DE Damon Wilson II commits to Miami

Sebastian Font

Jan 22, 2026 1 min read

Miami has landed one of the top defensive prospects in the portal cycle, securing the commitment of Missouri edge Damon Wilson II.

The Hurricanes beat out Texas Tech, LSU and Ohio State for the top-10 overall portal prospect, bringing the Florida native back to the Sunshine State.

Listed at 6-foot–4 and 250 pounds, the rising senior spent two years at Georgia before his breakout 2025 season — where he racked up 9 sacks, 23 total tackles and 2 forced fumbles.

He fits the style of DC Corey Hetherman as an aggressive down field rusher who causes chaos with incredible power and burst off the edge. Wilson particularly shined in the pass rush, leading the Tigers with 54 pressures and QB hurries with 37.

As mentioned above, Wilson is a Florida native who applied his trade at Venice — the high school of incoming freshman edge rusher Asharri Charles. In his original 2023 class, Wilson was a five-star, one of the top-50 recruits in the country.

Wilson joins WR Vandrevius Jones, WR Cam Vaughn, DB Omar Thompson, DT Jarquez Carter, and kickers Jack Olsen and Jake Weinberg as the ’Canes current portal haul, with more moves to come.

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flips

Jan 22, 2026

My god. Third time really was the charm!

Welcome to the U, Damon! Go be great!!!

JayCane20

Jan 22, 2026

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smack99

Jan 22, 2026

**** yea!!! Now get me a LT!!!

The U is back to work

Jan 22, 2026

BANG!!!!!!!!! Enormous!!!!!!!

Alex Del Piero

Jan 22, 2026

Uh oh, loafers on the move.

Baba Yaga

Jan 22, 2026

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Udynasty

Jan 22, 2026

Dan E. Dangerously

Jan 22, 2026

Lets ******* go

Cuddlefish

Jan 22, 2026

joeB954

Jan 22, 2026

Heatherman’s defense will bring the best out in him.

Ray52

Jan 22, 2026

Strobe

Jan 22, 2026

bad day to be an ACC QB

Samoan Souljah

Jan 22, 2026

Let the sacking of quarterbacks in 2026 continue lmao

ZeroBeachCane3

Jan 22, 2026

Spooky

OldhamA

Jan 22, 2026

Alex Del Piero said:
Uh oh, loafers on the move.

Remember all the talk about how we were meant to add quality to the ACC and we've failed to do that for 20 years?

I think we're about to make them all eat their words.

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AboutTheU05

Jan 22, 2026

ZeroBeachCane3 said:
Spooky

No one wants the Third Scroggins

ZeroBeachCane3

Jan 22, 2026

Uncut Co Cane

Jan 22, 2026

ageezy said:
he's not bain, he more of a speed guy ... he's really good, unfortunately his following the best DE we've had in recent memory ... happy he's with us

I agree he's not Bain. But go back and look at his sacks and the technique he's using it's nowhere close to how Taylor had Bain or Mesidor playing I think he may be in for a monster year and he's already good.