The Miami Hurricanes continued to construct what’s going to hopefully be an elite 2026 recruiting class on Saturday afternoon when Fort Myers (FL) 3-star OT Joel Ervin dedicated to the Canes!
An enormous 6’6.5” 330lb Deal with, Ervin matches the prototype at this place completely. He’s one more massive bodied lineman with size, power, and unimaginable potential so as to add to the way forward for Miami’s vaunted offensive line.
Like Miami’s final 3 commits within the class of 2026 — RB Javian Mallory, OT Ben Congdon and CB Jaelen Waters — Ervin’s dedication to Miami got here on the again of an unofficial go to to Coral Gables. Ervin was among the many many recruits readily available for Saturday’s Spring Follow session, which included the primary scrimmage of the spring, and the star studded recruit pool get together. After that day on the U, Ervin noticed sufficient to lastly decide to the Canes.
Ervin is a participant whose recruiting profile has risen over the course of his junior season, and figures to proceed to skyrocket by means of the rest of this cycle. The large lineman dedicated to Louisville, a workforce that did a fantastic job of early identification and recruitment of the proficient lineman. Ervin dedicated to Louisville final March, and stayed dedicated to them till a few week in the past. Miami had already been closely pursuing Ervin earlier than his decommitment, and as soon as he was again available on the market, Miami pushed onerous for his dedication.
On the sphere, Ervin is a monster. He’s each little bit of his listed 6’6.5” 330lbs, and is routinely seen bodily dominating his opposition. There are only a few HSFB gamers who can match as much as Ervin’s dimension and power, and there shall be few who can deal with it on the faculty degree, both. He performs LT on the HS degree, and will moderately keep there in faculty as nicely. He may additionally flip to RT sooner or later, however he’s completely a Deal with, and has the arm size to help staying at that place transferring ahead.
Ervin is the primary 3-star rated participant dedicated in Miami’s 2026 recruiting class. That distinction ought to be short-lived, as Miami believes Ervin is a excessive 4-star/5-star kind expertise, and I totally count on his recruiting rating to skyrocket right here shortly. Even should you’re solely targeted on recruiting stars (which matter, however aren’t every part), only one take a look at Ervin would make anybody perceive why Miami likes him a lot and labored so onerous to get him on this class.
As said within the tweet up high, Miami acquired Ervin over Florida, Florida State, Georgia, USC, and from his earlier dedication to Louisville.
Ervin is the seventh commit in Miami’s 2026 recruiting class. He joins LB Jordan Campbell, CBs Camdin Portis and Jaelen Waters, QB Dereon Coleman, OT Ben Congdon, and RB Javian Mallory as commits on this class.