'26 Miami Transfer CB Jadais Richard (Tennessee)

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Jadais Richard, Tennessee Volunteers, Cornerback

Also plays basketball and runs track. Ran five 100-meter times of 11.25 or faster as a junior, including an 11.02 PR.

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Former Miami cornerback Jadais Richard has committed to Tennessee, via the NCAA Transfer Portal. Richard has one season of eligibility remaining.

Richard made five appearances for the Hurricanes this past season. He recorded five tackles and half a sack. In his three seasons with the Hurricanes, Richard amassed 46 tackles, three pass breakups and an interception.

He totaled 28 appearances for Miami, including eight starts. Before transferring to Miami, Richard began his collegiate career at Vanderbilt.

In his lone campaign with the Commodores, Richard made 11 appearances and a start. He notched six tackles and a sack.

 

[The Dog]

KA-BOOM!

 

[LakesiteVol]

BOOM!!!!

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

BOOM

 

[rockytop25]

 

[volfaninpa]

Boom. Nice pickup this late in the portal.

 

[rockytop25]

What the transfer portal commitment of DB Jadais Richard means for Tennessee

Tennessee football added its 20th commitment via the transfer portal on Sunday when former Miami defensive back Jadais Richard jumped in the boat with the Vols.

Richard, who was with a Miami club this season who just played for a national championship last week, was on campus this weekend for a visit and committed to Tennessee over Auburn. He has one year of eligibility remaining.

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In his three seasons with the Hurricanes, Richard made eight starts and amassed 46 tackles, three pass breakups and an interception. The corner started six games in 2024 before missing the final four contests due to a season-ending injury. Richard started one game in 2023 with 11 appearances and made 11 appearances in 2022 with Vanderbilt with one start. The defensive back appeared in three games this past fall.

Richard is from West Monroe, La., where he was a former three-star prospect. He logged 20 defensive snaps in 2025, 405 in 2024, 187 in 2023 and 203 snaps as a true freshman with Vanderbilt in 2022. Over his career in coverage, the corner has allowed 48 receptions on 74 targets for 734 yards with four touchdowns, one interception and five pass-breakups.

How this helps Tennessee
Tennessee has revamped its defensive secondary with a near complete overhaul and three new coaches. Richards joins Kansas State’s Qua Moss, Auburn’s Kayin Lee, Penn State’s Dejuan Lane, Michigan’s TJ Metcalf, Michigan’s Tevis Metcalf, Appalachian State’s DJ Burks and Colorado’s Isaiah Hardge as transfer members of the secondary.

He could compete with fellow transfer Kayin Lee and other reserve Tennessee returners to play opposite of rising sophomore Ty Redmond at corner. Tennessee lost corners Jermod McCoy and Colton Hood to the NFL and Rickey Gibson entered the transfer portal. Richard also logged some time at safety this past season.

What now for Tennessee in the portal?
Tennessee has now secured 20 total transfer portal commits for the cycle and could be done barring any late movements. The Vols, of course, still wanted to add another defensive tackle body but another cornerback was also a priority and taken care of Sunday.

- Cain VQ

 

[TN-POSSUM]

GBO

 

[DarthVol1]

 

[benholt06]

I feel good about our secondary but still wish we would’ve brought in one more DL. A tired refrain, I know.

But this is a huge pickup from the staff. We’re liable to see a major improvement on defense.

 

[WaywardVol]

What the transfer portal commitment of DB Jadais Richard means for Tennessee

Tennessee football added its 20th commitment via the transfer portal on Sunday when former Miami defensive back Jadais Richard jumped in the boat with the Vols.

Richard, who was with a Miami club this season who just played for a national championship last week, was on campus this weekend for a visit and committed to Tennessee over Auburn. He has one year of eligibility remaining.

Back of the football card
In his three seasons with the Hurricanes, Richard made eight starts and amassed 46 tackles, three pass breakups and an interception. The corner started six games in 2024 before missing the final four contests due to a season-ending injury. Richard started one game in 2023 with 11 appearances and made 11 appearances in 2022 with Vanderbilt with one start. The defensive back appeared in three games this past fall.

Richard is from West Monroe, La., where he was a former three-star prospect. He logged 20 defensive snaps in 2025, 405 in 2024, 187 in 2023 and 203 snaps as a true freshman with Vanderbilt in 2022. Over his career in coverage, the corner has allowed 48 receptions on 74 targets for 734 yards with four touchdowns, one interception and five pass-breakups.

How this helps Tennessee
Tennessee has revamped its defensive secondary with a near complete overhaul and three new coaches. Richards joins Kansas State’s Qua Moss, Auburn’s Kayin Lee, Penn State’s Dejuan Lane, Michigan’s TJ Metcalf, Michigan’s Tevis Metcalf, Appalachian State’s DJ Burks and Colorado’s Isaiah Hardge as transfer members of the secondary.

He could compete with fellow transfer Kayin Lee and other reserve Tennessee returners to play opposite of rising sophomore Ty Redmond at corner. Tennessee lost corners Jermod McCoy and Colton Hood to the NFL and Rickey Gibson entered the transfer portal. Richard also logged some time at safety this past season.

What now for Tennessee in the portal?
Tennessee has now secured 20 total transfer portal commits for the cycle and could be done barring any late movements. The Vols, of course, still wanted to add another defensive tackle body but another cornerback was also a priority and taken care of Sunday.

- Cain VQ

Hard to believe there’s not a lower level running back out there that put up some numbers and would be worth a take. I like the Tulane pick up but would like to see another veteran.

 

[Volinnooga]

Our defensive backfield, which was a real weakness, is now really strong.

 

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BM
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Who was this?

 

[TN-POSSUM]

Who was this?

 

[Jackcrevol]

Lot of these guys played so many position in HS, hard to get a sense of them playing corner. He has some DB highlights late in video.

 

[beachvol23]

Hard to believe there’s not a lower level running back out there that put up some numbers and would be worth a take. I like the Tulane pick up but would like to see another veteran.

Or DL…. I don’t really see this pickup as worth much value considering the numbers in the back end already. He wasn’t a starter either.

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[Brawlvol]

Or DL…. I don’t really see this pickup as worth much value considering the numbers in the back end already. He wasn’t a starter either.

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Coaches wanted him, Go Vols

 

[wrangler]

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BOOM!!!

 

[beachvol23]

Coaches wanted him, Go Vols

Ya think?

 

[PlanetVolunteer]

Or DL…. I don’t really see this pickup as worth much value considering the numbers in the back end already. He wasn’t a starter either.

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I mean he's got 8 starts under his belt. It's a really good depth find.

 

[jvols1999]

Or DL…. I don’t really see this pickup as worth much value considering the numbers in the back end already. He wasn’t a starter either.

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He's likely the CB4 and maybe NB2 at worst.

 

[Vol865]

He's likely the CB4 and maybe NB2 at worst.

I think Metcalf and Moss are going to be starters at safety. I could see Richard/Farooq battling for that 3rd safety spot. Not really impressed with Lane's film. Doesn't like to tackle and is out of position a lot when fitting the run especially.

 

[RiseToTheTop]

I think Metcalf and Moss are going to be starters at safety. I could see Richard/Farooq battling for that 3rd safety spot. Not really impressed with Lane's film. Doesn't like to tackle and is out of position a lot when fitting the run especially.

to be fair Farooq also has bad film


guy was rated one of the very worst safeties in the conference. You say Lane doesnt like to tackle but Farooq is a pretty bad tackler. Nobody on the team took worse angles lets call it like it is.

 

[PlanetVolunteer]

to be fair Farooq also has bad film


guy was rated one of the very worst safeties in the conference. You say Lane doesnt like to tackle but Farooq is a pretty bad tackler. Nobody on the team took worse angles lets call it like it is.

Both were young though. Farooq still made a lot of plays. Both will be better with Poindexter.

We are sett in the back end