The Miami Hurricanes jumped to No. 14 in the overall rankings after a convincing 49-21 win over winless South Florida at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa this past weekend. Miami will open ACC season this Saturday as Georgia Tech trek south to Sun Life Stadium for a 3:30 p.m. ET kickoff (ESPN U/WatchESPN).
The Week 5 depth chart has been released and there are few changes from last week. Center Shane McDermott is back in full action, but is listed as either/or with Jared Wheeler, who was effective in McDermott’s absence.
Third-string running back Eduardo Clements has a hamstring pull which could sideline him for a while, pushing freshman Gus Edwards to third string behind Duke Johnson and Dallas Crawford. The Hurricanes could also remove the recent redshirt given to freshman fullback Walter Tucker as the result of Clement’s injury.
Freshman wide receiver Stacy Coley remains either/or in the slot (as well as on kickoff or punt returns), rounding out the offense.
Defensively there’s little change, outside of third-string cornerback Corn Elder being left off the depth chart. Elder is doing his best Vad Lee in practice this week, emulating Georgia Tech’s quarterback as Miami works to defend the triple option.
MIAMI HURRICANES OFFENSE
WR
Allen Hurns
Stacy Coley
LT
Ereck Flowers
Malcolm Bunche
LG
Jon Feliciano
Jared Wheeler
C
Jared Wheeler -or-
Shane McDermott
RG
Brandon Linder
Alex Gall
RT
Seantrel Henderson
Malcolm Bunche
TE
Clive Walford
Asante Cleveland
Beau Sandland
FB
Maurice Hagens
Walter Tucker
QB
Stephen Morris
Ryan Williams
RB
Duke Johnson
Dallas Crawford
Gus Edwards
SLOT
Herb Waters -or-
Stacy Coley
WR
Phillip Dorsett -or-
Herb Waters
Malcolm Lewis
MIAMI HURRICANES DEFENSE
DE
Anthony Chickillo
Ufomba Kamalu
DT
Curtis Porter
Justin Renfrow
DT
Olsen Pierre
Luther Robinson
DE
Shayon Green
David Gilbert
Al-Quadin Muhammad
OLB
Alex Figueroa -or-
Thurston Ambrister
Tyriq McCord
MLB
Jimmy Gaines
Raphael Kirby -or-
Kelvin Cain
OLB
Denzel Perryman
Tyrone Cornelius
CB
Tracy Howard
Antonio Crawford
S
Kacy Rodgers II
Deon Bush
S
Rayshawn Jenkins
AJ Highsmith
CB
Ladarius Gunter
Artie Burns
MIAMI HURRICANES SPECIALISTS
P
Pat O’Donnell
Matt Goudis
FG
Matt Goudis
Pat O’Donnell
KO
Pat O’Donnell
Matt Goudis
H
Pat O’Donnell
Ryan Williams
LS
Sean McNally
Paul Kelly
SS
Paul Kelly
Brandon Linder
PR
Phillip Dorsett -or-
Stacy Coley
KR
Phillip Dorsett -or-
Stacy Coley
Duke Johnson