Miami’s 2027 recruiting class is starting to look less like a good haul and more like a warning label.
The Hurricanes now sit at 20 commitments, good for No. 3 nationally in the Rivals Industry team rankings, and the headliners keep piling up. Miami has landed three five-star prospects and 12 four-stars, while also posting the highest average player rating among the top seven classes at 91.58.
In the ACC, the Hurricanes are first. In the national picture, they’re right behind only two programs.
What really jumps off the page, though, is how Miami has done it. Rivals named three Hurricanes among the most impactful flips of the 2027 cycle: five-star cornerback Donte Wright from Georgia, five-star edge rusher Jaiden Bryant from LSU and four-star cornerback Ai’King Hall from Oregon. No other school had more than one player on that list, and Miami has been the biggest winner in flips so far.
Wright’s path to Coral Gables was a long one. He committed to Georgia before his junior season and stayed with the Bulldogs for nearly a year.
Oregon and UCLA tried to make a late push, but Miami ultimately won out when Wright flipped in May. The California standout is ranked No. 10 nationally, No. 2 at cornerback and No. 1 in California in the Rivals Industry Ranking.
He later came back to Coral Gables for an official visit and has said his recruitment is shut down.
Hall’s move was quicker. The Alabama native had already committed to Oregon before Miami got him on campus, but one visit to Coral Gables changed everything.
He flipped to the Hurricanes on May 17. Hall is ranked No. 91 nationally and No. 12 among cornerbacks in the Rivals Industry Ranking, and he’s the No. 1 player in Alabama.
Bryant’s flip added even more punch to the class. He committed to LSU in January after the Tigers hired Sterling Lucas from South Carolina, and the Gamecocks kept working to pull him back.
Miami stayed in the mix, got him back on campus for an official visit, and then landed him after that trip. Bryant has also shut his recruitment down.
He is the No. 24 prospect nationally, the No. 5 edge rusher and the No. 1 player in South Carolina in the Rivals Industry Ranking.
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