{"id":280337,"date":"2026-05-22T03:01:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T03:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/280337\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T03:01:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T03:01:14","slug":"elite-lb-aj-randle-commits-to-the-hurricanes-everyone-is-one-at-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/280337\/","title":{"rendered":"Elite LB AJ Randle commits to the Hurricanes: ‘Everyone is one at Miami’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Garner<\/a> (N.C.) linebacker AJ Randle<\/a> planned to take his recruitment deep into the summer. The last few months changed that timeline. <\/p>\n

The four-star visited double-digit schools this spring, carefully evaluated programs across the country and gave schools every opportunity to make their case. In the end, though, the No. 57 prospect in the Rivals300<\/a> saw everything he needed to see before official visit season even arrived.<\/p>\n

Florida<\/a>, Georgia<\/a>, NC State<\/a> and Ohio State<\/a> were involved, but he committed to Miami<\/a> over South Carolina<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a lot of praying and just sitting with myself,\u201d Randle told Rivals. \u201cTrusting that the Lord is going to guide me into making the best decision for my future.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve just been able to discern with my family and talk about the pros and cons of both schools and how we were feeling.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt came down to Miami being the school for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Randle said he leaned heavily on conversations with his family and trusted people around him throughout the final stretch of the process. The moment clarity hit came during a conversation with his high school coach.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was on the phone with my head coach last week, and I told him, \u2018Coach, I think I know where I want to go.\u2019 He said, \u2018Son, are you sure?\u2019 and I said, \u2018I\u2019m 100 percent sure.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

That certainty never changed afterward.<\/p>\n

The staff made Randle and his family feel like a priority<\/p>\n

Miami\u2019s push throughout the process stood out in a major way, especially with how the Hurricanes recruited not just Randle, but his entire family.<\/p>\n

\u201cMiami involved my mom and dad in the recruiting process from day one,\u201d he said. \u201cThey did a great job with my mom, my dad and with me. That showed us a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Randle only visited Miami once, but that trip made a significant impact earlier this spring. <\/p>\n

\u201cMiami made a big impression on that visit,\u201d Randle said. \u201cThe family atmosphere inside the program showed to my family and me. Everybody is one at Miami. I think it\u2019s truly a family.\u201d <\/p>\n

That connection extended far beyond football.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey don\u2019t just recruit me, they recruit my family as well. Whether it\u2019s offense, defense or special teams, they all know who I am, they know who my mom is, they know who my dad is and they treat us very well. They did a great job getting to know us, putting time in and that showed me a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Randle also believes Mario Cristobal<\/a> has Miami positioned to compete at the highest level nationally.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love to win,\u201d Randle said. \u201cKnowing I can play for a team that can win championships and compete for championships is really exciting. Miami is a place I feel I can win and reach my goals at.\u201d<\/p>\n

The process brought plenty of emotions along the way. Randle enjoyed the experience and the relationships built throughout the journey.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe met a lot of great people and built some really good relationships along the way,\u201d Randle said. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely been a process with some ups and downs, but I\u2019ve truly enjoyed it and it\u2019s been a blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miami landed one of the nation\u2019s top linebackers, and he is locked in.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow that I am committed, I am just going to take one official visit \u2014 to Miami,\u201d he said. \u201cI will turn my focus onto having a great senior season.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garner (N.C.) linebacker AJ Randle planned to take his recruitment deep into the summer. The last few months…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[119526,119582,123,125,124,4481],"class_list":["post-280337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-aj-randle-jr-27-garner","tag-garner-trojans-garner","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-nc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280337","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=280337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}