{"id":274825,"date":"2026-05-18T05:27:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T05:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/274825\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T05:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T05:27:16","slug":"miami-adds-touted-edge-rusher-jayvon-dawson-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/274825\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami adds touted edge rusher Jayvon Dawson"},"content":{"rendered":"

A big week on the recruiting trail continued for Miami<\/a> Sunday night, as the Hurricanes added a commitment from high-upside edge rusher Jayvon Dawson<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The 6-foot-3, 200-pounder chose the \u2018Canes over North Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia and a handful of other Power 4 offers. He has emerged as a coveted recruiting target over the past few months, and is still just 16 years old as a junior. <\/p>\n

Last fall, he finished with 68 tackles (22 TFLs), 8 sacks, and a forced fumble in a breakout season for Santaluces High<\/a> in Lake Worth. <\/p>\n

Earlier this spring, he told InsideCarolina that UNC and Kentucky were battling for the No. 1 spot in his recruitment. The Tar Heels and Wildcats were both set to receive official visits this summer, as was Georgia. <\/p>\n

But Miami\u2019s push into his recruitment, including an offer on May 6, changed up his list of top schools. Now less than two weeks later, he is part of Miami\u2019s burgeoning 2027 class. <\/p>\n

The Hurricanes have been on a roll over the past six weeks, with seven commitments since April 1. Just in the past eight days alone, they\u2019ve flipped two of the nation\u2019s premier cornerbacks away from Georgia and Oregon, respectively. <\/p>\n

Their class now sits at No. 6 nationally in the Rivals Industry Team Recruiting Rankings<\/a> and No. 1 in the ACC for a third consecutive season. <\/p>\n

Defense a major priority this cycle for the \u2018Canes<\/p>\n

After producing one of the nation\u2019s most dominant defensive units last season, Miami has gained serious steam with recruits on that side of the ball. Seven of their 13 commitments project to play on that side of the ball at the next level, headlined by one of their most recent additions: five-star cornerback Donte Wright<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The ex-Georgia pledge flipped to the \u2018Canes last weekend, which was followed by Rivals\u2019 No. 7 cornerback Ai\u2019King Hall<\/a> moving his pledge from Oregon to Miami on Sunday afternoon. <\/p>\n

Hall, an Alabama native, loved the closer proximity to home and the chance to be part of more elite defensive units in Coral Gables.<\/p>\n

\u201cMiami is much closer\u2026 my mom is not getting on a plane,\u201d Hall told Rivals\u2019 Chad Simmons on Sunday<\/a>. \u201cThat was a factor and the future at Miami was too. Coach Cristobal is definitely making a national championship team. One\u2019s coming real soon.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A big week on the recruiting trail continued for Miami Sunday night, as the Hurricanes added a commitment…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[47,117331,123,125,124,117363],"class_list":["post-274825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-fl","tag-jayvon-dawson-27-santaluces-community","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-santaluces-community-chiefs-lake-worth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274825","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=274825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}