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.

 

Ohio state happy as **** we got Bryant thinking they’re now marked safe from Jacobs flipping

They terrified right now

 

The perfect storm is brewing…
Miami won 3 playoff games and played big stage.
Malichi Toney is biggest name:brand in CFB.
1st round pick development…3 in 2026.

NIL: do you want to be a rich young man in Athens GA or Eugene OR? or you wanna make 7 figures living in Miami?

Miami has another strong year on field its going to be spooky out here..

Georgia Tech doesn’t care about sports and USC/UCLA can’t seem to get their act together. It’s the other city universities in places young people want to live that could pose a challenge.

 

If Miami can somehow pass A&M on the class rankings that would be genuinely hysterical.

The only thing better would be if Mario flips someone from their class that's put us over.

I don’t know much about much and we are obviously going to get great class, but A&M is going big big this year. I know they’re trying to flip Lennear as well. Gonna be a wild ride

People here that can’t handle it will be fun to watch as well

I would have lost it with Mark Matthews until I saw his tweaking announcement. That’s like a certain poster here when I see them reply to me I can’t even get upset. It was just funny to me


Mark helped me heal man, thank you Texas a&m thank you

 

Ohio state happy as **** we got Bryant thinking they’re now marked safe from Jacobs flipping

not sure of the inner workings of the budget, but im sure they would make it work if Jacobs wanted in.

Getting a funny feeling the 5* LB from IMG could pop… I see some subliminal comms on social media between all the visitors from this past weekend

 

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Guys, is this good?

Bump the top 100, we got 4 players ranked top 20 ahora

Got 20% of the top 20 players. Crazy work

 

I don’t know much about much and we are obviously going to get great class, but A&M is going big big this year. I know they’re trying to flip Lennear as well. Gonna be a wild ride

People here that can’t handle it will be fun to watch as well

FWIW, Lennear announced last night his recruitment was shut down.

 

Georgia Tech doesn’t care about sports and USC/UCLA can’t seem to get their act together. It’s the other city universities in places young people want to live that could pose a challenge.

I think two schools to need to be mentioned one under the radar is Texas and Michigan. Austin has become way more than just a college, its a full on city. Michigan while being in Ann Arbor is only 45 min from Detroit, that has come a long long way in the last decade and it has always been a great city if you are a kid, especially a black kid. Not to mention, Michigan has money and alumni that actually are obsessed with sports.

 

Got 20% of the top 20 players. Crazy work

Its almost like winning maybe did matter a bit?

 

not sure of the inner workings of the budget, but im sure they would make it work if Jacobs wanted in.

Getting a funny feeling the 5* LB from IMG could pop… I see some subliminal comms on social media between all the visitors from this past weekend

Henderson being here this past weekend bonding with the other 2 LBs, Wright, and Bryant has me feeling a bit more optimistic than I felt previously but I’m sure TAMU knows that too and will do their best to lock him up.

 

I think two schools to need to be mentioned one under the radar is Texas and Michigan. Austin has become way more than just a college, its a full on city. Michigan while being in Ann Arbor is only 45 min from Detroit, that has come a long long way in the last decade and it has always been a great city if you are a kid, especially a black kid. Not to mention, Michigan has money and alumni that actually are obsessed with sports.

Don't forget, Athens is now just about a (speed-limit-free) suburb of Atlanta.

 

@DMoney
SIAP, Any official meausrables on him from this weekend? I’ve seen 6’3 260 and 6’4 245, probably somewhere in between but curious if you had anything.

I'll confirm but I think he's in that 6'3.5, 255 range.

 

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I would have lost it with Mark Matthews until I saw his tweaking announcement. That’s like a certain poster here when I see them reply to me I can’t even get upset. It was just funny to me


Mark helped me heal man, thank you Texas a&m thank you

This type of thing has been happening to the elite programs for years we just didn’t know it. The oregons/OSU/Bama/Texas etc they are constantly losing players they should get

But in the end they’ve been so good at recruiting it works out

We just didn’t know it worked like this because we were fighting for scraps

Mario is always gonna get his

 

I think two schools to need to be mentioned one under the radar is Texas and Michigan. Austin has become way more than just a college, its a full on city. Michigan while being in Ann Arbor is only 45 min from Detroit, that has come a long long way in the last decade and it has always been a great city if you are a kid, especially a black kid. Not to mention, Michigan has money and alumni that actually are obsessed with sports.

Great points.
Everyone I know who lives in Austin really likes Austin. They don’t all like Texas, but Austin is their oasis.

And I was raised in Ann Arbor. Quintessential college town and as you noted, a stone’s throw from Detroit which has been revitalized. Of course the weather still s*cks, but overall its a very competitive atmosphere.

The last program we have to concede is ND. South Bend is nothing great but the university does so well by its grads. I’m close with the family of Kyle Hamilton and ND did a great job of selling all the connections he would make by going there. They also don’t have athletic dorms and classes are attended in person so it won’t appeal to everyone, but these 3 schools should compete with Miami over the next decade.

But we are in it every year for the foreseeable future. It’s amazing.

 

FWIW, Lennear announced last night his recruitment was shut down.

Normally means absolutely nothing but the way NIL is working it’s hard to tell. Mario’s track record for flipping but also NOT getting flipped is astounding

 

**** i'm late to the party. LFG Canes! Welcome to the U young man! Bring us another DE flip Mario!!!

So is this the greatest amount of 5 star recruits in a Canes recruiting class?

 

Great points.
Everyone I know who lives in Austin really likes Austin. They don’t all like Texas, but Austin is their oasis.

And I was raised in Ann Arbor. Quintessential college town and as you noted, a stone’s throw from Detroit which has been revitalized. Of course the weather still s*cks, but overall its a very competitive atmosphere.

The last program we have to concede is ND. South Bend is nothing great but the university does so well by its grads. I’m close with the family of Kyle Hamilton and ND did a great job of selling all the connections he would make by going there. They also don’t have athletic dorms and classes are attended in person so it won’t appeal to everyone, but these 3 schools should compete with Miami over the next decade.

But we are in it every year for the foreseeable future. It’s amazing.

The alumni connections at ND are serious. As long as you don’t pull some scumbag ****, you are all but set for life. You will always be able to get a job somewhere, it runs that deep. ****, it goes past alumni. You have people out there that went to school elsewhere but when you ask them what is the school they support, they will say ND. Thats basically all of Chicago.

 

**** i'm late to the party. LFG Canes! Welcome to the U young man! Bring us another DE flip Mario!!!

So is this the greatest amount of 5 star recruits in a Canes recruiting class?

I think so. And we’re not done I’m sure.

 

Henderson being here this past weekend bonding with the other 2 LBs, Wright, and Bryant has me feeling a bit more optimistic than I felt previously but I’m sure TAMU knows that too and will do their best to lock him up.

He really loved his OV and it definitely put us in the game for him. If we can get past the AM OV trip, we may have a chance. I know he said he loves our coaching staff and his best friend DeAnthony is already here.
Ppl here misconstrued my comment about him and Mark Matthews talking to each other as if Kaden is like Mark and soft and thats not the case. They are two of the 5 star recruits in the state so it only makes sense they will discuss things with each other. His decision is not based on where Mark went or wanting to be with Mark.

 

I don’t know much about much and we are obviously going to get great class, but A&M is going big big this year. I know they’re trying to flip Lennear as well. Gonna be a wild ride

People here that can’t handle it will be fun to watch as well

I doubt they'll flip Lennear. But yes they'll likely have the #1 ranked class like they did a few years ago (supposedly the best class ever). Good for them.

I don't give a **** about getting the #1 class.