Miami Hurricanes 2026 Recruiting Notebook: DT Tyson Bacon

In this installment of The Recruiting Notebook, we meet another talented defender who will help reload Miami’s defensive line: Hoover (AL) 3-star DT Tyson Bacon.

Miami continued to add big, athletic players along both lines with the commitment of Hoover (AL) DT Tyson Bacon.

A 6’3” 267lb tackle, Bacon has great size and a frame to support even more physical development. But it’s Bacon’s performance on the field that led Miami to recruit the standout lineman.

Early on, however, Tennessee was the clear choice for Bacon. He made no fewer than 5 unofficial visits to Knoxville through his junior year, and ended up committing to the Volunteers in November 2024. This was a good early get for Tennessee to be sure.

Bacon had a standout junior season, with 33 tackles, a sack, 6 TFLs, 11 QB hurries, and 2 PBUs. Those numbers, along with the film of the other plays he made that didn’t end up on the stat sheet, led a host of P4 teams to extend Bacon offers. Teams like Alabama, Georgia, Michigan, USC, and of course, Miami all jumped into the fray with scholarship offers.

After this flurry of interest (and several more offers from top teams), Bacon decommitted from Tennessee in April of 2025. Bacon moved quickly to set up and take official visits to Washington, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Miami. And, after those trips, Bacon knew the only place for him was Coral Gables. He committed to the Canes just days after his visit to campus.

On the 247sports composite, Bacon is a 3-star prospect, the #103 DL nationally, #37 in the State of Alabama, and #962 player overall in this class.

Bacon committed to Miami after a previous commitment to Tennessee, and over a robust list of 26 scholarship offers from around the country, which included finalists Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, and USC.

I always say Miami’s foundational roster building view is “big dudes close to the ball”, and Bacon fits that bill. At 6’3” 270lbs, Bacon has good size, and the frame to add size and strength to hold up on the interior of Miami’s defensive line.

Like others Miami has recruited in this cycle, Bacon plays mostly outside as an edge rusher in high school. Like those others in this cycle, Bacon will be making the move inside to defensive tackle in college. He’ll have to add a bit of size and strength to do that, but that’s very doable.

On the field, Bacon is a see ball, get ball player along the line. He uses his physicality well to overpower blockers to get into the offensive backfield. He pops off the film athletically playing at a premium school in a tough HSFB classification, so he’s doing it against quality competition, which is a bonus.

Strengths

• Height/Length

• High motor

• Success against quality competition

• Pass rushing

Weaknesses

• Needs to add strength

• Transition from edge to tackle

• Can be a more consistent/disciplined run defender

To see the kind of player Miami is getting in Bacon, check out his junior highlights below:

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Note: changed this up from just a freshman-season outlook to a career outlook for each player a few years ago and we’re continuing that style this year as well.

The main thing with Bacon will be how well he handles the transition from edge rusher to defensive tackle. There’s plenty of work that will go along with it, reshaping his body, adding strength, and learning new techniques for a new role. That could go well, or it could take a bit of time. Either way, that process will determine Bacon’s success at Miami.

Miami has done well developing DL in recent years, so Bacon is probably a mid-floor level prospect with some upside potential. I think it’s more likely he becomes a valuable rotation player rather than star player in the future, but Bacon should work his way onto the field in a few years’ time.

That’s it for this installment of The Recruiting Notebook.

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