New Mexico Lobos · CB RoomCB

#8 Ormanie Arnold

Class  RS SR/TRFrom  Cincinnati (transfer)Ht / Wt  5'8" · 178 lbHometown  Long Beach, CA · Dominguez HS

Depth-chart placement

Current role

LCB1

Placement

Starter

Room

Cornerback

Experience

5-SR

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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CB room context

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Ormanie Arnold holds the LCB · Starter spot in New Mexico Lobos’s cornerback room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

LCB · StarterOrmanie ArnoldStarter

RCB · StarterFrankie Edwards IIIStarter

LCB · BackupJahmir TorresBackup

RCB · BackupEric McClainBackup

Transfer history

2026Cincinnati→New Mexico Lobos

Background & career

Ormanie Arnold is a left cornerback from Long Beach, CA who attended Dominguez High School before playing college football at Idaho and Cincinnati. At Idaho in 2023, he started all 13 games and recorded 33 tackles, two interceptions, five pass breakups, and a fumble recovery returned 15 yards for a touchdown. During his 2024 redshirt sophomore season at Cincinnati, Arnold appeared in 12 games with two starts, tallying 16 tackles and two pass breakups. In 2025, his redshirt junior year, he played in 10 games, recording 16 tackles and three pass breakups. Arnold transferred to New Mexico for the 2026 season as a redshirt senior.

Cincinnatithrough 2025

New Mexico2026 — present

Previous schoolCincinnatiRecruiting3-star · No. 2544 nationalOriginLong Beach, CA · Dominguez HS