With Miami spring ball now well in the rear view mirror, a look at the depth chart on both sides of the ball is revealing not only for top end talent or a lack of it but also the guys waiting in the wings to step up.<\/p>\n
So today we start with a look on the offensive side and what we project for the coming season:<\/p>\n
QB<\/strong>: Tyler Van Dyke<\/a><\/p>\n RB<\/strong>: Henry Parrish<\/p>\n WR<\/strong>: Colbie Young<\/p>\n WR<\/strong>: Jacolby George<\/p>\n SLOT<\/strong>: Xavier Restrepo<\/p>\n TE<\/strong>: Elijah Arroyo<\/p>\n LT<\/strong>: Zion Nelson<\/p>\n LG<\/strong>: Javion Cohen<\/p>\n C: <\/strong>Matt Lee<\/p>\n RG<\/strong>: Jalen Rivers<\/p>\n RT<\/strong>: Francis Mauigoa<\/p>\n ANALYSIS<\/strong>: At quarterback it\u2019s clearly Van Dyke head and shoulders above Jacurri Brown and Emory Williams, and Van Dyke looked on point this spring in the new Shannon Dawson offense. At running back we think at the end of the day Dawson will go with the experienced guy in Parrish even though he wasn\u2019t very productive as a starter last season. But it\u2019s just hard to put a guy like Mark Fletcher or Christopher Johnson right into that starting role as true freshmen, and Tre\u2019Vonte Citizen still has a long road back off his knee injury. Don Chaney was a bit heavy this spring but if he rounds into shape he can be very effective \u2026 although he has been through a lot of injuries dating to high school. We like the wide receiver room depth, but the Young\/George\/Restrepo projected first team is a bit underwheling when it comes to \u201cbeen there, done that.\u201d None of those guys have proven themselves as consistent playmakers, so there\u2019s a bit to be desired there and maybe the portal can help address that. At tight end we like the upside of Arroyo coming off injury and see him as a better do-everything option than Cam McCormick <\/a>or Jaleel Skinner. Arroyo can be really good as Will Mallory\u2019s replacement. On the Miami O line we\u2019re going to go ahead and be optimistic that Zion Nelson can come back off his knee issues and be effective. He\u2019s dropped some weight to keep pressure off his joints and he can be really good if he\u2019s back full go. Assuming that, the team would be able to put Rivers back inside where he probably best fits \u2026 or at right tackle. But given how 5-star early enrollee Francis Mauigoa looked at RT we love Rivers at RG with Alabama transfer Javion Cohen at LG after he started for the Crimson Tide last year. Matt Lee arrived as a UCF transfer at center and was everything you want at that spot, so that was a great pickup too. Overall the O line should be improved from last year and Dawson\u2019s new system fits this unit much better than what Josh Gattis ran. Is this a top end championship-level first team roster? Well, these guys haven\u2019t proven it yet. But there is potential for a really good year on this side of the ball.<\/p>\n QB<\/strong>: Jacurri Brown<\/p>\n RB<\/strong>: Mark Fletcher<\/p>\n WR<\/strong>: Isaiah Horton<\/p>\n WR<\/strong>: Ray Ray Joseph<\/p>\n SLOT<\/strong>: Brashard Smith<\/p>\n TE<\/strong>: Cam McCormick<\/p>\n LT<\/strong>: Samson Okunlola<\/p>\n LG<\/strong>: Tommy Kinsler<\/p>\n C<\/strong>: Ryan Rodriguez<\/p>\n RG<\/strong>: Anez Cooper<\/p>\n RT: <\/strong>Matthew McCoy<\/p>\n ANALYSIS<\/strong>: At QB, true freshman Emory Williams will push Brown, but the good news is Brown showed much better accuracy this spring after really struggling in that area last season. Williams showed poise beyond his years as a Miami early enrollee and excellent accuracy, so it\u2019ll be an interesting battle for the backup role this fall camp. At running back we are slotting Fletcher ahead of Don Chaney \u2013 we just think Fletcher is too good to keep off the field even in Year 1 and he has a great combination of speed\/power. In fact, we would not be surprised if Fletcher overtakes Parrish as the starter before the end of the season Christopher Johnson can be a good third down speed option as well as a true freshman. The Miami wide receiver room is also interesting, and we think Joseph can work out side and at slot and is just too explosive speed-wise to not give him some opportunities. Horton came a long way this spring and will push for reps, and Smith is a guy who can get some rush attempts and take quick hitters for good gains. His big issue is holding onto the ball a bit better. Also don\u2019t rule out Frank Ladson\/Mike Redding\/Robby Washington from getting some reps, but they will have to prove they deserve it this fall. At tight end we have McCormick getting reps ahead of Jaleel Skinner because (a) that\u2019s how it was this spring when McCormick was healthy and (b) Mario Cristobal\/Shannon Dawson prefers a tight end who can block and catch and Skinner really falls mainly into the latter category. The second team O line has a lot of question marks. Okunlola is a 5-star but is a true freshman who needs to develop. Anez Cooper would be a solid guard backup who has started games, but then you\u2019ve got Kinsler\/Rodriguez and McCoy who we are projecting as the next guys up and none of them are proven and all three have not stood out from what we\u2019ve seen\/heard to this point. So that\u2019s an issue depth-wise on the offensive line. Overall as you look at this second team offense? Really the guys we are most excited about are young \u2013 Fletcher, Joseph and Okunlola. So that bodes well for the future and also points to how Cristobal has to keep building this program through recruiting top guys that can be developed into stars.<\/p>\n The post ANALYSIS: Best guess Miami Hurricanes two-deep offensive depth chart<\/a> appeared first on On3<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With Miami spring ball now well in the rear view mirror, a look at the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3664\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SECOND TEAM OFFENSE DEPTH CHART<\/h2>\n