Coach Mario Cristobal landed Miami’s second-highest rated dedication of the 2025 cycle Saturday when former LSU commit Jaboree Antoine, No. 54 within the ESPN 300, gave his pledge to the Hurricanes.
The four-star cornerback from New Iberia, Louisiana, initially dedicated to LSU on Jan. 27, then pulled his pledge from the Tigers and reopened his dedication on June 23 following visits to Miami and Florida State.
Lower than a month later, Antoine joins the Hurricanes as the highest defender and the second-ranked prospect in this system’s 2025 class, trailing solely five-star offensive guard S.J. Alofaituli, who dedicated to Miami earlier this month.
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Antoine’s pledge comes as Cristobal’s fifteenth addition within the 2025 class since June 1, together with six from throughout the ESPN 300. The No. 2 prospect within the state of Louisiana this cycle, Antoine stands alongside Alofaituli and four-star security Hylton Stubbs as one in every of three top-100 prospects at the moment certain for Miami in a 2025 class that ranks tenth in ESPN’s newest workforce rankings.
A collarbone damage stored Antoine from all however 5 video games of his junior season at Westgate Excessive College final fall. Then in January, Antoine dedicated to LSU over finalists Texas and Tennessee, touchdown with the Tigers as one of many cornerstones in Brian Kelly’s 2025 class.
Antoine’s pledge lasted till late June, and LSU, Miami and Florida State remained within the combine in current weeks earlier than he narrowed all the way down to the Tigers and Hurricanes earlier this week. Now pledged to the Hurricanes, Antoine headlines a defensive class that features Stubbs, inside linebackers Elijah Melendez (No. 4 ILB) and Gavin Nix (No. 5 ILB), defensive finish Herbert Scroggins (No. 27 DE) and cornerback Chris Ewald (No. 29 CB), amongst others.
Antoine’s dedication brings Cristobal’s tally to 10 ESPN 300 pledges in one in every of faculty soccer’s quickest rising courses in 2025. With the nation’s seventh-ranked cornerback within the fold, Miami strikes ahead positioned to proceed climbing because the Hurricanes chase a 3rd straight prime 10 class.
