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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lfoliva9988

Yesterday at 10:46 PM

JZCane0825 said:
CB1 - Lucas
CB2 - OJ
Nickel - Thornton
CB3 - O’Connor
CB4 - Damari

FS - Poyser
SS - Fitzgerald

Slime, Day, Ewald as depth. Filthy.

and top it all off with Koi!!!

C
CanesFan93

Yesterday at 10:50 PM

Seems more like a S (Jakobe) than CB (Keionte).

Dwinstitles

Yesterday at 10:55 PM

BS85 said:
That's an extremely bold statement, maybe ill actually watch his highlights

This dude can play unless im completely insane and blind

chrisRMNU

Yesterday at 11:03 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.

Has a nose for the ball. I wouldn't go as far as saying he's like Scott, but you see the same flashes in the way he plays.

JHallCanes

Yesterday at 11:06 PM

Dwinstitles said:
This dude can play unless im completely insane and blind

Him doing the Goldberg to Jeremiyah Love was good enough for me

My goodness this kid is violent

Dwinstitles

Yesterday at 11:08 PM

JHallCanes said:
Him doing the Goldberg to Jeremiyah Love was good enough for me

My goodness this kid is violent

Yea that film looks legit asf, you know me im a mope to the core on prospects and I was impressed.

JHallCanes

Yesterday at 11:10 PM

Dwinstitles said:
Yea that film looks legit asf, you know me im a mope to the core on prospects and I was impressed.

Don’t let him back there with Pruitt next year

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YLCANE

Yesterday at 11:13 PM

Highline17 said:
Put him in the Heatherman tackling camp and turn him into a Jakobe Thomas clone. I’ll be ecstatic. I don’t think this should hurt us from adding one more DB, fingers crossed for Koi.