Miami has landed one of its favorite and long-awaited targets this cycle with the commitment of four-star safety Andre Hyppolite.



A 6-foot-1, 190-pound prospect from North Miami Beach who’s seen his recruitment blow up over recent months, Hyppolite was largely off the radar for most top schools heading into this past spring.

That’s because the four-star isn’t like most recruits we see today — no camps, no media attention and no 7-on-7 circuits. Despite this, Miami continued its impressive evaluations, both finding and making Hyppolite a priority well before other major schools.

A do-it-all player on both sides of the ball for his North Miami Beach side, Hyppolite tallied 63 tackles and five interceptions on defense while playing both quarterback and wide receiver on offense.

His rise from a mid-tier three star to a top-10 safety in the country is clear in his instincts. He’s a field general who sees the game well and can be a ballhawk when needed.

Hyppolite consistently adjusts his body to make plays on the ball and is unafraid to crash and make tackles — a skill that will continue to grow as he puts on weight at the next level.



After back-to-back weeks of double digit visitors, Miami only hosted Hyppolite on its third official visit weekend. The one-on-one environment paid dividends with the four-star, as the staff made major inroads with Hyppolite and his family, ultimately securing the commitment before planned visits to Notre Dame and Georgia.

North Miami Beach and head coach Jeff Bertani have a history of these underrated defensive back prospects, with Kemal Ishmael, E.J. Biggers, Louis Delmas and Jonathan Cyprien as NFL-level guys who bring high-IQ to the position.

Hyppolite joins another local four-star in Jaylyn Jones to make up the Hurricanes 2027 safety class — both bringing elite instincts and feel for the position.

The local safety chose Miami over schools like Florida, Notre Dame, Georgia and Minnesota.

With his commitment, UM holds pledges from 19 players this cycle, good for a top-2 recruiting class across every major recruiting platform.

Miami will now focus on securing wide receiver Eli Woodard before re-evaluating its board to play the long game with top prospects and zero in on senior risers to join the class.

 

Future looking bright

 

what a time to be a cane

 

So excited for this 27 class to get on campus, Mario's recruiting machine is in full swing at this point. The caliber of athletes he's been bringing in and will continue to bring in will make it fun for all of us for the foreseeable future. This kid is going to let the country know you don't have to do all the 7v7 and camps creating a brand and name to be an elite ballplayer.

 

****, dude is popping people with nice form as well

 

That’s a hurricane!

 

Beast... prototype safety

 

 

Complete S, will play day 1 IMO. He looks to have legit size too. Those NMB DBs have a pretty decent track record.

 

Complete S, will play day 1 IMO. He looks to have legit size too. Those NMB DBs have a pretty decent track record.

That’s a tall task we are loaded at db . I could seem him , dun and Fritz starting next year

 

Yo this kid is a rampaging beast on the field. Another year in the weight room and this kid is going to play his True Freshmen year. dunigan, Hyppolite and Bryce is scary at Safety.

 

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That highlight package from last nights game is insane. He is a day one contributor.

 

I may be wrong but none of that was even close to the "targeting" sh yt we always seem to be dealing with.

 

My goodness.

 

That’s a tall task we are loaded at db . I could seem him , dun and Fritz starting next year

Yeah, not necessarily starting or anything but I think he’ll play. We don’t have a ton of depth at S so I have a hard time seeing him not play plenty. JMO.

 

Yeah, not necessarily starting or anything but I think he’ll play. We don’t have a ton of depth at S so I have a hard time seeing him not play plenty. JMO.

Oh I agree we’ll prob rotate 3 or 4 safeties

 

Bro the secondary is going to be straight up a scary in a couple years….

#11 needs to have a serious conversation with his QB. That poor kid was on the receiving end of 2 of those hits. That’s not fair.

 

Yo the S room is NFL level already that **** is going to be better than those Bama squads, crazy MC doing the work man. 1999 all over again, never thought that **** was possible again.

 

Yo this kid is a rampaging beast on the field. Another year in the weight room and this kid is going to play his True Freshmen year. dunigan, Hyppolite and Bryce is scary at Safety.

Don't forget cortez redding and jaylyn jones

 

was going through it the other night.

Taylor is gone, at least one of Thornton - Poyser is likely gone to the draft and at least one of Day - Mack transfers.

The ones I see here for sure:
Fitz - Dunnigan start in '27
Redding behind them
Jaylyn Jones and Hyppolite coming in.