Stunned: Twitter Reacts to Cormani McClain's Commitment to Miami
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As expected, recruiting Twitter was blowing up after an unexpected Cormani McClain commitment to Miami. From Florida fans to Miami fans, to journalists and anybody who's followed this recruitment, people were stunned. As a result, people took to Twitter, and we have some of those reactions below.
There's no better place to start this piece than showing DeMarcus Van Dyke's picture he posted to Twitter immediately following the commitment.
Go Canes. pic.twitter.com/bQ2sJBCREJ
— DeMarcus Van Dyke (@Coach_DVD) October 27, 2022
Coach Jon Williams chimed in with the viral TikTok of a man hitting a gator in the head with a pan. He was also clever with his hashtag, "#DadelandDelight."
#GOCANES #DadelandDelight🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/bt0voLUHBE
— Jon Williams (@CoachJ_Williams) October 27, 2022
For Miami fans, it was probably soothing to see a "#GoCanes" tweet from head coach Mario Cristobal. Not only because it was for a top prospect, but also because it provides Canes fans something to cheer for during a season that's been hard to get excited about because of the record.
#GoCanes@CanesFootball pic.twitter.com/wNp1LnyWRY
— Mario Cristobal (@coach_cristobal) October 27, 2022
Clearly, there's one fanbase that's happy and another that's going through it. It also doesn't help that 247Sports leaked their prerecorded "reaction" to McClain's commitment, and a fan was able to find that and post it to twitter.
Here' is 247Sports' Steve Wiltfong in response to the leaked video.
Prerecorded content that should’ve never went live. Here is our story on Cormani McClain choosing #Miami with Mario Cristobal talking about the excitement around the program. https://t.co/3kLzu0HCJP https://t.co/NNyBH239MA
— Steve Wiltfong (@SWiltfong_) October 27, 2022
Miami linebacker/EDGE commit Malik Bryant weighed in on the commitment with a scarface spin on Cristobal.
— ᗰᗩᒪIK ᗷᖇYᗩᑎT (@Malik5Bryant) October 28, 2022
A fan was able to conduct an "interview" with Van Dyke following the commitment. What Van Dyke says sums up what many thought about the recruitment.
Fox Sports with a little recognition for the Canes and McClain.
5-star CB and the No. 2 player in the class of 2023, Cormani McClain, has committed to @CanesFootball 🙌 pic.twitter.com/GNBJuq6sxx
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) October 27, 2022
"Cormani" reached the top 20 in the "trending" category on Twitter.
Of course, the tweet that started it all, before the videos made their way around.
BREAKING: Five-Star CB Cormani McClain has Committed to Miami!
— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) October 27, 2022
The No. 2 Player in the ‘23 Class chose the Hurricanes over Florida and Alabama.
McClain is the highest-rated CB to commit to Miami in ranking-era history 🙌🏽https://t.co/zl2HaByby5 pic.twitter.com/Qyif8iUdUK
Even some of South Florida's most seasoned journalists were skeptical of the news at first as it almost seemed unreal. Considering the news dropped slightly before videos made it around, it did seem almost too good to be true.
Would like to see Cormani McClain announce it, but huge if true. https://t.co/FkjyKbymbz
— Manny Navarro (@Manny_Navarro) October 27, 2022
A fan noted that former NFL safety Ahmad Black is McClain's defensive back coach at Lakeland and he posted a slightly comical gif. Oh, Black graduated from Florida in 2011.
Ahmad black when cormani shows up to practice pic.twitter.com/Yb1oMsLUMB
— Jay Wimbrow (@jay_wimbrow) October 27, 2022
Seeing how Miami has performed on the field this year combined with what was presumed to be a very strong relationship between McClain and Florida, everyone was surprised by the commitment, which generated a plethora of reactions about the matter.
One thing is a fact: the reactions were warranted.
