{"id":274839,"date":"2026-05-18T06:43:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T06:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/274839\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T06:43:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T06:43:16","slug":"miami-hurricanes-recruiting-aiking-hall-commits-to-um","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/274839\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Hurricanes recruiting: Ai\u2019King Hall commits to UM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MIA_103_Miami_vs_Indiana_DS.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Miami Hurricanes head coach Mario Cristobal reacts during the first half of the College Football Playoff national championship game against the Indiana Hoosiers on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.\" alt=\"Miami Hurricanes head coach Mario Cristobal reacts during the first half of the College Football Playoff national championship game against the Indiana Hoosiers on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Miami Hurricanes head coach Mario Cristobal reacts during the first half of the College Football Playoff national championship game against the Indiana Hoosiers on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.<\/p>\n<p>                Photo by David Santiago<\/p>\n<p>            dsantiago@miamiherald.com<\/p>\n<p>After missing out on a pair of blue-chip prospects on Friday, the Miami Hurricanes rebounded on the recruiting trail Sunday by landing a commitment from cornerback Ai\u2019King Hall, who flipped his pledge from Oregon to Miami.<\/p>\n<p>It was just the first commitment of the day, as three-star edge rusher Jayvon Dawson out of Lantana Santaluces also announced his pledge to Miami on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>King, from Dothan, Alabama, is ranked as a four-star prospect and the No. 73 overall player in the Class of 2027 by the 247Sports composite ranking. He had been committed to Oregon since April 6.<\/p>\n<p>Listed at 5-11 and 190 pounds, King is the third cornerback in Miami\u2019s class, joining five-star Donte Wright and three-star Sherrod Gourdine.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Dawson is ranked as the No. 44 overall prospect from the state of Florida and No. 505 overall, per the 247Sports composite ranking. Dawson chose Miami over North Carolina, Georgia and Kentucky among a slew of other offers. He is the second edge rusher in Miami\u2019s class, along with Fort Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons\u2019 Demarcus Deroche. The Hurricanes have two other defensive linemen in the class in Houston Langham Creek\u2019s Ezekiel Ayangbile and Key West\u2019s Josh Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>The commitments come after Miami missed out on both St. Thomas Aquinas five-star offensive lineman Mark Matthews (who chose Texas A&amp;M) and four-star defensive lineman David Folorunsho (who chose Notre Dame).<\/p>\n<p>The Hurricanes now have 13 commitments in their Class of 2027. King is the fourth top-100 prospect in Miami\u2019s class, per the 247 composite ranking, joining Wright (No. 9), wide receiver Nick Lennear (No. 12) and quarterback Israel Abrams (No. 39).<\/p>\n<p>The class as a whole is ranked eighth nationally by 247Sports and sixth by on3. It\u2019s the top-rated class in the Atlantic Coast Conference by both sites.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published May 17, 2026 at 4:07 PM.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/218644615\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779086596_24_JordanMcPherson (1).JPG\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Jordan McPherson\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/218644615\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan McPherson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Miami Herald<\/p>\n<p>            Jordan McPherson covers the Miami Hurricanes and Florida Panthers for the Miami Herald. He attended the University of Florida and covered the Gators athletic program for five years before joining the Herald staff in December 2017.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami Hurricanes head coach Mario Cristobal reacts during the first half of the College Football Playoff national championship&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-274839","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\/274839","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=274839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}