Miami Hurricanes 2026 Recruiting Notebook: WR Somourian Wingo

In this installment of The Recruiting Notebook, we meet a dynamic receiver who adds blue chip talent to this room: St. Augustine (FL) 4-star WR Somourian Wingo.

You can never have too many elite skill position prospects, and to continue adding elite skill talent to the offense, the Miami Hurricanes turned their attention to St. Augustine (FL) WR Somourian Wingo.

A dynamic 6’2” 180lb receiver, Wingo has been a standout for his HS team, and on the 7v7 circuit for many years. He’s got tons of game, but we’ll talk about that more later.

As a sophomore for St. Augustine — that’s a small city on the Atlantic Coast of Florida about 45 minutes south of Jacksonville that claims to be the oldest city in the U.S. for those wondering — Wingo first made an impact as a sophomore. He had 29 catches for 531 yards and 6 TDs for a 13-1 St. Aug team that lost in the State Championship game, and showed signs that this was just the beginning for him.

Wingo started receiving interest and offers in the spring of 2024 following his sophomore season. UCF was first to offer, but a camp trip to Florida and Junior Day visit to Miami hinted at the fact that Wingo would have plenty of P4 interest if he continued his development. LSU offered the talented pass-catcher during his junior year, and Wingo also took several unofficial visits during this season, so things were starting to percolate.

On the field as a junior, Wingo stepped his game up, and he played like a the high major recruit we know him to be. He caught 65 passes for 1,040 yards (16.8 YPC) and 12 TDs as a junior, and was a key player for a St. Augustine squad that went 11-2 and made semifinals of Florida’s 4A playoffs. Their 2 losses? 1pt in Overtime to Nease, and in the State Semifinals to the Malachi Toney-led American Heritage team that would win the Championship a week later.

After this major step forward on the field as the #1 option for St. Augustine as a junior, Wingo’s recruitment heated up. Alabama joined the fray, and Wingo started to evaluate his options. After an unofficial visit to Miami in March, Wingo took official visits to Miami, Florida, and South Carolina.

Having seen the landscape, Wingo knew what he wanted to do. He committed to Miami in July, much to Florida’s chagrin, and followed that up with an unofficial visit to Miami’s season-opening win over Notre Dame as well.

On the field as a senior, Wingo posted another strong season. 46 catches for 827 yards and 13 touchdowns in 11 games for an 11-2 St. Augustine team that lost in the Regional Finals to Choctowatchee.

On the 247sports composite, Wingo is a 4-star prospect, the #7 WR nationally, #4 in the State of Florida, and #59 player overall in this class. Look at those rankings again. ELITE.

Wingo committed to Miami over Florida (and to a lesser extent South Carolina) from a robust list of 34 scholarship offers from around the country.

Wingo has great size for a receiver at 6’2” 180lbs. He can ad a bit of size and develop his physique further, but it should be more about lean muscle than bulk for him. He’s built like a receiver, and plays receiver, so he should look like a receiver.

One thing that stands out about Wingo is his versatility. He can be the X receiver who leads and offense, or he can move inside to create and exploit mismatches against nickel defenders. No matter where you put him, Wingo uses crisp routes and strong hands to make his impact felt all over the field.

Since he can line up in multiple spots, the variety of routes Wingo runs (and runs well) is great. He’s not a 1-trick pony; he runs deep routes, he runs intermediate routes, he runs short routes, he runs screens. That variety limits defenses abilities to know what he’s going to do, and allows him to be used as a weapon to attack opposing teams in a great many ways.

While he’s not the very fastest player in the world, Wingo has good speed, and runs away from defenders playing a top HSFB classification in Florida. He has good run-after-catch skills, which he uses well to stress defenses until he’s tackled…if he’s tackled.

I went back and watched a bit more film and another thing stuck out to me: Wingo runs INCREDIBLE slant routes. He creates space and gets inside of his defender with ease, and that’s a very good thing. I would expect to see Miami use him on slants, RPOs with a slant, and eventually dig routes (intermediate depth in-breaking routes) to great success in the future.

The one big area for growth is as a blocker. At Miami, if you don’t block, you don’t play on offense. Lineman or receiver, it doesn’t matter. So, Wingo will have to work on his strength and technique to be a value add as a blocker, both in the run game and run-after-catch for other receivers.

Here’s another eval of Wingo from 247sports Director of Scouting Andrew Ivins:

-Tough receiver that makes tough catches. More importantly, finds ways to get into the end zone.-Powerful and sturdy with ready-to-play mass. Might not be the tallest or longest pass catcher, but is reliable with his hands as he can hold on in traffic and secure off-target throws with his balance.-Constantly heats up after the catch as he sheds tackles and runs through contact. Almost always competing and fighting for extra yardage.-Not a track star, but will make dynamic movements in pads and has excellent play speed as he can pull away from defenders and race down the sidelines.-Must continue to keep honing his craft, but the arrow is clearly pointing up as he opened senior campaign up in style (8 total touchdowns in first 5 games) following an impressive spring on the 7v7 circuit.-Projects as a potential impact player for a College Football Playoff contender that can align inside or outside and settle in as a go-to option in a balanced attack with his strength and athleticism.

Strengths

• Good height/length

• Natural hands catcher

• Great at run after catch

• Can play inside or outside with equal success

Weaknesses

• Needs to add strength

• Can develop more pass rush moves

• Can be a more consistent/disciplined run defender

To see the kind of player Miami is getting in Wingo, check out his senior 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.

Wingo is an elite receiver and Miami is very, very happy to have him on the team. He’s the highest ranked receiver to sign at Miami under Cristobal, and that’s saying something considering what we’ve seen from Malachi Toney as a freshman (who was CRIMINALLY under-ranked but that’s another story).

For Wingo, the keys to playing time are knowing the playbook and blocking. Those have been the items that other young players have had to handle to get on the field, and that’s the same case for Wingo. At a minimum, Wingo should be a nice rotation option here, but Miami has to hope he develops into a foundational starter who can be the #2 or #1 receiver for a CFP team down the line given his talent and potential.

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

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