CaneSport Inside The Lines: Up close with Miami Hurricanes freshman LB Marcellius Pulliam

Miami Hurricanes LB Marcellius Pulliam, out of Tyrone (Ga.) Sandy Creek High School, was a summer arrival but is looking to make a quick splash at a position that doesn’t have a lot of depth.

“My mindset has been work, work, work,” Pulliam said. “Me coming in as a freshman I am trying to come and get it all – I want to start, make it happen.”

Pulliam, for reference, played mainly middle linebacker in high school and is starting out there at Miami – “Playing special teams is great but I’m going to play Mike on the defense and I’m going to make plays,” he says.

With Corey Flagg a returning starter and Francisco Mauigoa transferring in and expected to supplant Flagg, Pulliam has his work cut out to make an impact on defense. Regardless of how many defensive reps he earns, Pulliam could be a stellar special teams player in Year 1 at 6-3 and 220 pounds and says he was on several special teams units in high school.

“Not just my mindset, but the mindset of everyone around me, the other linebackers – Francisco, Flagg, Popo (Aguirre), Malik, Bobby, we all have the same goal and that’s to be great and make plays,” Pulliam said.

Pulliam has the size and speed to be a bigtime player for Miami whenever he gets his opportunity – his personal best in the 100 in track is 11.83 seconds, and in the 200 it’s 24.65.

He’s one of the new faces at linebacker with a bright future, with others true freshmen Bobby Washington, Raul Aguirre and Malik Bryant.

“The freshmen class, we have four linebackers and it’s just every day practicing together, building that chemistry now and next year is coming, it’ll be awesome, it’ll be great,” Pulliam said.

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