Five Miami football players ready for breakout seasons in 2019

Several Miami football players will be stepping into bigger roles in 2019. These players should have breakout seasons for the Hurricanes this fall.

There is a lot of anticipation for the 2019 Miami football season. The ascension of Manny Diaz to head coach, the hiring of Dan Enos as offensive coordinator, a more modern offense and the addition of eight players through the transfer portal has created a lot of excitement.

Five Miami football players are on the precipice of greatness. If the Miami Hurricanes are going to live up to the anticipation of the 2019 season several players will have to have breakout seasons who have not been the primary player at their positions previously.

There are five players to watch for 2019 who could have breakout seasons for the Miami football team. Defensive ends, Trevon Hill and Greg Rousseau, running back DeeJay Dallas, tight end Will Mallory and wide receiver K.J. Osborn are poised to make statements for the Miami football team in 2019.

This season could be the year of the new faces on a Miami football team that is full of them. The transfer portal brought Osborn, Hill and six teammates to Coral Gables to join the Miami football program.

Mallory and Rousseau are back after injury-filled freshmen seasons and Dallas is primed to be the Hurricanes leading back after two seasons backing up Travis Homer. The Hurricanes lack of consistent playmakers on offense hindered big plays in 2018.

On defense Hill and Rousseau will hope to help replace the losses of defensive tackle Gerald Willis and defensive end Joe Jackson on the defensive line. The Miami defense has been the strength of the Miami football team despite the losses during the Diaz era.