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The Miami Hurricanes are currently ranked No. 15 in both the AP and USA Today polls. Miami is coming off a 77-7 drubbing of Savannah State last weekend and at 3-0 is preparing to hit the road for the first time this season, taking on South Florida in Tampa this weekend.

Head coach Al Golden has released this week’s depth chart and the most exciting news, aside from a healthy, game-ready Stephen Morris (who suffered a bone bruise on Saturday night), is the emergence of freshman wide receiver Stacy Coley.

Coley saw his first action since the opener against Florida Atlantic. A non-factor against Florida due to inexperience, the newbie made his mark against the lesser Tigers. Coley hauled in a 25-yard touchdown pass from back-up quarterback Ryan Williams early in the second quarter, but a late game special teams play showed with the true freshman has under the hood.

After Savannah State scored its lone touchdown of the night, Coley answered with an 88-yard kickoff return. As a result Coley is no co-first string in the slot, neck-and-neck with Herb Waters, while in the same position with kickoff and put returns, where he’s listed as co-start with Phillip Dorsett.

Two other noticeable changes also came from back-ups making their mark against Savannah State. JUCO tight end transfer Beau Sandland has been move to co-second string, with Asante Cleveland and behind starter Clive Walford and at running back, freshman Gus Edwards is co-second string with Dallas Crawford and Eduardo Clements.

On defense, the most-notable change is freshman linebacker Alex Figueroa assuming co-first team outside linebacker with Thurston Armbrister. Tyriq McCord remains second string and will most-likely remain a third-down specialist.

MIAMI HURRICANES OFFENSE

WR
Allen Hurns
Stacy Coley

LT
Ereck Flowers
Seantrel Henderson

LG
Jon Feliciano
Malcolm Bunche

C
Jared Wheeler -or-
Shane McDermott

RG
Brandon Linder
Alex Gall

RT
Seantrel Henderson
Taylor Gadbois

TE
Clive Walford
Asante Cleveland -or-
Beau Sandland

FB
Maurice Hagens
Ronald Regula

QB
Stephen Morris
Ryan Williams

RB
Duke Johnson
Dallas Crawford -or-
Eduardo Clements -or-
Gus Edwards

SLOT
Herb Waters -or-
Stacy Coley

WR
Phillip Dorsett -or-
Herb Waters
Malcolm Lewis

MIAMI HURRICANES DEFENSE

DE
Anthony Chickillo
Ufomba Kamalu -or-
Jelani Hamilton

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 -or-
Corn Elder

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

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