Raul Aguirre picked up the Georgia Bulldogs hat, looked at it for a second and then put it down. He picked up the Alabama Crimson Tide hat and raised it almost all the way to his hat and then, again, he put it down. Finally, he reached across the table, picked up the Miami Hurricanes hat, put it on and threw up the U.
Miami’s incredible run of commitments hit a third week Tuesday with Aguirre’s double-fakeout announcement at Whitewater in Fayetteville, Georgia. The four-star linebacker is the seventh blue-chip recruit to commit to the Hurricanes’ Class of 2023 in the past 16 days — giving Miami the No. 7 class in the country, according to 247Sports’ team rankings — and Miami made the addition it by winning another national recruiting battle for an out-of-state prospect.
The Hurricanes also beat out the Florida Gators, Arkansas Razorbacks and Ohio State Buckeyes to land the 6-2, 220-pound outside linebacker. Although he hasn’t yet taken an official visit to Coral Gables, Aguirre is originally from Miami and his father played at Columbus, where coach Mario Cristobal and offensive line coach Alex Mirabal also went to high school. He also took multiple unofficial visits to the school earlier this year.
