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07/24/21 - DEriq King, rSr/2022, Miami + More +

Miami quarterback D'Eriq King is fully vaccinated, almost fully healed from his torn ACL and meniscus and judging by his words and those around him Wednesday at the 2021 Atlantic Coast Conference Football Kickoff, ready to take that first hit against Alabama on Sept. 4 in the season opener. Make that 18-point favorite defending champion Alabama. The bigger the bark, the more fun the challenge. "I kind of laugh at it,'' King told three ACC beat writers, when asked during a private interview what he thinks of the 18-point spread. But be assured that he's not laughing at Alabama.

"I like the underdog mentality,'' he said. "My whole life I've been an underdog. So I've taken and run with it. It's just motivation. Obviously, I'm looking forward to every single game, but being an 18-point underdog to the defending national champ Week 1, you've got something to look forward to." King, a sixth-year senior who was a Maxwell Trophy semifinalist last season, threw for 2,686 yards with 23 touchdowns and just five interceptions in his 10 1/2 games before the injury. He also rushed for 538 yards and four scores. He completed 64.1 percent of his passes and his 3,224 total yards for the 8-3 Hurricanes ranked 11th in the nation. - Miami Herald

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WR DEriq King, Miami
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07/21/21 - DEriq King, rSr/2022, Miami + More +

Here come the preseason awards lists, and for University of Miami quarterback D'Eriq King, they will be plentiful. King was named to the watch list Monday for the 2021 Maxwell Award that honors college football's player of the year. The high-profile King will be among three players representing the Hurricanes on Wednesday at the first day of the Atlantic Coast Conference Football Kickoff in Charlotte, North Carolina. The other two are senior receiver Mike Harley and redshirt junior safety Bubba Bolden. Bolden was already named a preseason candidate for the Bednarik Award.

King, a sixth-year senior, was a Maxwell semifinalist last season after throwing for 2,686 with 23 touchdowns and just five interceptions, while rushing for 538 yards and four scores. He completed 64.1 percent of his passes, the second-best single-season completion percentage in school history. His 3,224 total yards for the 8-3 Hurricanes ranked 11th in the nation. - Miami Herald

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WR DEriq King, Miami
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07/03/21 - DEriq King, rSr/2022, Miami + More +

UM quarterback D'Eriq King made history just after midnight on Thursday morning, becoming the first Hurricanes athlete to agree to a sponsorship deal under new NCAA legislation that permits players to benefit financially from their name, image and likeness. King agreed to a deal to promote two Tampa-based companies: College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving and Murphy Auto Group. King received a combined $10,000 signing bonus from the two companies and will receive monthly compensation as well. The value of the deal tops $20,000, according to Omar Soliman, the co-founder of College Hunks. College Hunks had 150 franchises nationally; the idea for the company was hatched in a UM student business plan competition in 2004. Murphy owns five car dealerships in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. - Miami Herald

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WR DEriq King, Miami
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06/21/21 - Zach McCloud, rSr/2022, Miami + More +

After five years at outside linebacker, the position at which he was recruited, McCloud is expected to switch to defensive end. And it wasn't some long, thought-out plan. If anything, the switch started by accident. McCloud started to dabble in defensive line ahead of the bowl game against Oklahoma State this past December. And he really had no intention to try something new. "I was like, 'Man, coach, I can do that.' I was being cocky and making a joke, but he perked up and was like, 'Really?' and it kind of turned into a serious thing," McCloud said in March. "I took my first reps at D-end that day and then just started rolling in at practice as a D-end. (It) went from being just that third-down package to, 'Well, if I get caught on the field in base, I have to know that technique.' … It just happened naturally." Defensive end is no small undertaking for McCloud to somewhat jokingly proclaim he can play. Especially at a place such as Miami. The defensive end spot is a big deal at Miami in its 4-3 base system. Just this past year alone, the Hurricanes had three defensive ends drafted into the NFL, two in the first round in Greg Rousseau and Jaelen Phillips. - Montgomery Advertiser

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OLB Zach McCloud, Miami
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05/23/21 - Justice Oluwaseun, rSr/2023, Miami + More +

The Miami Hurricanes are getting another big body. UNLV offensive lineman Justice Oluwaseun, who previously played for Miami offensive line coach Garin Justice when Justice coached at UNLV, announced Saturday that he is transferring to the Hurricanes. He chose UM over schools that included Baylor and Houston. Oluwaseun, 6-3 and 325 pounds, has played both sides at tackle as well as guard. He started UNLV's six games in 2020 at right tackle. In 2019, he started 11 games. This will be his second redshirt junior year because the NCAA allowed all players to maintain their eligibility status in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Though the Hurricanes return all five starting linemen from last season, not including standout Navaughn Donaldson (sat out most of last season after major knee surgery), Oluswaseun will be a boost for a line not expected to have left guard Jakai Clark back after undergoing surgery on the AC joint of his right shoulder. - Miami Herald

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OG Justice Oluwaseun, Miami
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05/06/21 - Quincy Roche, rSr/2021, Miami + More +

Let's start with a simple premise from this 2021 NFL draft: Transferring from Temple does not improve your draft position. The evidence: edge rusher Quincy Roche, transfer from Temple to Miami, sixth-round selection, Pittsburgh Steelers; tight end Kenny Yeboah, transfer from Temple to Mississippi, undrafted. More evidence: All the non-Power 5 draftees, and the limited number of drafted transfers up to Power 5 schools, showing how the NFL, as always, doesn't care where you came from as long as you've got the goods. Also, the NFL drafts on potential as much as production. Roche moving to the Hurricanes and Yeboah to the Ole Miss Rebels didn't change that.

Roche, in particular, is an intriguing case since he was the American Athletic Conference defensive player of the year in 2019, before he decided to transfer, rather than declare for last year's draft, which also had been a consideration. Roche was in no way a failure at Miami. He got on the field, was third-team all-Atlantic Coast Conference, contributed 14.5 tackles for loss. He got invited to the Senior Bowl, reportedly had some impressive practices. So why the sixth round instead of a couple of rounds earlier as some mock drafts had projected? Hard to say except that, for all his high-motor production, Roche, a tick under 6-foot-3 and 243 pounds, isn't the type of edge rusher deemed a high-end athlete. A jump up to the ACC with even a slight dip in production doesn't suggest a jump up again in deeper NFL waters. - Philadelphia Inquirer/Daily News

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OLB Quincy Roche, Miami
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05/04/21 - Jose Borregales, rSr/2021, Miami + More +

Former Miami Hurricanes placekicker Jose Borregales, a consensus All-American and winner of the Lou Groza Award as the top kicker in college football, "stopped looking" at NFL Draft projections of where and when and even if he'd be chosen in the draft - or just end up as most kickers do, an undrafted free agent. But Borregales isn't most kickers, and be assured his biggest fan, mom Vivian, was looking. "My mom tells me everything," Borregales said heading into the draft. "If my mom doesn't tell me, I have no idea. I've basically talked to every team but you never know where you end up until you get that call." Borregales, 23, undrafted after the seven-round event ended Saturday evening, will nonetheless be heading to the reigning Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent. - Miami Herald

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K Jose Borregales, Miami
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04/23/21 - Navaughn Donaldson, rSr/2022, Miami + More +

Right guard Navaughn Donaldson has impressed everyone in his return from December 2019 knee surgery, but the Canes suggested they want him to lose more weight. He's in the 350 range; he might be a bit more nimble at 325. Regardless, Donaldson and left tackle Zion Nelson look like UM's best offensive linemen. Donaldson "has gotten so much better with his feet and he's real physical," defensive tackle Jon Ford said. "He's been here with me forever. Going against him is a great battle. It helps my game." Incidentally, it was John Campbell - not one of the starters - who gave up the sack and safety to Deandre Johnson in the spring game. - Miami Herald

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OG Navaughn Donaldson, Miami
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03/31/21 - Xavier Restrepo, rSr/2025, Miami + More +

University of Miami slot receiver Xavier Restrepo, aptly nicknamed the "X-Man," began his second spring season in 2021 the same way he did in 2020 - with a lights-out performance Saturday in the first scrimmage. Listed as 5-10 and 196 pounds, the former Deerfield Beach High Buck had an eyebrow-raising nine catches for 144 yards and two touchdowns last weekend. "Restrepo gave me problems sometimes in certain pass concepts," safety Gurvan Hall said of 2020, adding "He really opened my eyes this whole spring." In last year's first scrimmage, when offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee's spread offense was unveiled to the players in their initial game-type situation, Restrepo scored on a 70-yard reverse and "had another big explosive play down the field," UM coach Manny Diaz said back then. "He's willing himself into becoming a guy, and he has such great competitive spirit,'' Diaz said Saturday. "Those are not easy yards. He made tough catches and run-after-catches and breaking tackles." Restrepo said Tuesday that last year "was just a learning year," as he played in seven games and had one catch for 12 yards. - Miami Herald

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WR Xavier Restrepo, Miami
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03/24/21 - Zach McCloud, rSr/2022, Miami + More +

One of the Miami Hurricanes' biggest "surprises of spring so far" - in the words of Jess Simpson - started off as little more than a joke at the end of last season. McCloud was still with the linebackers for most of practice leading up to the 2020 Cheez-It Bowl, and the redshirt senior sat in a meeting while Miami went over its third-down package. "I can do that," McCloud quipped as the Hurricanes talked through a defensive end's responsibility. He was "just kind of like being cocky," McCloud said. "I was making a joke." Coach Manny Diaz "perked up," McCloud said. Miami's two star defensive ends weren't going to suit up for the Cheez-It Bowl, instead opting to prepare for the 2021 NFL Draft, and it left the Hurricanes with a massive void at a former position of strength.

A new experiment began. McCloud practiced at defensive end that day and has been there every day since. He came off the bench as a defensive end in the bowl game and spent the entire offseason planning around a full-time position change, adding about 25 pounds throughout the winter and studying NFL edge rushers "with a similar body profile" to his 6-foot-2 frame. With Jaelan Phillips and Quincy Roche gone to the NFL, Miami is holding open competition at both end spots, and Simpson said McCloud has been one of the biggest surprises. - Miami Herald

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OLB Zach McCloud, Miami
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03/14/21 - Cam Ward, rSr/2025, Miami + More +

Cameron Ward passed for 341 yards and four touchdowns and ran for 24 yards and a TD to help Incarnate Word beat Lamar 42-20 on Saturday. Incarnate Word (2-0, 2-0 Southland Conference) took a 21-17 lead late in the first half on Ward’s 4-yard TD pass to Darion Chafin and outscored Lamar 21-3 in the second half. Kevin Brown ran 13 times for 196 yards and a touchdown and caught four passes for 38 yards and a TD for Incarnate Word. He ran 66 yards for a score in the first quarter. Chaz Ward ran 26 times for 105 yards and a touchdown for Lamar (0-2, 0-2). Jalen Dummett passed for 116 yards and a touchdown, and Marcellus Johnson caught seven passes for 88 yards. Incarnate Ward outgained Lamar 626-360 in total offense. - Incarnate Word/AP College Football

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QB Cam Ward, Miami
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03/07/21 - Navaughn Donaldson, rSr/2022, Miami + More +

Now more than a year removed from knee surgery, Navaughn Donaldson has looked good in offseason workouts, and he's a clear favorite for a starting guard spot. "Navaughn is his best self," Justice told WQAM's Zagacki and Don Bailey Jr. on Friday. "Each week, you're seeing his confidence come back." Donaldson was cleared in time to be available for last December's Duke game. But "being cleared and being ready are two different things," Justice said. "He wasn't fully ready in a lot of ways. [Now] he fully trusts his knee. You're seeing the best of him week in and week out." - Miami Herald

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OG Navaughn Donaldson, Miami
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03/07/21 - Zach Carpenter, rSr/2025, Miami + More +

Indiana built a national football reputation in 2020 based on its second straight winning season and joyous locker room celebrations following landmark wins that were broadcast throughout the country. As a result, the Hoosiers were able to attract three transfers from major college programs that could fill holes and impact the 2021 season. Junior offensive lineman Zach Carpenter (Michigan), senior receiver D.J. Matthews (Florida State) and senior defensive end Ryder Anderson (Ole Miss) all will get a chance to make first impressions when spring football practices start next week. The 6-foot-5, 329-pound Carpenter, from famed Cincinnati Moeller, was recruited by the Hoosiers two years ago before picking Michigan, where he made two starts at center last season. He will battle for a starting role with the Hoosiers after Harry Crider declared for the NFL Draft.

"I've always seen myself as a leader," Carpenter said, when asked about the physical and mental demands of center. "I think definitely getting some Big Ten playing experience is beneficial to that as well. Obviously, there's no fans, but I'm confident that even if there is, that I'll be able to lead the offensive line out there." Carpenter said Indiana's success last season - the Hoosiers were 6-2 and posted their most Big Ten wins since 1987 - factored into his decision to come to IU. - Lawrence Journal World

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C Zach Carpenter, Miami
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03/06/21 - Cam Ward, rSr/2025, Miami + More +

QB Cam Ward, Miami
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02/27/21 - Cam Ward, rSr/2025, Miami + More +

Cameron Ward was 24 of 35 for 306 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions to help Incarnate Word open its season with a 48-20 win over McNeese State on Saturday. Ce'Cori Tolds returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown late in the first quarter, the third of his career. The Cardinals then scored all 17 points in the second quarter to pull away to a 31-3 lead at halftime. It was the Southland Conference opener for both teams. Kevin Brown ran 10 times for 117 yards and Jaelin Campbell caught six passes for 93 yards and a touchdown for Incarnate Word. Cody Orgeron passed for 202 yards and ran for 72 yards and a score for the Cowboys (1-1), who are ranked 19th in the FCS Top 25. - Incarnate Word/AP College Football

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