Miami Hurricanes dip into transfer portal again, come out with Oklahoma wide receiver
Leave it to the Miami Hurricanes to make that transfer portal work.
This time it’s a talented wideout with a last name made for movies: “Rambo.’’
Oklahoma wide receiver transfer Charleston Rambo announced Tuesday afternoon on social media that he will be coming to the University of Miami “to close out this chapter of my collegiate career and move forward into the next chamber of my life.’’
Rambo, a 6-1, 175-pound player out of Cedar Hill, Texas, was a four-star recruit and rated by Rivals.com as the 16th-best player in Texas as a prep star. He just finished his redshirt junior season with the Sooners, catching 25 passes for 312 yards and three touchdowns.
His breakout season, however, was in 2019, when Rambo caught 43 passes for 743 yards and five touchdowns.
As an Oklahoma freshman, Rambo caught eight passes for 125 yards and a touchdown.
Rambo’s addition, coupled with the return of Miami’s senior leading receiver Mike Harley, should be a huge boost to the passing game, which faltered too much this season with dropped passes and players still not fulfilling their expected potentials.
He headlined his Twitter announcement “Ba11out Charlie,’’ the letter Ls replaced by his jersey number 11.
“To my teammates, we made memories together that we will cherish forever and I thank you all for helping me be as successful as I could be here and will be forever thankful. With that being said, I have decided to transfer to the University of Miami...’’
The Canes, who finished 8-3 and were ranked No. 22 in the AP’s final poll released after Monday night’s College Football Playoff National Championship game, also this month got rising fifth-year senior defensive end transfer and Miami native Deandre Johnson out of Tennessee.
This story was originally published January 12, 2021 at 3:49 PM.
