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Longtime Miami pledge Jordan Campbell makes it official, signs with Hurricanes

Stephen Wagner covers recruiting for the University of Miami for On3 Sports and CaneSport. He can be found on Twitter at @stephenwag22 and reached at Stephen.Wagner@On3.com.by: Stephen Wagner17 hours agostephenwagOn3

Miami (Fla.) Northwestern four-star 2026 EDGE/linebacker Jordan Campbell wasn’t the first player to commit to the Hurricanes in the 2026 cycle, but Wednesday he became the longest-tenured pledge to sign with the Canes.

The four-star prospect put pen to paper with the Canes more than two years after committing to Miami and then becoming the third member of Miami’s 2026 class (joining Malachi Toney, who reclassified to 2025, and three-star safety Ksani Jiles, who was committed to Miami for a few months before decommitting … he then committed to Washington). Campbell’s recruitment had its share of ups a downs, and there was buzz at different times around programs like Florida State, Auburn, Nebraska and Florida, but the No. 214 overall prospect and No. 24 EDGE ultimately stayed with his commitment to the Canes. He shut down his recruitment a few weeks before signing day.

“It’s just a domination. The dominant things that they do, and then just being in high school, just being dominant too,” Campbell told CaneSport in mid-November about why he remained committed to Miami for so long. “So if you dominate in high school, and you want to go to a college that dominates, go to The U.”

The 6-foot-2, 220-pound prospect initially committed to Miami as a linebacker but transitioned to more of an EDGE role this past year after transferring from Miami (Fla.) Carol City to Miami Northwestern. He’s expected to be an EDGE in Coral Gables.

Miami recruiting relations coordinator Frank Tucker, linebackers coach and defensive coordinator Corey Hetherman, senior defensive analyst Juan Navarro and, of course, head coach Mario Cristobal were all involved in the effort to keep him locked in. Campbell remained enthused about the quality of recruiting class Miami is bringing in in the 2026 class.

He didn’t take official visits to any other programs. Why?

“The University of Miami,” Campbell told CaneSport after his official visit in June. “Coach Cristobal said, `You don’t need to go anywhere.’ Yesterday we did a commitment circle, put everyone in a circle that was committed and I looked around and it was `Dang, this is a team right here we can actually win with.’ So just comparing it to other people’s classes, we’re already No. 7 in the class in On3 (in June 2025). We really can be greater than what people think. That’s where I’m at right now.”

CaneSport’s Take

Campbell started his career as more of a true Mike or Will linebacker, but as time went on, it became more and more apparent he was his most effective when he’s allowed to attack the line of scrimmage with reckless abandonment. We think he can be an effective stand-up EDGE capable of dropping into coverage considering his background as a linebacker and love his addition to this class.

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