Miami Lands Tennessee Safety Transfer JaKobe Thomas

Trinton Breeze

May 1, 2025 1 min read

Miami and head coach Mario Cristobal are making waves in the transfer portal, securing three commitments in just three days, with the latest being Tennessee defensive back transfer JaKobe Thomas.

The native of Tullahoma, Tennessee, selected the Hurricanes as his choice over Florida State.

The defensive back from Tennessee just finished a visit to Miami this week, and it went well since he made his pledge to Miami days after.

The 6'2", 200-pound safety made 22 tackles in 12 games for the Vols last year. Before joining Tennessee for his junior year, he played at Middle Tennessee State, where he racked up 108 tackles over two seasons. He also had eight pass deflections and four interceptions.

Coming out of Tullahoma High, he was rated as a three-star prospect according to the 247Sports rankings. He was also ranked as the No. 183 safety in the class.

Last season, Thomas played in 263 snaps for the Volunteers and was seen as a potential starter before transferring, joining an impressive recruiting class led by Mario Cristobal.

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Brains

Oct 5, 2025

Excellent addition.

Ghurd8

Oct 5, 2025

Samoan Souljah said:
I wish he had another year. Dude is a fyzikal presence out there layin down the boom

**** let's make this one count

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aleahy

Oct 5, 2025

Will Harris should get some credit here. I think he’s coached him really well.

No_Fly_Zone

Oct 5, 2025

A lot of great secondary additions for us this portal class, but this one has really exceeded my expectations.

V-DawgCane

Oct 5, 2025

A lot of bad takes here when he committed to us. Hes a BALLER.

Last edited: Oct 6, 2025

AtlAtty

Oct 5, 2025

ben said:
Eric berry was a stud

I first met Eric when he was a 9th grader. His aunt is a close friend of mine. For 4 years everyone kept telling his aunt how good Eric was and she just kept brushing them off. And then she couldn’t deny it after he arrived at Tennessee. Great combo of intelligence, size and speed.

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Jassid82

Oct 6, 2025

So glad we didn’t give in to Haulcy and his BS. I’ve watched a few LSU games and I haven’t seen him make the kind of impact that warranted all of the hoopla he was demanding. Goes to show we need to trust Mario when it comes to these evaluations. Thomas has been an absolute terror.