Miami, Florida State among programs pushing to flip 4-star Michigan commit CB: “Miami is home, so I’ll always be interested”

Hollywood (Fla.) Chaminade-Madonna 2025 four-star cornerback Chris Ewald may be committed to Michigan, but that hasn’t stopped Miami from pushing for the top-100 defensive back.

Ewald, the No. 87 overall prospect in the On3 Industry Ranking and No. 7 cornerback in the class, has heard most heavily from Miami, Florida State and Tennessee in the past several weeks. Miami’s coaching staff made a group chat with the 5-foot-11, 161-pound cornerback Aug. 1, the first day college coaches became permitted to directly call and text 2025 recruits, and heavily increased its contact with Ewald.

“They’re telling me where I’ll fit at in the defense, saying that I’m already close to home and I might as well stay and things like that,” Ewald said. “They see me being an impact player right away as soon as I get through the door. I don’t know how the depth chart would look because there’s a whole other year, but they said I can have an immediate impact.”

Opportunities for early playing time will play a large role in Ewald’s final decision, which Michigan has repeatedly offered. Florida State has made a similar pitch to the Hurricanes in terms of potential on-field opportunities.

Ewald plans to attend games at Miami, Tennessee and Florida State this fall. He isn’t certain which Miami home game he’ll attend, but he feels he can make the quick drive to Coral Gables any time he’d like. However, like most recruits, he wants to see Miami progress this season after last year’s 5-7 disappointment.

“I do want to see how they bounce back after a negative season last year,” Ewald said. “I want to see how the coaching has changed and how much the team has improved with the new system they’re in.”

Miami is continuing to hold his interest and likely will for the forseable future.

“Miami is home, so I’ll always be interested,” Ewald said.

CaneSport’s Take

Ewald is a long, physical, aggressive cornerback always looking for the big play and accepting the risk of potentially being burned by experienced receivers who understand how to use his aggression against him, but he makes plenty of eye-opening plays as well.

Ewald had a smooth one-handed interception in Saturday’s season opener against Baltimore (Md.) St. Frances to seal Chaminade-Madonna’s victory and adjusted well after a sloppy first quarter against a team loaded with Division I receiver talent. He and Booker T. Washington four-star defensive backs Ben Hanks Jr. and Antonio Branch are arguably the three most talented 2025 DBs in South Florida.

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