Sam Leavitt, the No. 2 quarterback in The Athletic’s transfer portal rankings, is expected to visit Miami this weekend, a program source has confirmed.

Leavitt, previously at Arizona State, is the top uncommitted quarterback in the transfer portal.

It will be Leavitt’s fourth official visit since the portal opened on Jan. 2. He’s coming off a visit to Tennessee that began Wednesday and wrapped up on Friday. He visited LSU on Tuesday and was spotted at an LSU basketball game sitting next to coach Lane Kiffin.

Leavitt started his portal tour at Kentucky last week, but the Wildcats eventually took a commitment from Notre Dame transfer Kenny Minchey earlier this week. Leavitt also had a visit scheduled to Texas Tech, but it got delayed and eventually fell through after the Red Raiders secured a commitment from Cincinnati’s Brendan Sorsby, ranked just ahead of Leavitt by The Athletic, on Sunday.

Miami is one of a handful of top programs still searching for a 2026 transfer quarterback. The Hurricanes will lose starter Carson Beck after this season, as he will have exhausted his eligibility. Beck led Miami on a game-winning touchdown drive in the final minutes of the College Football Playoff semifinals against Ole Miss and will play the winner of Indiana and Oregon for the national title on Jan. 19 at Hard Rock Stadium in South Florida.

LSU is still in the quarterback market as well. Baton Rouge appeared to be a potential destination for Leavitt, but while he was visiting, Washington quarterback Demond Williams announced that he intended to enter the transfer portal, and LSU was rumored to be a potential landing spot. On Thursday, Williams announced he would return to Washington in 2026, leading some to wonder if Leavitt could still end up with the Tigers.

Oregon would be in the market for a starting quarterback as well if starter Dante Moore chooses to declare for the 2026 NFL Draft. That decision hasn’t yet been made. The deadline for underclassmen to declare for early entry into the draft is Jan. 14. The last day the transfer portal is open for players to enter is Jan. 16.

Miami has signed transfer quarterbacks each of the last two years and had tremendous success. In 2024, the Hurricanes signed Cam Ward, who took them into CFP contention and became the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. They signed Beck before this season, and he has them in the national championship game.

Some inside the Miami program believe in Beck’s backup, sophomore Emory Williams, whom the Hurricanes signed in their 2023 high school recruiting class. Williams has served as an understudy to both Ward and Beck the last two seasons, but the 6-foot-5, 220-pound Williams has only thrown 19 passes this season in mop-up duty. Williams attempted 26 passes last year, with his most extensive action coming in the second half of the 2024 Pop-Tarts Bowl loss to Iowa State.

Leavitt spent two years at Arizona State, transferring in before the 2024 season from Michigan State. In 2024, he led Arizona State to a Big 12 championship and College Football Playoff berth, throwing for 2,885 yards, 24 touchdowns and only six interceptions while rushing for 443 yards and five touchdowns.

In 2025, Leavitt was nagged by a foot injury that eventually required season-ending surgery. The Sun Devils went 5-2 in the games he started, and he engineered an upset of eventual Big 12 champion Texas Tech with a 319-yard passing performance that included a 75-yard game-winning touchdown drive in the final two minutes.

Weeks after his surgery, news of Leavitt’s possible departure from Tempe began to surface, and a program source at that time deemed Leavitt unlikely to return to the Sun Devils for 2026.