{"id":310804,"date":"2026-06-17T19:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T19:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/310804\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T19:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T19:24:17","slug":"miami-hurricanes-may-still-have-a-chance-to-land-the-biggest-fish-in-the-2027-recruiting-pond-but-theyll-have-to-pull-off-a-coup-to-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/310804\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Hurricanes may still have a chance to land the biggest fish in the 2027 recruiting pond, but they’ll have to pull off a coup to do it"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami is still in play for the nation\u2019s top recruit, and they\u2019ll have to continue their magic with flipping recruits to land him.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDec 20, 2025; College Station, TX, USA; Miami Hurricanes head coach Mario Cristobal celebrates as he walks off the field after the Hurricanes win over the Texas A&M Aggies at Kyle Field.
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJerome Miron-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The Miami Hurricanes have put together quite the impressive recruiting class for the 2027 cycle. Mario Cristobal has landed potential impact playmakers on both sides of the ball. <\/p>\n

As things stand, the Hurricanes have the No. 2 class nationally in both On3 Sports\/Rivals and 247 Sports\u2019 team rankings. The Hurricanes are also currently the only program to have more than two five-star commitments in both the On3\/Rivals (3) and 247 Sports (4) rankings. <\/p>\n

There\u2019s always room for more, and, according to 247 Sports<\/a>, Miami remains in play for the biggest defensive name in the entire 2027 class in five-star EDGE DJ Jacobs (Roswell, GA), who has been committed to Ohio State since late December. Jacobs is the No. 1 overall player in 247 Sports\u2019 rankings for 2027.<\/p>\n

Miami still not out of contention for Ohio State commit DJ Jacobs<\/p>\n

Jordan Hill of Dawgs 247 noted a gap between Georgia\u2019 NIL offer and other programs. He also believes Miami would be best positioned to get Jacobs to change his mind if he\u2019s considering other options outside of the Buckeyes. <\/p>\n

\u201cMiami is the team I believe is best positioned for Jacobs if he decides to reconsider his Ohio State commitment,\u201d 247 Sports\u2019 Grant Hughes quotes Hill as saying. <\/p>\n

While some might say that flipping a commitment is a tough move to pull off, the Hurricanes have excelled at it so far this year. They\u2019ve flipped five-star CB Donte Wright (Long Beach, CA) from Georgia<\/a>, along with five-star DL Jaiden Bryant (Columbia, SC) from LSU<\/a> and four-star CB Ai\u2019King Hall (Dothan, AL) from Oregon. <\/p>\n

Miami won\u2019t be undercut when it comes to NIL offers, and the development on the field is currently second to none, with Hall of Famer Jason Taylor churning out a pair of first round picks in Rueben Bain, Jr. and Akheem Mesidor this year. <\/p>\n

We\u2019ll find out if Cristobal, Taylor, and company can pull off their biggest shocker yet and add Jacobs to what\u2019s become a potentially special group of players coming to Coral Gables. <\/p>\n

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College Football<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMiami Hurricanes superstar Malachi Toney gets a big honor from popular video game creator\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n

The Canes\u2019 young wide receiver will see his face all over the country after landing a cover photo in the sport\u2019s widely acclaimed video game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami is still in play for the nation\u2019s top recruit, and they\u2019ll have to continue their magic with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[38158,143,123,7209,129587,129588,125,5079,124,10783],"class_list":["post-310804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-college-football-news","tag-college-football","tag-miami","tag-miami-football","tag-miami-football-news","tag-miami-football-recruiting","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-hurricanes","tag-miami-news","tag-ohio-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310804","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=310804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}