 11-1 and finished as the NJCAA national runner-up in 2025. The Blue Dragons averaged 39.8 points per game, 171.1 rushing yards and 206.7 passing yards.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6l\">Hawks&#8217; relationship with Miami slowly grew through communication with OL coach Alex Mirabal, and he committed after meeting HC Mario Cristobal and the staff in person.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6o\">Hawks has three years of remaining eligibility and can enroll at Miami this summer, making him a part of the 2026 class.<\/p>\n<p>2026 Miami OL commits<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6u\">Miami came away from the 2026 recruiting cycle with a pretty impressive OL group. The addition of Hawks only adds to that.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6x\">The Canes will be replacing most of the starting OL from last year. The offensive line from the 2025-26 season led Miami to a run in the CFP.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"70\">Below is a list of all of the Miami offensive line commits in the 2026 class with their recruiting rankings according to 247Sports.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson Cantwell, OT: No. 6 nationally, No. 2 OT, No. 1 in Missouri.\u00a0Ben Congdon, OT: No. 161 nationally, No. 20 OT, No. 5 in Ohio.\u00a0Joel Ervin, IOL: No. 214 nationally, No. 12 IOL, No. 26 in Florida.\u00a0Canon Pickett, OT: No. 64 OT, No. 94 in Florida.\u00a0Rhys Woodrow, OT: No. 90 OT, No. 115 in Florida.\u00a0JJ Sparks, IOL: No. 91 IOL, No. 116 in Florida.<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami added another big piece to its offensive line on Saturday when junior college tackle Jacob Hawks committed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-228349","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\/228349","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=228349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}