Five-Star DE Jaiden Bryant Flips to Miami Hurricanes

DMoney

Jun 3, 2026 2 min read

Jaiden Bryant is a Miami Hurricane.

The 6'4, 245 five-star DE from Columbia, South Carolina officially flipped from LSU to the Canes on Wednesday night. He is the #20 overall player in America, but as I wrote three months ago on the Bank, the staff has long valued Bryant as a top-of-the-board player:

The Canes are focused on elite players on the edge. Jaiden Bryant (Columbia, SC) might be the best player in America. He is committed to LSU but visiting the Canes on May 29th. Expect a full-court press.

Bryant was South Carolina's Co-Defensive Player of the Year, finishing his junior season with 79 tackles (23 TFL), 11 sacks, 6 FR and 1 INT. His Irmo team went 12-2 and made South Carolina’s Class AAAAA Division 2 title game.

On the track, he holds a PR of 52'1 in the shotput and also throws discus and javelin. His power has been compared to Rueben Bain, and he also has the athleticism to play offense.

Bryant visited this past weekend and told CanesInSight's Sebastian Font, “it's definitely heavy knowing Miami got two first rounders with the same coach [Jason Taylor], that’s a key piece to my recruitment.” He also praised DC Corey Hetherman: “I love the scheme — vertical upfield, my type of playstyle, my type of defense. I definitely love it.”

Bryant is Miami's 18th commit in the 2027 and its fourth five-star commit.

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Cane787pr

Jun 3, 2026

Essex Cane

Jun 3, 2026

Where that lame *** LSU fan from the other day lol

Odysseus

Jun 3, 2026

canedotcom

Jun 3, 2026

Parkland_Cane

Jun 3, 2026

Essex Cane said:
Where that lame *** LSU fan from the other day lol

We need King Creole or whatever his name was to come talk to us about coach sterling and his relationship

K.O.M.A.

Jun 3, 2026

bigdaddyQbanCane

Jun 3, 2026

Mario is killing this

J
Jassid82

Jun 3, 2026

Was a little down because Peabo Bryson passed yesterday (don’t judge me I’m old. lol)….but what a HUGE PICKUP!

bigdaddyQbanCane

Jun 3, 2026

Better watch out we might just flip coach O

tr1ck

Jun 3, 2026

@DMoney any chance we circle back for MJC to pair with keys or did that ship sail ?

T
TallyCane

Jun 3, 2026

Wow! Happy to be wrong here

hasena75

Jun 3, 2026

BALLHAWKU

Jun 3, 2026

Not-A-Zebra-Lover said:
Don’t doubt Mario

Yall are crowning the wrong guy on this one . This is JT all the way imo

DWade3

Jun 3, 2026

This was the big one I was waiting on. Let’s ******* go. Couldnt miss out on all 5 star DLs for two straight years esp after the season we just had. Never in doubt!