{"id":359572,"date":"2026-08-01T01:57:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T01:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/359572\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T01:57:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T01:57:25","slug":"miami-lands-commitment-from-5-star-cb-amir-sears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/359572\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami lands commitment from 5-star CB A’mir Sears"},"content":{"rendered":"

First to offer him back in July of 2024, Miami (Fla.) Columbus<\/a> Rivals Industry five-star cornerback A\u2019mir Sears<\/a> has committed to the local Hurricanes, giving head coach Mario Cristobal<\/a> and his staff verbals from the nation\u2019s top two defensive backs in the country.<\/p>\n

A recent reclassification from the 2028 class, the blue-chip Sears joins fellow five-star Donte Wright<\/a> as two of the jewels of a Miami class<\/a> that the Rivals Industry ranks No. 3 nationally<\/a>. Miami now has four five-stars in the fold with receiver Nick Lennear<\/a> and edge rusher Jaiden Bryant<\/a> two of the other headliners.<\/p>\n

Miami\u2019s Rivals Industry average rank per commit is also the highest in the country<\/a>, with Sears one of the headliners of a class that is pound for pound the best in America.<\/p>\n

Ranked as the nation\u2019 No. 2 cornerback and No. 10 prospect overall (Wright checks in at No. 1 and No. 9), Sears chose to stay home and play for Miami over Texas A&M, Michigan and a slew of others like LSU, Oregon, Notre Dame and Ohio State.<\/p>\n

Rivals Director of Scouting Charles Power loves this pickup for Miami.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the best high school football players to come from South Florida in the last few cycles,\u201d Power wrote in his evaluation. \u201cVery polished in coverage, showing natural ability to stay in-phase with receivers on downfield routes. Has high-level ball skills, as seen in his ability as a wide receiver. Had a very strong sophomore season, catching 42 passes for 942 yards and 11 touchdowns along with three interceptions and 11 pass breakups. Will need to continue getting bigger and stronger while improving his top-end speed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cConsistency,\u201d Sears said of why Miami is high on his list. \u201cThey don\u2019t let up. At all.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have coaches that actually recruit. A lot of these schools are not recruiting honestly. They just send letters and generic texts. Miami has a real recruiting department.<\/p>\n

Sears also had a great visit to Miami for 305 Day and has spent a lot of time around the program, including games in the fall.<\/p>\n

\u201cMan, it was a vibe,\u201d Sears emphasized after his March experience. \u201cPlayed 3-on-3 basketball and ran the court for about nine straight games with Nick Lennear.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think playing for The U just excites me to put on for the crib.<\/p>\n

Miami\u2019s style of play has a lot of the things Sears is looking for in a football team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love how physical and gritty Miami is,\u201d Sears said. \u201cThat\u2019s my type of football. The coaching and recruiting staff continues to show me love, which is great as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lead recruiter for Miami was Frank Tucker, but it was a team effort with Cristobal obviously heavily involved as always. Sears becomes commit No. 21 for Miami in the 2027 recruiting class. With the five-stars and prospects like No. 3 ranked quarterback Israel Abrams<\/a> and No. 5 linebacker AJ Randle Jr.<\/a>, you won\u2019t find a better haul for any program in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"First to offer him back in July of 2024, Miami (Fla.) Columbus Rivals Industry five-star cornerback A\u2019mir Sears…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[146521,119526,146522,114293,47,99020,124446,123,125,124,141547],"class_list":["post-359572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-amir-sears-28-columbus","tag-aj-randle-jr-27-garner","tag-columbus-explorers-miami","tag-donte-wright-27-long-beach-poly","tag-fl","tag-israel-abrams-27-montini-catholic","tag-jaiden-bryant-27-irmo","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-nick-lennear-27-miami-carol-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359572","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=359572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}