{"id":325211,"date":"2026-06-30T21:55:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T21:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/325211\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T21:55:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T21:55:16","slug":"img-academy-four-star-high-on-miami-ahead-of-junior-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/325211\/","title":{"rendered":"IMG Academy Four-Star High on Miami Ahead of Junior Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"60\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/miami\/recruiting\/miami-starts-shaping-2028-2029-recruiting-class-landing-two-elite-recruits\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami <\/a>could potentially have the number one overall recruiting class in the country for 2028 if it gets a good number of the players who are looking into the program. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"63\">What is helping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/miami\/football\/inside-the-mind-miami-executive-director-dennis-smith\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Hurricanes<\/a> is the amount of talent in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/miami\/recruiting\/miami-at-the-top-for-star-in-state-2028-running-back\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">state of Florida<\/a>. The Sunshine State has some great talent in the 2028 class, and a lot of them are high on the Hurricanes.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"66\">One player who plays in Florida is four-star defensive lineman Chase \u201cCT\u201d Foster. The four-star is originally a Georgia native, but he plays at IMG Academy in Bradenton, and Miami is right in the thick of his recruitment. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"69\">He recently spoke with Miami on SI about the Hurricanes.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6g\">READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/miami\/recruiting\/miami-hurricanes-2027-football-commitment-tracker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami Hurricanes&#8217; 2027 Football Commitment Tracker<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6j\">Since making the move to Florida after his freshman season, Foster has enjoyed his time at IMG and has loved living in the state.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6m\">\u201cI do like living in Florida for school, so it\u2019s nice that Miami is in Florida too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6p\">Just over two weeks ago, college coaches were officially able to contact 2028 recruits, and Miami is making an early impression on Foster.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6s\">\u201cI like some of the recruiting coaches I have been talking to. Miami has a great defensive line coach (Jason Taylor), who develops players that play in the NFL.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6v\">Foster does not plan to commit until after his junior season, but Miami is sticking out to him. However, the Hurricanes still have a lot of work to do if they are to land him.<\/p>\n<p>More Recruiting News<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"71\">Miami recently offered 2027 three-star tight end and UNLV commit Jaylen Fitzgerald. He could be a late addition to the 2027 class if the Hurricanes continue their attempt to flip him from the Rebels. Boston College also recently put its name in the hat for the 6-foot-4 prospect. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"74\">2028 four-star receiver target Madoxx Davis shined this past weekend at Nike\u2019s \u201cThe Opening.\u201d He told Miami on SI a few weeks ago that the Hurricanes were one of his top schools, but with the craziness of the contact period opening up, he reassured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/user\/chad-simmons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chad Simmons<\/a> of Rivals that Miami is still one of his top schools. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"77\">Rivals&#8217; industry rankings have recently been updated, with Miami quarterback commit Israel Abrams notably rising to being just outside of five-star status in the industry rankings at 39th in the country (top 32 are five-stars). The commit is currently a five-star on 247 Sports but could prove to be an industry five-star (combination of the three biggest recruiting rankings sites) by the end of his senior season.<\/p>\n<p>Follow all social media platforms to stay up to date with everything Miami Hurricanes-related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CanesCentralSI\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/CanesCentral-on-SI\/61560955043309\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/miamihurricanesonsi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC2F4Ixo-ZqZfvux_xm01AXw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Youtube<\/a>,and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/hurricanesonsi.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a>.Read More Miami Hurricanes News:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami could potentially have the number one overall recruiting class in the country for 2028 if it gets&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-325211","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\/325211","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=325211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}