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Miami Hurricanes add Louisiana defensive back recruit to No. 3-ranked Class of 2020

After a quick courtship, Daran Branch is the newest member of the Miami Hurricanes’ Class of 2020.

A three-star cornerback in the 247Sports.com composite rankings, Branch orally committed to Miami on Tuesday less than three weeks after he first visited Coral Gables and received an offer from the Hurricanes.

Branch went public with his pledge in a Twitter post tagging coach Manny Diaz, defensive coordinator Blake Baker and safeties coach Ephraim Banda.

“This is not a social media thing, this is a ‘U’ thing,” Branch wrote in a screenshot of his Notes app. “So with that being said, I will be COMMITTING TO THE ‘U’NIVERSITY OF MIAMI.