DB Omar Thornton commits to Miami

DMoney

Yesterday at 7:48 PM 1 min read

Omar Thornton, a 5-foot-11, 201-pound nickel defender from Boston College, has committed to the Miami Hurricanes. A Broward County native, Thornton starred at American Heritage High School, where he was a teammate of freshman wide receiver Malachi Toney and was named the Sun Sentinel Broward 2M-1M Defensive Player of the Year. He arrives at Miami with two years of eligibility remaining and enters the program as the No. 5-ranked safety in the transfer portal.

Thornton appeared in 23 games over two seasons with the Eagles and put together one of the most productive seasons of any defensive back in the ACC in 2025. He recorded 82 total tackles, including 56 solo stops, along with eight tackles for loss, two sacks, four forced fumbles, and one interception. Over his two-year career at Boston College, Thornton totaled 111 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, five forced fumbles, and one interception, giving Miami a proven, physical presence in the middle of the secondary.

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Trav

Yesterday at 8:39 PM

Love this pickup

jjacks93

Yesterday at 8:52 PM

P-Tizzle said:
I love the boom and the enforcer type attitude but as I was saying on the other thread before it closed, staff has to work with him to clean up his 20% missed tackle rate and 6 tds on 31 chances. If that happens, dude is straight Ronnie Lott.

This ain’t Boston college he will get coached up

CanesFanfromNJ

Yesterday at 8:53 PM

Thomas clone or Scott clone?

Next year is going to be special

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mirvin88

Yesterday at 8:55 PM

Good fit

BeCanes

Yesterday at 9:01 PM

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edge

Yesterday at 9:38 PM

Thomas is like 6’2 210. Hard to clone a guy that doesn’t have same measurables. I wonder if this is the Scott replacement.

zx7oppa

Yesterday at 9:43 PM

CanesFanfromNJ said:
Thomas clone or Scott clone?

Next year is going to be special

I say Scott

RVACane

Yesterday at 9:45 PM

JMG said:
This kid the goods? Anyone who has watched BC would love to hear. I'm sure he's good if we're taking him.

He comes highly recommended from Blake James.

bobbydigius

Yesterday at 9:46 PM

edge said:
Thomas is like 6’2 210. Hard to clone a guy that doesn’t have same measurables. I wonder if this is the Scott replacement.

He isn’t the same type of player as Scott. He is closer to Thomas despite being smaller.

Supacane954

Yesterday at 9:52 PM

He definitely playing Nickel he’s like a linebacker out there !

Hurricane23

Yesterday at 9:57 PM

CanesFanfromNJ said:
Thomas clone or Scott clone?

Next year is going to be special

Looks more Thomas than Scott to me

DubCaliCane

Yesterday at 10:16 PM

I want all SoFla kids that play with violence.

Da Jumbo Mutombo

Yesterday at 10:19 PM

Love the highlights.

Read a comment from a BC fan, "makes big tackles, misses big tackles"

So he will need to work on being a more sound tackler, but I like how he looks like a missile in his highlights.

Dwinstitles

Yesterday at 10:20 PM

**** this dude looks just as good as Scott, I like this pickup a lot

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tdjones34

Yesterday at 10:21 PM

Da Jumbo Mutombo said:
Love the highlights.

Read a comment from a BC fan, "makes big tackles, misses big tackles"

So he will need to work on being a more sound tackler, but I like how he looks like a missile in his highlights.

He will have more help next next year