Miami officially Flips 2026 OT Joel Ervin

Sebastian Font

Mar 29, 2025 2 min read

2026 3-star OT Joel Ervin announced his commitment to the University of Miami today, flipping from Louisville.

“I think right now is the perfect time [to commit] because a lot of guys aren’t committed, and I want to commit early and target some more players,” said Ervin.

Ervin has all the measurables for a high-end O-Line prospect. The Fort Myers product measures in at 6-foot-6, 330 pounds with 11.5-inch hands an 88 inch wingspan. Such tools are comparable and even better than most of the NFL draft prospects this year. Moreover, he appears to carry the weight with lean mass.

Ervin was offered last May, visiting for multiple games and locking in an official visit this June. He was also in attendance for spring practice this week as the ’Canes continue to lock down recruits following unofficials.

The staff believes this O-Line class to be one of the best in recent memory, continuing to pursue 5-stars Jackson Cantwell and Keenyi Pepe and a plethora of other four and three stars, evident with the aggressiveness in flipping Ervin.

Both offensive line commits (Ervin and Congdon) possess the tools you can’t teach with their height and frame being some of the best in the class. With O-Line gurus Alex Mirabal and Mario Cristobal, the sky's the limit for Ervin, Congdon, and future recruits to develop at the U.

Ervin becomes Miami’s seventh 2026 commit alongside Javian Mallory, Jaelen Waters, Ben Congdon, Dereon Coleman, Jordan Campbell, and Camdin Portis.

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hoops156

May 18, 2025

Jassid82 said:
SJ. But taking him out the equation for fairness because he’s a C prospect..it might actually be CICi who is “only” 6’5.

I think they have him at 6'6?

Ghandi

May 18, 2025

If he gets invited to an all-star game or two, he’ll shoot all the way up to a 4/5* player.

You can’t teach what he’s got.

Damiencane86

May 18, 2025

CanesFan20 said:
What's the smallest OL we have recruited under Mario?

Probably Nino Francavilla

canecrazy23

May 18, 2025

Derrick Griffin said:
Ervin should be a 4 star player. He runs his feet very well and when he’s engaged you aren’t getting out. He does allow for defenders to get into his body but his core allows for him to over power anyone who does get inside. I’d like to see him shoot his hands on contact more. That over powering works in high school at his size/frame but that won’t always be the case on the college level. His play speed isn’t as fast in his Junior highlight reel compared to the spring game clips which tells me his has put in work in the offseason to better his craft. His base can get narrow as he drives defenders (usually into the dirt). That can get widened out with Mirabal for sure. Not a ton of pass sets in the highlight reel. His kick looks decent but he isn’t shooting his hands, once again allowing rushers into his chest. He just so **** powerful. @DMoney this kid can be great. I think he’s a Guard. He’s high but at 6’7 he’s not straight up and down.

I told you I’d give you a legit breakdown and this is it.

Did you do one of these for Cantwell? I'd love to read it.

Derrick Griffin

May 18, 2025

canecrazy23 said:
Did you do one of these for Cantwell? I'd love to read it.

I can and I appreciate it. I don’t know a lot about a lot but I do know OL play.

CanesFan20

May 18, 2025

Jassid82 said:
SJ. But taking him out the equation for fairness because he’s a C prospect..it might actually be CICi who is “only” 6’5.

Definitely a big difference between a Mario OL prospect compared to what we did before. In the past we took a lot of undersized OL with the hopes of getting them in the weight room and etc. With Mario we take a bunch of oversized OL recruits with the hopes of coaching them up and so far it's worked wonders. Outside of his year 1 recruiting and portal class he made on the fly the only possible Whiff has been Samson Okunlola and it's still possible he could become a starter in 2025. If he can't beat out Ryan Rodriguez at Guard he probably needs to transfer.

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Jaxson Villain

May 18, 2025

Damiencane86 said:
Probably Nino Francavilla

SJ, Nino, Tripp all 6’3 or less.

JHallCanes

May 18, 2025

CanesFan20 said:
Definitely a big difference between a Mario OL prospect compared to what we did before. In the past we took a lot of undersized OL with the hopes of getting them in the weight room and etc. With Mario we take a bunch of oversized OL recruits with the hopes of coaching them up and so far it's worked wonders. Outside of his year 1 recruiting and portal class he made on the fly the only possible Whiff has been Samson Okunlola and it's still possible he could become a starter in 2025. If he can't beat out Ryan Rodriguez at Guard he probably needs to transfer.

Feels like for 20 years before Mario we’d take someone that was 6-5 or 6-6 but they’d be 240 and we would try to put 80 lbs on them as well

CanesFan20

May 18, 2025

JHallCanes said:
Feels like for 20 years before Mario we’d take someone that was 6-5 or 6-6 but they’d be 240 and we would try to put 80 lbs on them as well

Almost worked with Zion Nelson lol

PRcane787

May 28, 2025

JHallCanes

May 28, 2025

PRcane787 said:

**** yes. Added bonus of not having to see his name come up on this board for years when we let him go ball out at an ACC rival

Ghandi

May 28, 2025

PRcane787 said:

He’s making a mistake.

You’re only allowed to make the free money rounds once in your life.

It’s like throwing away a $200k scratch off

JHallCanes

May 28, 2025

Ghandi said:
He’s making a mistake.

You’re only allowed to make the free money rounds once in your life.

It’s like throwing away a $200k scratch off

These days it seems like you’ve got 3-4 chances but point taken

816Cane

May 28, 2025

Derrick Griffin said:
That’s a 150 lb corner that he had a running start at. I don’t think this signifies anything. This shouldn’t be a hype piece…

I am just noticing this post, but this post alone needs a bump. How can you watch that clip and this is what you take from it??

I'm baffled, astonished, shocked, and nauseated. **** of a PoRsT.

Derrick Griffin

May 28, 2025

816Cane said:
I am just noticing this post, but this post alone needs a bump. How can you watch that clip and this is what you take from it??

I'm baffled, astonished, shocked, and nauseated. **** of a PoRsT.

Go read the rest of the thread please and thank you.

816Cane

May 28, 2025

Derrick Griffin said:
Go read the rest of the thread please and thank you.

I did. And was going to delete the post after doing so.. but it is still startling that your initial post drew that conclusion.

Anyways, my apologies for bringing this up again and I am by no means an expert at much of anything so my opinion really carries no substance at all.