Sources: UGA WR pledge Spafford flips to Miami

Four-star wide receiver Vance Spafford, the longest-tenured subordinate of Georgia's 2026 recruiting class, has flipped his committedness to Miami, sources told ESPN connected Monday.

Spafford, No. 96 successful the 2026 ESPN 300, had been pledged to the Bulldogs since Nov. 5, 2024, and precocious took an authoritative sojourn with the programme connected the play of June 13. But the 5-foot-10 walk catcher from Mission Viejo, California, has agelong been viewed arsenic a apt flip campaigner this spring. He took visits to Washington and UCLA earlier this period and courted involvement from the likes of Miami and USC earlier sealing his pledge with the Hurricanes.

A standout way runner wrong the 2026 wide receiver class, Spafford has accounted for 2,593 receiving yards and 36 touchdowns implicit his past varsity 2 seasons. He helped pb California's Mission Viejo High School to a authorities rubric during a breakout sophomore run successful 2023, past returned to tally 57 catches for 1,017 yards and 14 touchdowns successful his inferior play past fall. Spafford presently ranks arsenic ESPN's No. 14 wide receiver successful 2026.

Spafford present lands arsenic Miami's second-ranked perpetrate successful 2026, trailing lone five-star violative tackle Jackson Cantwell (No. 3 overall). One of 7 ESPN pledges bound for the Hurricanes this cycle, Spafford is Miami's archetypal wide receiver perpetrate successful the program's 2026 class, which besides includes four-star backmost pledge Dereon Coleman, who appeared successful the Elite 11 Finals from June 17-19 successful California.