Miami has landed a big commitment on the recruiting trail.<\/p>\n
Rivals300 Poplarville (Miss.) High running back Ty Keys<\/a> gave the Hurricanes a verbal pledge. <\/p>\n Keys committed to Miami over offers from Alabama, Florida State, Michigan, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt and others on Friday night. <\/p>\n \u201cCoach\u00a0Mario Cristobal<\/a>\u00a0is a coach who tells you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear,\u201d Keys previously told Rivals. \u201cMiami always has a great offensive line, too, and that is great for a running back. Coach Matt\u00a0Favian Upshaw<\/a>\u00a0is cool, too, and we have been talking more since he got there.\u201d<\/p>\n Florida State was considered the leader for Keys after visit there in late March. However, Miami got momentum back on its side when Keys returned to Coral Gables for a spring practice this week. <\/p>\n In Keys, Miami is getting an ultra-productive running back who rushed for 3,285 yards and 45 touchdowns as a junior last season. During his dominant campaign, Keys set the state of Mississippi\u2019s single-game rushing record with 546 yards and eight touchdowns. \u00a0<\/p>\n At 6-foot-2, 175 pounds, Keys is ranked as the No. 11 running back and No. 197 overall prospect nationally, per Rivals. He is also ranked as the No. 7 overall recruit in the state of Mississippi.<\/p>\n Miami now has nine commitments in the 2027 recruiting class \u2014 Keys, five-star Miami (Fla.) Carol City wide receiver\u00a0Nick Lennear<\/a>, Top 100 Lombard (Ill.) Montini Catholic quarterback\u00a0Israel Abrams<\/a>, , Rivals300 Fort Pierce (Fla.) John Carroll offensive lineman\u00a0Sean Tatum<\/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> and three-star Davie (Fla.) McArthur defensive back\u00a0Sherrod Gourdine<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n