Miami got some unfavorable news on Thursday.

Booker T. Washington Top247 defensive end Donell Harris announced over social media that he is reopening his recruitment and decommitting from the Hurricanes. He also said that he's trying to reclassify from the Class of 2021 to the Class of 2020.

"I'm going to still consider Miami, but my dad just wanted me to open up my options and see what all these schools have to offer," Harris told 247Sports and InsideTheU when reached by phone. "Right now I'm not fully a 2020 – I got to take some classes – but I want to do that."

Harris, who is ranked by 247Sports as the nation's No. 4 overall prospect for the next cycle, has visited Alabama, Georgia, LSU, South Carolina and Florida State all in the past week. He expanded more on his decision to back off a near 11-month pledge to the local Hurricanes below.

"First of all I would like to say is that I am Miami. Everything about me is Miami," he wrote in a note on Twitter. "After talking things over with my family and coaches I understand that my college choice is going to be one of the biggest decisions to make when [it] comes to winning a natty and preparing me for the next level which is my ultimate goal. I will be reclassifying to the 2020 class. I also will be decommitting from the Univeristy of Miami and opening up my recruitment."

Harris becomes the second prospect in the Class of 2021 to decommit from Miami joining Top247 safety James Williams. The Hurricanes will likely continue to recruit the elite edge rusher seeing as how former UM defensive lineman Demetrius Jackson is Harris' defensive line coach at Booker T. Washington, but some connected to the recruitment believe that schools like Alabama, Georgia and Clemson might hold the inside track to land Harris' signature.

Miami now has nine prospects committed for the next cycle. The group – which still ranks No. 1 on the industry-generated 247Sports' Composite Team Rankings following Harris' decommitment – is headlined by Top247 running back Thad Franklin, Top247 defensive tackle Savion Collins, Top247 offensive lineman Laurence Seymore and Top247 linebacker Chamon Metayer. It also includes three-star wide receivers Romello Brinson and Kahlil Brantley as well as three-star linebacker Tyler Johnson, three-star defensive tackle Anthony Hundley and kicker Andres Borregales.

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