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:

 

2018 Bama
2019 LSU
2020 Kansas

I had to go back and look but yea that 2018 Bama CB class was ridiculous.

And 2020 Kansas was some elite level
hidden green gem (video game reference) type of recruiting.

 

 

10 for 19 passing, 128 yards, 1 TD & 1 INT. 9 carries for 49 rushing yards.

Defensive stats missing from LBP’s maxpreps page. Team is 1-4 this year

 

 

Sears and wright at corner is about to be ******* nasty work. Bout to be able ti lock down receivers and get after the qb even more

 

 

Sears and wright at corner is about to be ******* nasty work. Bout to be able ti lock down receivers and get after the qb even more

Gonna be some Jason vs Freddy type of scary for our opps (and lets not overlook Ai'King Hall)

 

Maybe its just me..But A'King Hall looks like he is physically ready to play now for us if we needed him. He looks the part already.

 

Sears is kind of a question mark. He will be elite where he ends up or he will do the both ways thing. How many snaps at each spot will he play. Will he be a safety or corner?

Hall and wright will be a nasty corner duo

 

 

 

Ya

Gonna be some Jason vs Freddy type of scary for our opps (and lets not overlook Ai'King Hall)

Ll seem to be forgetting everyone else we already stacked with. We got goons on goons. Need to start stacking at safety though. Seems we never truly lock up .onsters at the position. Fortunately we develop well.

 

Ya

Ll seem to be forgetting everyone else we already stacked with. We got goons on goons. Need to start stacking at safety though. Seems we never truly lock up .onsters at the position. Fortunately we develop well.

I think Sears is being recruited to be a safety

 

I think Sears is being recruited to be a safety

This is understandable. BUT there's a big difference between getting a kid capable of playing safety opposed to taking a kid who's played one his whole life. Same **** we got going on with backers. I'm tired of seeing elite backer play throughout elite defenses. Meanwhile we just try to figure it out. That should never be happening here.

 

This is understandable. BUT there's a big difference between getting a kid capable of playing safety opposed to taking a kid who's played one his whole life. Same **** we got going on with backers. I'm tired of seeing elite backer play throughout elite defenses. Meanwhile we just try to figure it out. That should never be happening here.

Sears plays safety now and all of the current LB commits play LB in high school

 

Ya

Ll seem to be forgetting everyone else we already stacked with. We got goons on goons. Need to start stacking at safety though. Seems we never truly lock up .onsters at the position. Fortunately we develop well.

Whats your take on our two S's this cycle, Jones & Hypolite ? I like the upside both have.

 

Sears plays safety now and all of the current LB commits play LB in high school

he locked up that STA kid at CB

 

Sears plays safety now and all of the current LB commits play LB in high school

Ok. So I'll spell it out. When I said someone who has been raised playing the position just like at linebacker, I didn't mean someone who plays that position as well a year or two in highschool. I meant someone that plays specifically that position long term. Amir plays 5 different positions so if safety is one of them that's great. But I want an elite kid who also has it drilled in his head what he's supposed to do at any given moment without any indecision. That comes from long term muscle memory essentially. Not saying he's not capable of it. Absolutely he is. Im just saying exactly what I did. I want us focusing on the safety position & linebacker position so we can get elite play there.

 

Whats your take on our two S's this cycle, Jones & Hypolite ? I like the upside both have.

I don't know enough about either. However I do REALLY like some of the background @Coach Macho has gave on Jones. That's exactly what we're looking for consistently out of the position.