Miami can be lacking a key offensive participant in opposition to Syracuse on Saturday.
Operating again Mark Fletcher Jr. was listed as out for the sport on the Hurricanes’ Thursday availability report. He suffered an harm late within the loss to SMU.
Different key gamers listed as out included cornerback OJ Frederique — who Miami coach Mario Cristobal mentioned will probably miss a number of weeks. Extensive receiver Tony Johnson, who has performed sparingly however had a robust efficiency in opposition to Stanford, can also be listed as out.
Defensive sort out Ahmad Moten Sr. and vast receiver CJ Daniels, who missed the loss to the Mustangs final week, have been listed as questionable.
Miami additionally listed linebacker Wesley Bissainthe as questionable for the sport. Bissainthe, one of many Hurricanes’ beginning linebackers, has 32 tackles and an interception this season.
Fletcher is Miami’s main operating again, pacing the staff with a career-high 636 yards and 9 touchdowns on 125 carries. In his absence, UM will flip to operating backs Marty Brown, Jordan Lyle, Girard Pringle Jr. and Chris Wheatley-Humphrey within the floor sport.
“Wish to see us proceed to enhance within the run sport,” UM coach Mario Cristobal mentioned Monday. “I believe these guys are actually good gamers. We’ve seen them play good soccer. I believe it’s a chance for Girard Pringle, Chris Wheatley-Humphrey. I believe it’s a chance for all these guys. However definitely, you realize Mark. Mark is a particular participant for us. He has set the tone a bunch, however we’ve seen actually good play from each Marty and from Jordan, and we count on these guys to play actually good soccer.”
Moten has been a key contributor at defensive sort out this season. He has 16 tackles, three tackles for loss and one sack. Professional Soccer Focus provides him a 77.6 defensive grade this season, which is Tenth-best within the ACC amongst defensive tackles with 100 or extra snaps.
The ACC is mandating its soccer, males’s and girls’s basketball and baseball groups report which gamers can be found prior to every convention sport. Soccer groups are required to submit an preliminary report two days earlier than the sport, an up to date report at some point earlier than the sport and a sport day report no later than two hours earlier than the sport begins. Groups “should act in good religion to adjust to this coverage,” based on the convention.
The convention mandates groups announce which gamers meet sure designations.
-Accessible: Accessible to play
-Possible: prone to play or better than 50 p.c likelihood to play
-Questionable: unsure to play or lower than 50 p.c likelihood to play
-Out: won’t play or 0 p.c likelihood to play
On sport day studies, gamers could be listed as out there, “sport time resolution” or out.
Right here is the Hurricanes’ preliminary availability report earlier than going through FSU on Saturday:
OUT
-RB Mark Fletcher Jr.
-DB OJ Frederique Jr.
-DE Hayden Lowe
-TE Jackson Carver
-TE Jack Nickel
-WR Likelihood Robinson
-LB Malik Bryant
-WR Tony Johnson
-TE Brock Schott
QUESTIONABLE
-WR CJ Daniels
-LB Wesley Bissainthe
-DL Ahmad Moten Sr.
