Rivals released its updated rankings for the 2027 recruiting class on Monday morning, which saw a ton of movement for top Miami commits.<\/p>\n
Five-star Long Beach (Calif.) Poly cornerback Donte Wright<\/a> remained Miami\u2019s highest ranked verbal pledge. After a strong performance at The Opening event this summer, Wright moved up 10 spots and is now the No. 4 overall recruit nationally.<\/p>\n Wright flipped his commitment from Georgia to Miami in May and recently shut down his recruitment.<\/p>\n Rivals has only assigned 23 five-star grades \u2014 there are always 32 every cycle \u2014 so while Miami (Fla.) Carol City wide receiver Nick Lennear<\/a> and Irmo (S.C.) High EDGE Jaiden Bryant <\/a>are in the Top 32, they remained four-star prospects for now.<\/p>\n Lennear dropped two spots to No. 28 nationally, while Bryant dropped two spots to No. 30 nationally.<\/p>\n Dothan (Ala.) High cornerback Ai\u2019King Hall<\/a> (No. 39), Lombard (Ill.) Montini Catholic quarterback Israel Abrams<\/a> (No. 44) and Garner (N.C.) High linebacker AJ Randle <\/a>(No. 57) will also have five-star arguments this fall. All kept the same ranking.<\/p>\n This update saw two huge risers for Miami in Temecula (Calif.) Chaparral wide receiver Eli Woodard <\/a>and Lantana (Fla.) Santaluces EDGE Jayvon Dawson.<\/a><\/p>\n Woodard moved up 93 spots to the No. 68 overall recruit nationally after impressing at The Opening event this summer. Woodard is a speedy slot receiver who initially gave USC a commitment before ultimately ending up with the Hurricanes late last month.<\/p>\n Dawson made a massive leap from three-star prospect to the No. 102 overall recruit nationally. The in-state prospect flew under-the-radar for most of the offseason. However, Miami saw him during the spring evaluation period, offered and closed with his commitment soon after.<\/p>\n At 6-foot-3, 215 pounds, Dawson is one of the most intriguing prospects nationally. Along with his interesting frame, Dawson runs a 4.66 40, has a 38.5-inch vertical and a 10\u20197 broad jump. He\u2019s also just 16 years old, making him one of the younger prospects in the cycle.<\/p>\n Miami (Fla.) North Miami Beach safety Andre Hyppolite<\/a> (No. 105), Houston (Texas) Langham Creek defensive lineman Ezekiel Ayangbile<\/a> (No. 149) and Phenix City (Ala.) Central offensive lineman Jatori Williams<\/a> (No. 178) all stayed same in this update.<\/p>\n A few Miami commits did drop in the rankings.<\/p>\n Haymarket (Va.) Battlfield linebacker Noah Glover<\/a> took the biggest hit, dropping 48 spots to No. 256 overall. Glover didn\u2019t partake in any big offseason events but emerged as a priority for Miami on a board that featured a lot of names going into official visits.<\/p>\n Poplarville (Miss.) High running back Ty Keys<\/a> fell 15 spots to No. 185 overall, while Fort Pierce (Fla.) John Carroll offensive lineman Sean Tatum<\/a> dropped nine spots to No. 229 overall.<\/p>\n Miami entered the day with the No. 4 ranked recruiting class nationally, per the Rivals Industry Ranking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rivals released its updated rankings for the 2027 recruiting class on Monday morning, which saw a ton of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-339148","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\/339148","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=339148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}