Similar to father did, Portis’ son devotes to Miami

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterOct 27, 2024, 07:59 PM ET

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Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He signed up with ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World.Three-star 2026 cornerback possibility Camdin Portis– the boy of former Miami national champ and two-time NFL Pro Bowler Clinton Portis– committed to the Hurricanes on Sunday evening, landing as the 3rd possibility in Mario Cristobal’s 2026 class.Portis, a 6-foot, 165-pound defensive back from Charlotte, North Carolina, is in his junior season at Myers Park High School. He selected Miami over Ohio State, Penn State, Tennessee and Auburn and held other FBS offers from the similarity Ole Miss, Missouri, North Carolina and NC State. Portis logged 18 takes on, 10 pass separations and a set of interceptions in his sophomore season last fall.The more youthful Portis is now set to follow in his daddy’s footsteps at the next level.Clinton Portis spent three seasons in the Miami backfield from 1999 to 2001, amounting to 2,523 lawns and 20 touchdowns after earning a starting role at running

back in his freshman season in 1999. He hurried for 1,200 backyards and made third-team All-American honors during the 2001 season, powering the Hurricanes to the title as a crucial member of one of the most dominant groups in college football history. Portis was later inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame.Editor’s Picks 2 Related From Miami, Portis went on to play nine NFL seasons, earning Offensive Rookie of the Year honors in 2000 and tallying 9,923 profession hurrying backyards to rank 33rd on the league’s all-time hurrying list.

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second-team All-Pro in 2008 and last played throughout the 2010 season prior to his retirement in 2012. The younger Portis signs up with linebacker Jordan Campbell(No. 138 in the ESPN Junior 300)and three-star dual-threat quarterback Dereon Coleman in the 2026 class. The Hurricanes ‘2025 class, which holds pledges from 11 top-300 prospects, sits at No. 12 in ESPN’s latest group rankings for the cycle launched earlier this week.Miami climbed up one spot to No. 5 in the AP Top 25 on Sunday, and the Hurricanes are set to host Duke on Saturday (twelve noon ET, ABC ).