It's tough to accumulate high-end quality depth in college football today. The transfer portal makes it easier for second-team players to search out situations that get them on the field for more snaps.
But the Miami Hurricanes will be bringing waves of depth at the opposition this season and the running back position is going to be the deepest of them all. It's safe to say that no running back room in the country has anything close to the Hurricanes. Mark Fletcher is the undisputed starter going into the season, but there's so much firepower in the backfield that it's hard to predict who will step up from week-to-week.
And Fletcher wants everyone to know that whoever has the ball will have the full support of his teammates from the sidelines.
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Miami RB Mark Fletcher was asked about the camaraderie in Miami’s RB room.
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“It’s so rare to have a RB room like that where everyone just genuinely loves each other”
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"It's really so beautiful and so healthy," Fletcher said. "It's so rare to have a running back room like that where everybody just genuinely loves each other, and we compete with each other. It's like extremely healthy. Best believe with that one person on the field, the people on the sidelines, you have 110% support."
Miami's running back room is competitive but not selfish
There are plenty of reasons why Miami made the playoff run it did in 20245. Malachi Toney was a superstar playmaker as a freshman. The Hurricanes pass rush featured two All-Americans and eventual first-round NFL draft picks. Miami was great in the trenches and made impact plays in the fourth quarter.
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But they were also a selfless group on offense full of guys that Shannon Dawson knew he could trust. Fletcher and Toney didn't make the game-sealing plays to beat Ohio State. That was Marty Brown coming in off the bench. When Fletcher was injured in the second half of the season, ti was Girard Pringle that stepped in and stepped up. A few players, Pringle and Jordan Lyle, entered the portal after the season and I don't think any Hurricanes fan could blame them, but they decided to stay. Those guys should be starting somewhere, and instead they are going to be fighting for snaps with Miami.
When those guys decided to stay, they sent a message that should resonate with their teammates, fans and their future employers in pro football. They made it clear that winning is the most important stat. Not every football player thinks like that so early in their career. Pringle and Lyle came into Miami from being stars at the high school level. There was a time when the young guys knew they had to wait, but in today's game the kids aren't waiting long, if at all.
When the running backs aren't asked to carry the ball, they will be expected to contribute on special teams and in situations where the ball won't be in their hands. It takes a mature young player to handle that role and do it honestly. This Miami roster is full of those guys.
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