The 2024 season is on the horizon, and Hurricanes fans hope to see a major step forward in Year 3 of the Mario Cristobal era.
As Miami keeps adding talent through high school and transfer portal recruiting, UM appears poised to be a major contender in the ACC this season.
This summer, we will take a look at a different position group each week to see who departed, who arrived and who should have big impacts this year.
After previewing Miami’s talented wide receiver corps last week, now we’ll look at a position group that did not appear much in the passing game last season, the tight ends.
Who left
The Hurricanes return most of their tight ends from last year, but they did lose one promising prospect through the portal: Jaleel Skinner.
Skinner, a Bradenton IMG Academy alum, was a top tight end prospect in Mario Cristobal’s first recruiting class at Miami. He was a four-star prospect and the No. 3 tight end in the 2022 class, according to 247Sports’ composite rankings.
As a freshman in 2022, Skinner had nine catches for 129 yards. But his playing time decreased last season. He had one catch for nine yards, and his offensive snaps dropped from 145 in 2022 to 25 in 2023.
Skinner entered the transfer portal after the season ended, and he stayed in the ACC, landing at Louisville.
Who returns
The Hurricanes bring back most of their tight ends from last season, and UM coaches expect more production from a group that had just 17 catches for 145 yards and one touchdown last year.
Ninth-year tight end Cam McCormick is back, extending his unprecedented career another season. McCormick played more snaps than any other UM tight end last year, playing 564 offensive snaps. He had eight catches for 62 yards.
“Obviously, I had some unfortunate circumstances that happened and I’ve been blessed to be able to play this long,”…
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Author : South Florida Sun Sentinel
Publish date : 2024-06-06 18:49:00
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