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Transfer portal humming for the Hurricanes. Miami gets 11th player (DT) to choose Canes
The switch portal retains churning for the Miami Hurricanes.
On Tuesday night, 6-5 1/2, 300-pound defensive sort out Darrell Jackson introduced that he might be transferring to Miami after enjoying in each recreation and amassing 22 tackles as a real freshman for the Maryland Terrapins.
Simply 4 days after standout UCLA center linebacker Caleb Johnson introduced he’s transferring to Miami, Jackson turned the eleventh participant —5 of them defensive linemen — from the switch portal to decide on UM since head coach Mario Cristobal was employed in December.
And like Johnson and different future Canes who introduced their transfers these days, Jackson did it with one phrase: “Dedicated.’’
Jackson visited UM final weekend and selected the Hurricanes over the Gators, Florida State and Tennessee.
Jackson advised CaneSport that Miami coaches stated he “can are available and play, say they want guys at my place,’’ including that he couldn’t “even depend’’ the variety of school soccer program that contacted him after he entered the portal. He performed at Gadsden County Excessive in Havana, Florida.
Moreover Jackson and Johnson, the opposite 9 gamers who’ve transferred or are within the technique of transferring to Miami are offensive linemen Logan Sagapolu (Oregon) and Jonathan Denis (Oregon); operating again Henry Parrish (Ole Miss); receiver Frank Ladson (Clemson); cornerback Daryl Porter Jr. (West Virginia); defensive tackles Antonio Moultrie (UAB), Jake Lichtenstein (USC), and DE/DT Akheem Mesidor (West Virginia) and defensive finish Mitchell Agude (UCLA).
Sagapolu, Moultrie, Lichtenstein, Ladson and Parrish are already on the 2022 roster.
This story was initially printed April 26, 2022 7:08 PM.