Five-star cornerback Donte Wright flipped his commitment from the Georgia Bulldogs<\/a> to the Miami Hurricanes, shunning the Ducks in the process. Oregon received predictions<\/a> from Rivals recruiting experts in early March to flip the Long Beach Poly star, and they became the overwhelming favorites since then.<\/p>\n Wright took trips to Miami and UCLA and both schools emerged as contenders, but the Ducks were still expected to ultimately land the No. 2 corner and No. 8 overall recruit in the 2027 class, per the Rivals Industry Ranking. Wright was committed to the Bulldogs for nearly a year before flipping to the Hurricanes.<\/p>\n The pursuit for the Ducks certainly won’t end here, but it is a devastating blow. The Ducks made Wright a priority, despite already securing commitments from a pair of corners in their class<\/a>. Wright is still scheduled to take an official visit to Oregon on June 19, and the Ducks will do whatever it takes to keep him locked in for that visit.<\/p>\n Standing at 6-foot-1, Oregon viewed Wright as a potential star in the nickel role. The Ducks managed to hold on to defensive backs coach Rashad Wadood, who was being pursued by Miami as well, and he will remain a key part of the Ducks’ pursuit of Wright.<\/p>\n Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n For now, Oregon holds the No. 8 class in the country, per Rivals, while Miami vaults up to the No. 5 class after adding Wright. We will have to wait and see if the Ducks can find a way to make another late pitch to keep the California product out west.<\/p>\n Contact\/Follow\u00a0@Ducks_Wire<\/a>\u00a0on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0to follow ongoing coverage of Oregon Ducks news, notes, and opinions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 9, 2026, 1:37 p.m. PT A big recruiting domino that the Oregon Ducks have been waiting on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[31,47,123,125,124,114317,114318,33392,298,299,8315,76,53850,49,4818,4821,300,34],"class_list":["post-265512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-accessfree","tag-fl","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-sourceducks-wire","tag-sstssportscollegeducksrecruiting","tag-sstsnrecruiting","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagcollege-sports","tag-taggeorgia-bulldogs-football","tag-tagmiami","tag-tagoregon","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagsec-conference-football","tag-tagsec-hub","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265512","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=265512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/89799912007-usatsi-28811271.jpg\")