{"id":258477,"date":"2026-05-04T23:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T23:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/258477\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T23:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T23:34:11","slug":"ucf-lands-pair-of-commitments-for-its-2027-recruiting-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/258477\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF lands pair of commitments for its 2027 recruiting class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/tag\/ucf-knights\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UCF<\/a> received a pair of verbal commitments to its 2027 recruiting class over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Noah Robinson, a three-star defensive tackle from Vanguard High School in Ocala and Connail Jackson, a running back from Cardinal Mooney High School in Sarasota, both committed to the Knights after the team\u2019s final spring practice Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>They join three-star wide receiver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/2026\/04\/21\/ucf-lands-2027-commitment-from-3-star-receiver-jamal-robinson-jr\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jamal Robinson Jr.<\/a>, who previously committed and is from Mater Academy Charter in Miami.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-3, 245-pound Robinson had nearly a dozen offers from schools such as Florida Atlantic, Southern Miss and Arkansas State.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s ranked No. 115 among the defensive linemen in the class according to 247Sports\u2019 composite rankings and No. 112 in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson (5-10, 180 pounds) rushed for a total of 4,170 yards on 401 carries, averaging 10.4 yards per carry and scoring 68 touchdowns in 30 games over three varsity seasons with the Cougars.<\/p>\n<p>As a junior, Jackson rushed for 2,452 yards and 39 touchdowns over 15 games, helping Cardinal Mooney to a Class 2A state championship, earning MVP honors after rushing for 199 yards and four touchdowns in a 52-28 win over Jacksonville Bolles.<\/p>\n<p>He had 19 offers from schools such as Auburn, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Michigan State and USF.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson is the No. 80-ranked running back in the class.<\/p>\n<p>All verbal commitments are non-binding but can become official during the early signing period in December.<\/p>\n<p>Please find me on X, Bluesky or Instagram @osmattmurschel. Email: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/2026\/05\/04\/ucf-lands-verbal-commitments-noah-robinson-connail-jackson\/mailto:mmurschel@orlandosentinel.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mmurschel@orlandosentinel.com<\/a>. Sign up for the Sentinel\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Knights Weekly<\/a> newsletter for a roundup of all our UCF coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UCF received a pair of verbal commitments to its 2027 recruiting class over the weekend. Noah Robinson, a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[111,28,114,1335,139,141,140,76046,110,3865],"class_list":["post-258477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-college-sports","tag-florida","tag-latest-headlines","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-social-sports","tag-sports","tag-ucf-knights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258477","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=258477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}