American college football season
The 2018 Miami Hurricanes football team (variously "Miami", "The U", "UM", "'Canes") represented the University of Miami during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Hurricanes were led by third-year head coach Mark Richt and played their home games at Hard Rock Stadium . They competed as a member of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in ACC play to finish in a 3-way tie for 3rd in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Pinstripe Bowl where they would lose to Wisconsin .
On December 30, 2018, Richt announced his retirement after 3 seasons at Miami and 18 overall as head coach. That same day, the school named Manny Diaz as their new head coach.[1]
The Hurricanes signed a total of 23 recruits.
US college sports recruiting information for 2018 recruits
Name
Hometown
High school / college
Height
Weight
Commit date
Daquris Wiggins WR
Miami, Florida
Miami Southridge High School
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
Oct 21, 2015
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Gilbert Frierson DB
Coral Gables, Florida
Coral Gables High School
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
Feb 23, 2016
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D. J. Ivey CB
Homestead, Florida
South Dade High School
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
Jun 25, 2016
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Delone Scaife OG
Miami, Florida
Miami Southridge High School
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
320 lb (150 kg)
Jul 9, 2016
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Lorenzo Lingard RB
Orange City, Florida
University High School
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
Feb 9, 2017
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Nesta Jade Silvera DT
Plantation, Florida
American Heritage School
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
308 lb (140 kg)
Feb 14, 2017
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Cam'Ron Davis RB
Miami Gardens, Florida
Miami Carol City High School
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
187 lb (85 kg)
Feb 18, 2017
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Brian Hightower WR
Calabasas, California
IMG Academy
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
196 lb (89 kg)
Mar 1, 2017
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Mark Pope WR
Miami, Florida
Miami Southridge High School
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
Mar 27, 2017
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Gurvan Hall S
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Palm Beach Gardens Community High School
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
Mar 27, 2017
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Cleveland Reed OG
Fort Meade, Florida
Fort Meade High School
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
327 lb (148 kg)
Apr 5, 2017
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Brevin Jordan TE
Las Vegas, Nevada
Bishop Gorman High School
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
250 lb (110 kg)
Apr 16, 2017
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Will Mallory TE
Jacksonville, Florida
Providence School
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
207 lb (94 kg)
Apr 21, 2017
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Gregory Rousseau DE
Miami, Florida
Champagnat Catholic School
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
222 lb (101 kg)
Apr 22, 2017
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Bubba Baxa K
Pasadena, Texas
Pasadena Memorial High School
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
May 27, 2017
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Al Blades Jr. CB
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
St. Thomas Aquinas High School
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
170 lb (77 kg)
Jun 18, 2017
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John Campbell OT
Orlando, Florida
Dr. Phillips High School
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
284 lb (129 kg)
Jul 3, 2017
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Realus George FB
Pace Academy
Atlanta, Georgia
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
245 lb (111 kg)
Nov 12, 2017
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Patrick Joyner DE
Homestead, Florida
South Dade High School
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
205 lb (93 kg)
Dec 3, 2017
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Jarren Williams QB
Lawrenceville, Georgia
Central Gwinnett High School
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
206 lb (93 kg)
Dec 6, 2017
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Nigel Bethel CB
Miami, Florida
Miami Northwestern High School
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
160 lb (73 kg)
Jan 22, 2018
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Jordan Miller DT
Jacksonville, Florida
Sandalwood High School
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
330 lb (150 kg)
Jan 29, 2018
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Marquez Ezzard WR
Stockbridge, Georgia
Stockbridge High School
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
220 lb (100 kg)
Feb 7, 2018
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Overall recruiting rankings:
Note : In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.
Sources:
The ACC media poll was released on July 24, 2018.
Media poll (Coastal)
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Miami
998 (122)
2
Virginia Tech
838 (16)
3
Georgia Tech
654 (8)
4
Duke
607 (1)
5
Pittsburgh
420
6
North Carolina
370 (1)
7
Virginia
257
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 7:30 p.m. vs. No. 25 LSU * No. 8 ABC L 17–3368,841
September 8 6:00 p.m. Savannah State * No. 22 ACCN Extra W 77–060,307
September 15 12:00 p.m. at Toledo * No. 21 ESPN2 W 49–2428,117
September 22 3:30 p.m. FIU * No. 21 Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens, FL ESPN2 W 31–1759,814
8:00 p.m. North Carolina No. 16 Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens, FL ESPN W 47–1060,845
October 6 3:30 p.m. Florida State No. 17 Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens, FL (rivalry ) ABC W 28–2765,490
October 13 7:00 p.m. at Virginia No. 16 ESPN2 L 13–1642,393
7:00 p.m. at Boston College ESPN L 14–2744,514
November 3 7:00 p.m. Duke Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens, FL ESPN2 L 12–2062,754
November 10 7:00 p.m. at Georgia Tech ESPN2 L 21–2748,217
November 17 3:30 p.m. at Virginia Tech ESPN W 38–1462,379
November 24 3:30 p.m. No. 24 Pittsburgh Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens, FL ESPN W 24–359,606
5:15 p.m. vs. Wisconsin * ESPN L 3–3537,821
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
2018 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
K
85
Marco Baeza
Sr
K
21
Bubba Baxa
Fr
K
98
Suleman Burrows
Fr
K
92
Alejandro Cardenas
Sr
K
47
Turner Davidson
Fr
K
45
Camden Price
Fr
P
16
Zach Feagles
So
P
43
Jack Spicer
Jr
LS
39
Jordan Butler
Sr
LS
58
Clay James
Jr
LS
61
Jacob Munoz
So
LS
59
Sam York
Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 8 Hurricanes
3
0
0
14
17
No. 25 Tigers
10
17
6
0
33
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
0
0
0
0
0
No. 22 Hurricanes
7
21
21
28
77
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 21 Hurricanes
7
14
14
14
49
Rockets
0
7
14
3
24
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
0
0
0
17
17
No. 21 Hurricanes
7
17
7
0
31
1
2
3
4
Total
Tar Heels
10
0
0
0
10
No. 16 Hurricanes
14
19
0
14
47
1
2
3
4
Total
Seminoles
7
13
7
0
27
No. 17 Hurricanes
0
7
14
7
28
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 16 Hurricanes
0
6
0
7
13
Cavaliers
0
13
0
3
16
1
2
3
4
Total
Hurricanes
7
7
0
0
14
Eagles
14
3
10
0
27
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Devils
7
0
10
3
20
Hurricanes
0
12
0
0
12
1
2
3
4
Total
Hurricanes
7
7
0
7
21
Yellow Jackets
14
3
10
0
27
1
2
3
4
Total
Hurricanes
3
14
21
0
38
Hokies
7
7
0
0
14
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 24 Panthers
0
0
3
0
3
Hurricanes
3
7
7
7
24
Vs. Wisconsin (Pinstripe Bowl)[ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Badgers
14
0
7
14
35
Hurricanes
3
0
0
0
3
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final AP 8 22 21 21 16 17 16 RV RV — — — — — — Coaches 8 21 20 20 16 17 15 RV 25 RV — — — — — CFP Not released — — — — — — Not released
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