Miami Hurricanes transfer portal caravan continues with Clemson receiver joining the U
The Miami Hurricanes are looking better by the day.
Former Clemson starting receiver Frank Ladson, a talented 6-3, 205-pound South Florida native and graduate of Homestead South Dade High, announced Saturday on Twitter that he is transferring to the University of Miami.
Ladson’s transfer marks the third time since 2019 that UM has gotten an elite receiver from the portal — the other two times being KJ Osborn in 2019 and Charleston Rambo in 2021. Rambo, who broke multiple UM records this season, finished with 1,172 yards and seven touchdowns and is entering the NFL Draft.
Ladson, 21, was rated as high as a five-star prep receiver (PrepStar) and four-star wideout by 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN when he signed with Clemson in December 2018. He started four games this season, tallying four catches for 19 yards, before he had groin surgery in October and missed the rest of 2021. Because the limited four games in 2021 make him eligible as a redshirt, and because of the extra year all players got in 2020 because of COVD-19, Ladson could be eligible for as many as three upcoming seasons.
Ladson entered the transfer portal Dec. 3.
His career so far: 428 yards and six touchdowns on 31 catches. He also was a two-time ACC Honor Roll selection heading into 2021.
In 2020, the former Tiger caught 18 passes for 281 yards and three touchdowns in 10 games, four of them starts “while battling various injuries during much of the season,’’ according to his Clemson bio. In a victory against then-No. 7 Miami that season, Ladson, whose Tigers were No. 1, had three catches fo 43 yards.
In 2019, he had nine catches for 128 yards and three touchdowns in 15 games.
Ladson was part of a Clemson program that for the 2019 and 2020 seasons competed in the College Football Playoff. The Tigers lost to LSU in the CFP Championship that culminated the 2019 season and lost to Ohio State in a CFP semifinal that culminated the 2020 campaign.
In high school, Ladson represented South Dade in the All-American Bowl and was rated the No. 23 player in USA Today’s “Chosen 25’’ national high school rankings. The 247Sports composite ranking had him as the nation’s No. 7 wideout and 39th best player, regardless of position, in the country.
Former Miami receivers coach Ron Dugans recruited Ladson for UM.
This story was originally published January 15, 2022 at 3:20 PM.
