Year: | 2020 |
Team: | Miami Hurricanes |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Short Conf: | ACC |
Coachrank: | 22 |
Aprank: | 22 |
Record: | 8–3 |
Conf Record: | 7–2 |
Hc Year: | 2nd |
Oc Year: | 1st |
Dc Year: | 2nd |
Codc1 Year: | 2nd |
Off Scheme: | Multiple |
Bowl Result: | L 34–37 vs. Oklahoma State |
The 2020 Miami Hurricanes football team (variously "Miami", "The U", "UM", "'Canes") represented the University of Miami during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hurricanes were led by second-year head coach Manny Diaz and played their home games at Hard Rock Stadium, competing as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
Back | B | Center | C | Cornerback | CB | Defensive back | DB | |||
Defensive end | DE | Defensive lineman | DL | Defensive tackle | DT | End | E | |||
Fullback | FB | Place kicker | PK | Guard | G | Halfback | HB | Kicker | K | |
Kickoff returner | KR | Offensive tackle | OT | Offensive lineman | OL | Linebacker | LB | |||
Long snapper | LS | Split end | SE | Punter | P | Punt returner | PR | Quarterback | QB | |
Running back | RB | Safety | S | Tight end | TE | Wide receiver | WR |
Four Miami players with remaining eligibility declared early for the 2020 NFL draft. In addition, 10 seniors from the 2019 team graduated.
+ class="nowrap" | 2020 Miami offseason departures | |||||||
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes | |
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13 | RB | 5'10 | 214 | Junior | Declared for NFL Draft | |||
4 | WR | 5'10 | 174 | Junior | Declared for NFL Draft | |||
97 | DE | 6'4 | 250 | Junior | Declared for NFL Draft | |||
Trajan Brandy | 2 | CB | 5'9 | 186 | Junior | Declared for NFL Draft | ||
Jimmy Murphy | 5 | 29 | 5'7 | 184 | RS Senior | Graduated | ||
2 | WR | 6'0 | 206 | Senior | Graduated | |||
Tommy Kennedy | 72 | OL | 6'4 | 289 | Senior | Lake Bluff, Illinois | Lake Bluff, Ill | Graduated |
Trevon Hill | 94 | DL | 6–3 | 238 | RS Senior | Virginia Beach, Virginia | Graduated | |
Pat Bethel | 93 | DL | 6–3 | 276 | Senior | Vero Beach, Florida | Graduated | |
Chigozie Nnoruka | 99 | DL | 6–2 | 301 | RS Senior | Sacramento, California | Graduated | |
55 | LB | 6–1 | 241 | Senior | Orange Park, Florida | Graduated | ||
Michael Pinckney | 56 | LB | 6–1 | 226 | Senior | Jacksonville, Florida | Graduated | |
Romeo Finley | 30 | SK | 6–1 | 213 | Senior | Fort Walton Beach, Florida. | Graduated | |
Robert Knowles | 20 | Safety | 6–1 | 196 | RS Senior | Miami, Florida | Graduated |
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Outgoing
Name | No. | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | New school | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jarren Williams |
| QB | 6'2 | 216 | RS Freshman | Garden City | ||
Lorenzo Lingard |
| RB | 6'0 | 203 | RS Freshman | Florida | ||
Brian Polendy |
| TE | 6’5 | 260 | RS Sophomore | Colorado | ||
Scott Patchan |
| EDGE | 6’6 | 249 | RS Senior | Colorado State | ||
Bubba Baxa |
| K | 6'0 | 213 | Sophomore | Houston |
See main article: 2020 NFL draft.
4 | 140 | LB | Jacksonville Jaguars | ||
4 | 144 | RB | Seattle Seahawks | ||
5 | 176 | WR | Minnesota Vikings | ||
7 | 242 | DE | Green Bay Packers |
Media poll (ACC Winner) | |||
1 | Clemson | 2008 (132) | |
2 | Notre Dame | 1824 (2) | |
3 | University Of North Carolina | 1682 | |
4 | Louisville | 1434 | |
5 | Virginia Tech | 1318 | |
6 | Miami | 1280 |
Head coach | 5th | ||
Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach | 1st | ||
Defensive coordinator/inside linebackers coach | 2nd | ||
Assistant head coach/defensive line coach | 2nd | ||
Ephraim Banda | Co-defensive coordinator/safeties coach | 5th | |
Jonathan Patke | Assistant coach, Outside linebackers coach, Special Teams Coach | 3rd | |
Stephen Field | Assistant coach, Tight ends coach | 2nd | |
Offensive quality control coach | 1st | ||
Eric Hickson | Assistant coach, Running backs coach | 2nd | |
Assistant coach, Offensive line coach | 1st | ||
Assistant coach, Wide receivers | 1st | ||
Assistant coach, Cornerbacks | 5th | ||
Chief Of Staff | 1st |
Projected Depth Chart 2020:
True Freshman
Double Position : *
Miami will host four ACC conference opponents: Florida State, Pittsburgh, Virginia, and North Carolina to close out the ACC regular season. Miami will travel to five ACC conference opponents: Louisville, Clemson, NC State, Virginia Tech, and Duke. Miami is not scheduled to play ACC opponents Notre Dame, Boston College, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, and Syracuse. The Hurricanes bye week originally came during Week 5 (On October 3). However, due to COVID-19 problems in the organization, they had bye weeks during Week 12 (on November 21) and Week 13 (on November 28). Also due to COVID-19 problems, their game between Wake Forest and Georgia Tech were canceled.[1]
Miami had games scheduled against Michigan State, Temple, and Wagner, which were all canceled before the start of the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] On July 29, the ACC announced every non conference game except one would be played in the 2020 season.
The ACC released their schedule on July 29, with specific dates selected on August 6.[3]
See also: 2020 UAB Blazers football team.
See also: 2020 Louisville Cardinals football team.
See also: 2020 Florida State Seminoles football team.
See also: 2020 Clemson Tigers football team.
See also: 2020 Pittsburgh Panthers football team.
With the win, the Hurricanes became bowl eligible for the 8th straight season.[4]
See also: 2020 Duke Blue Devils football team.
See also: 2020 North Carolina Tar Heels football team.
See also: 2021 NFL draft.
1 | 18 | DE | Miami Dolphins | ||
1 | 30 | DE | Buffalo Bills | ||
5 | 148 | TE | Houston Texans | ||
6 | 216 | OLB | Pittsburgh Steelers |