{"id":508649,"date":"2026-03-07T05:41:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T05:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/508649\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T05:41:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T05:41:07","slug":"miami-hurricanes-building-another-elite-recruiting-class-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/508649\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Hurricanes building another elite recruiting class in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami<\/a>\u2018s appearance in the College Football Playoff national championship in January has generated a massive amount of momentum on the recruiting trail for the Hurricanes. <\/p>\n

They finished last cycle with the No. 8 class in the country<\/a>, their third in four years under Mario Cristobal. That kind of talent acquisition \u2014 including finding under-the-radar gems \u2014 has paid huge dividends in recent years. Miami\u2019s talent now stacks up with some of college football\u2019s premier programs, particularly when you factor in what they\u2019ve done in the transfer portal. <\/p>\n

On top of their elite recruiting class, the \u2018Canes transfer haul included five four-star additions. None were bigger than Duke quarterback Darian Mensah<\/a> and former Missouri EDGE Damon Wilson II<\/a>, both ranked among the top 10 players available in the portal. They\u2019re expected to lead another deep roster next year, but Cristobal and Co. have pivoted from relying quite as heavily on the portal to now prioritizing quality high school classes. <\/p>\n

Their start to 2027 is no different.<\/p>\n

Miami\u2019s class ranks No. 7 in the Rivals Industry Team Recruiting Rankings<\/a> despite having only five commits. And based on average star rating per pledge, they bump up to No. 5. <\/p>\n

Four of the five commitments are ranked as blue-chip prospects, and the fifth \u2014 offensive tackle Zaquan Linton<\/a> \u2014 very much fits the bill of a developmental tackle that Cristobal has had success with in the past. Their latest addition, elite wideout Nick Lennear<\/a>, pushed them into the top 10 ahead of Nebraska, Texas, Alabama, Oregon and more. <\/p>\n

And they may be trending for a few more commitments coming soon, according to Rivals\u2019 Steve Wiltfong<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Hurricanes recruiting class breakdown by position<\/p>\n

Wide receiver
Four-star Nick Lennear<\/a>, No. 26 NATL. (No. 6 WR)
Four-star Ah\u2019Mari Stevens<\/a>, No. 229 NATL. (No. 30 WR)<\/p>\n

Tight end
Four-star Demarcus Deroche<\/a>, No. 243 NATL. (No. 15 TE)<\/p>\n

Offensive tackle
Three-star Zaquan Linton<\/a>, No. 895 NATL. (No. 65 OT)<\/p>\n

Safety
Four-star Jaylyn Jones<\/a>, No. 232 NATL. (No. 23 SAF)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami\u2018s appearance in the College Football Playoff national championship in January has generated a massive amount of momentum…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[230970,230971,399,230972,398,396,397,230973,99,230974],"class_list":["post-508649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-ahmari-stevens-27-chaminade-madonna-prep","tag-demarcus-deroche-27-cardinal-gibbons","tag-football","tag-jaylyn-jones-27-mcarthur","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-nick-lennear-27-northwestern","tag-sports","tag-zaquan-linton-27-palm-beach-central"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}