CB Ethan O’Connor commits to Miami

DMoney

Saturday at 4:00 PM 1 min read

Miami added one of the best young ballhawks in America with the commitment of Washington State transfer CB Ethan O’Connor.

The 6’2, 175-pound redshirt freshman totaled 32 tackles, 8 passes deflected and 4 INTs. O’Connor is rated the #2 corner in the Portal by On3.

The Irvine, CA native played 755 snaps and appeared in all 12 games for the Cougars. He has been timed at up to 22 MPH and also brings special teams value (72 snaps). A source said O’Connor’s loose hips will allow him to cover all over the field, and his ability to create turnovers is sorely needed on a defense that ranked 80th in takeaways per game.

O’Connor has three years of eligibility. He joins Charles Brantley and Emmanuel Karnley in Miami’s remade CB room. Miami would also pursue a talent like Xavier Lucas if he were able to enter the Portal.

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Kjdcanefan

Saturday at 4:29 PM

I'm ready to be hurt again.

JHallCanes

Saturday at 4:29 PM

I ain’t into making excuses but if we opted not to pay guys like Stubbs/Pickett etc and went this route instead

I can’t complain about the results at all

JayCane20

Saturday at 4:29 PM

Jesscane said:
On3 has us at number 4 in the transfer portal rankings with only 10 commitments . Impressive

10? Who the **** did I miss?

Poyser, Daniels, Blay, Karnley, Brantley, Brockermeyer, Bauman, O’Connor…

I guess they’re counting the long snapper and kick off guy? I didn’t even know they rated those guys.

ZeroBeachCane3

Saturday at 4:29 PM

Problem2 said:
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Well…you can have Jaden Harris if you want

Sandman211

Saturday at 4:30 PM

Bender said:
tell me and I'll tell you whether i would gift you some german beer

Beer me!

FuriousStyles

Saturday at 4:30 PM

DMoney said:
Miami added one of the best young ballhawks in America with the commitment of Washington State transfer CB Ethan O’Connor.

The 6’2, 175-pound redshirt freshman totaled 32 tackles, 8 passes deflected and 4 INTs. O’Connor is rated the #2 corner in the Portal by On3.

The Irvine, CA native played 755 snaps and appeared in all 12 games for the Cougars. He has been timed at up to 22 MPH and also brings special teams value (72 snaps). A source said O’Connor’s loose hips will allow him to cover all over the field, and his ability to create turnovers is sorely needed on a defense that ranked 80th in takeaways per game.

O’Connor has three years of eligibility. He joins Charles Brantley and Emmanuel Karnley in Miami’s remade CB room. Miami would also pursue a talent like Xavier Lucas if he were able to enter the Portal.

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canesbaby

Saturday at 4:30 PM

SaiyaMan305 said:
Get a QB and the Branch Bros and the lies will start flowing.

Seems like Mario liked the team he had last year and is trying to make it even better. Get some kind of QB in here and I’ll believe we can make another run at the playoffs in 2025. Because there is a serious amount of talent on this team right now with these portal additions.

MedleyCane

Saturday at 4:33 PM

Bender said:
tell me and I'll tell you whether i would gift you some german beer

I could use a Spaten or Optimator but for some reason it is hard to find in Florida.

Anyways, nice pickup on O'Connor.
He's a good one.

Hufftwoseven

Saturday at 4:34 PM

Mario took DB recruiting personal, just in the portal no during the HS cycle.

TemplarCane

Saturday at 4:36 PM

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canesbaby

Saturday at 4:37 PM

Hufftwoseven said:
Mario took DB recruiting personal, just in the portal no during the HS cycle.

I definitely like the approach. Got a bunch of guys with experience but multiple years of eligibility left. Clearly the guy wants to win next year and didn’t want to risk high rated HS DBs; chose the expensive experience instead of the expensive HS kids.

MiamiVice7

Saturday at 4:39 PM

htownkidd said:
Huge. Big, big fan of this one. We have multiple legitimate perimeter COVER guys on the outside, can’t believe it.

Imagine if we’d done this last season

AllAboutTheU

Saturday at 4:39 PM

AtlAtty said:
At some point WSU’s coach is coming for Mario with a hatchet. But hey, it could have been worse if Mateer had also transferred to UM.

Their coach just left for Wake Forest so he’ll have his shot soon enough.

Hufftwoseven

Saturday at 4:40 PM

canesbaby said:
I definitely like the approach. Got a bunch of guys with experience but multiple years of eligibility left. Clearly the guy wants to win next year and didn’t want to risk high rated HS DBs; chose the expensive experience instead of the expensive HS kids.

Definitely. If he had said that after the HS class closed everyone would have lost their minds, but it worked.