Just days after finalizing their secondary staff, the Miami Hurricanes have made a major splash at the cornerback position, flipping five-star Donte Wright from Georgia.



An elite defensive back who has all the tools to be special at the next level, Wright is one of the consensus top cornerbacks in the 2027 class.

A 6-foot-1 corner, Wright excels in man coverage, completely taking away an opposing team’s number one option.

His high school stats reflect that, with very little attempts going his way as he puts receivers on an island.

The California native sticks to receivers with impressive footwork, matching routes well as he fluidly moves his hips across the field.



Wright was committed to UGA since last summer, but other schools such as Miami and Oregon remained squarely in the mix for the Long Beach Poly product.

The Hurricanes began to surge following his weekend visit in March, where Wright left impressed.

“I always had high expectations of Miami, they just reached all those expectations, I feel Miami is a big contender for sure in my recruitment,” said Wright.

“I would say I fit in perfectly. Talking with [Hetherman], he told me that he's trying to get into more man coverage and press coverage.”

Plenty of concern was expressed at the lack of certainty in the secondary room following the loss of Zac Etheridge and the lack of a named secondary coach.

But following the announcement of Terry Jefferson as corners coach and the elevation of Will Harris as secondary coach, the Canes look set to continue on the trail.

Wright becomes Miami’s eleventh commit in the 2027 class, joining local talents Sherrod Gourdine and Jaylyn Jones in the secondary room.

Check out our interview with Miami’s newest commit below:

 

Don’t like the sleeve, but I’m not worried.

 

Grimy is such an important trait!!

 

 

Don’t like the sleeve, but I’m not worried.

He’s still a UGA commit in this video

 

Don’t like the sleeve, but I’m not worried.

He’s still a UGA commit in this video

Thank you, the caption for the video made me think it was more recent.

 

In addition to those above, more context w/ Quotes from Barry Jackson’s may interview with Donte; Will Harris and Travon were SC teammates

He said UM defensive backs coach Will Harris “has a good connection with Travon Patterson, my head coach here, and my pops. We had a good relationship. We match the same vibe because he’s a Cali guy so that matched out perfectly.”

And new UM cornerbacks coach Terry Jefferson “recruited me and showed he believed in me and he’s trying to get something done with me. He just got the job so he’s believing in me and I’m believing in him and we’re going to make it work.”

Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/...-of-miami/article315738431.html#storylink=cpy

 

Product of his environment, you can be an ace salesman but at the end of the day if you're selling a mid product, you are mid yourself

 

We like Dennis Smith today!

(Great story though)

 

We like Dennis Smith today!

(Great story though)

The players seem to like him, Mensah style for acc media day was Dennis inspired.. The fans, not soo much.. lol..

 

 

 

 

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Rivals has arguably the best player in this class as a 4 star

 

Rivals has arguably the best player in this class as a 4 star

He will be a 5 star on every services once they give all the 5 stars out. He's safely in 5 star range and these rankings are before he went nuclear vs Bishop Gorman.

 

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Dmn I know this is the best CB class in Miami history but what other schools have had better CB classes?

 

Dmn I know this is the best CB class in Miami history but what other schools have had better CB classes?

Bama a few years back with Surtain and Jobe is the most recent that I can remember. But there are not many classes on this list.

 

Bama a few years back with Surtain and Jobe is the most recent that I can remember. But there are not many classes on this list.

That year UGA had Keele Ringo, Tyrique was a good one for them.

 

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sick

 

Dmn I know this is the best CB class in Miami history but what other schools have had better CB classes?

2018 Bama
2019 LSU
2020 Kansas