Miami's 33-20 win at Wake Forest came with a cost that coach Mario Cristobal made official Monday morning on WQAM's The Joe Rose Show. Running back CharMar Brown and wide receiver Josh Moore are out for the season.
Cristobal also revealed that linebacker Ezekiel Marcelin Jr. will miss several weeks.
Per Canes Coach Cristobal weekly spot on @1043wqam Charmar Brown and Josh Moore out for the season. Marcelin out a few weeks…
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CharMar Brown and Joshua Moore are out for the season
Those injury updates come on top of a secondary that was already missing three outside corners and a group of starters that are banged up heading into Saturday's home game against Central Michigan.
Moore suffered an upper-body injury that will end his season and Brown suffered a right knee injury.
Brown's knee injury came on a 32-yard run to the Wake Forest 1-yard line in the second quarter. ESPN's broadcast called the injury too gruesome to show on replay, so unfortunately this wasn't a surprise. Brown had two carries for 35 yards before leaving. He had 97 rushing yards and one touchdown on 13 carries this season after running for 474 yards and seven scores in 2025.
Moore scored Miami's first touchdown on Friday night on a 9-yard catch from Darian Mensah, kept playing into the fourth quarter, and did not leave the game in a way that signaled he had suffered a season-ending injury. Through three games he had seven catches for 107 yards and two touchdowns while rotating as the Hurricanes' third wide receiver with Daylyn Upshaw. He was visibly uncomfortable, but the season-ending diagnosis is a surprising blow.
Other injuries to note ahead of Central Michigan
Miami's health is not where the Hurricanes would like it to be as the team enters Week 4 against Central Michigan.
Cornerback OJ Frederique Jr. suffered a significant shoulder injury on the second play at Stanford and is expected to miss most of the season, Xavier Lucas is out for multiple weeks and Ja'Boree Antoine has been out since before the opener and is not expected back until the latter part of the season.
Some good news on injuries
Mark Fletcher Jr., Ahmad Moten Sr. and Malachi Toney were banged up against Wake Forest, but they are expected to be good to go. Toney caught 12 passes for 114 yards and a touchdown before leaving for a moment in the second half. Fletcher scored from a yard out after Brown's long run, then left later with an apparent injury. Moten left early in the game on Friday, but returned with a brace and should be fine.
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