While we do think Frierson will start the season as the striker, we also wouldn’t put it past Keontra Smith to eventually emerge as a starter in the second half of the season. He brings plenty of athleticism and could elevate past the players that are projected as starters. Likens has developed first round NFL Draft picks in the last two drafts. - Diaz and Lashlee were able to land transfer quarterback D’Eriq King to run the new system. © 2005-2020 CBS INTERACTIVE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Opposing quarterbacks are going to have to get the ball out quickly.Kick Return: Jaylan Knighton and Don Chaney, Keyshawn Smith and Xavier RestrepoThe past two years, we have all seen the impact that poor play at kicker and punter can have on a team at the college level. Unless legislation is changed by the NCAA, the Miami Hurricanes are expected to begin fall practices on August 1st. King is the top dual threat quarterback in the country going into the 2020 season, having thrown for 4,925 yards with 50 touchdowns while rushing for 1,421 yards and 28 touchdowns during his Houston career.- Diaz landed the top pass rushing transfer in the country in Temple’s Quincy Roche, after he totaled 13 sacks in 2019. The communication on the back end needs to improve in 2020 and Carter can bring that element to the secondary. Here's how we project Miami's depth chart for the 2020 season now that the Hurricanes figure to have a new-look offensive line. Borregales and Hedley will bring consistency to those positions. Here's a quick reminder of the positive changes coach Manny Diaz has made to the UM program this offseason: - The hiring of Rhett Lashlee as offensive coordinator has modernized the Miami attack to a spread offense—the first time in program history that the Hurricanes will be running this system. New, 7 comments. Miami is coming off a 6-7 season in 2019 and UM head coach Manny Diaz has made radical changes to … He has the body type of a guard, but has demonstrated the ability to be the most effective offensive tackle on the roster. One of the feelings coming out of the first week of spring practices was that the new no-huddle, uptempo offense that Rhett Lashlee is installing will help make things easier from a pass protection standpoint for the UM offensive line. The official 2000 Football Roster for the University of Miami Hurricanes It is also important to remember that this group will be helped by a pass rush that figures to be dynamic in 2020. The position of Scaife will be interesting to follow. Read on for a way too early look at our projected depth chart for the Hurricanes at the start of fall camp. TAG 2001 Miami Hurricanes Football Depth Chart 2001 Miami Hurricanes Football Roster Andre Johnson Clinton Portis College Football Depth Charts College Football Historical Depth Charts College Football Teams of the Past D.J. Williams is long and athletic and has plenty of experience. We are projecting Ford to be a starter after he did a solid job in that role in 2019 as a run stuffer. Roche will be paired with Gregory Rousseau in 2020 to form a talented pass rush.- Miami potentially added the best left tackle in the NCAA Transfer Portal this offseason with the addition of Houston's Jarrid Williams on Sunday. The fourth defensive end in the playing rotation is somewhat up for grabs with Harvey the favorite to win that role, but UM also features young, talented edge rushers like Cam Williams and Chantz Williams.Jason Blissett is an athletic defensive lineman to monitor as he worked at defensive end during the spring, after arriving at UM as a defensive tackle. Especially interesting to see how many future draft picks the rosters had, who was redshirted in those years, etc.Unfortunately, this was the only one we did before realizing that it was too big of a project to take on. Justice may be looking for the best combination of offensive linemen that can be effective at getting push in the run game—and that might mean the starting group will look drastically different in terms of the way they line up compared to 2019, even though the Hurricanes return their top six offensive linemen from last year. NOTE: This is how we think Miami's two-deep depth chart will look for the first practice. That would be great. We still believe in Pope's talent and he will certainly be in the mix for a starting job. Those three are talented young linemen that would benefit in the long run from a year of development. This spring would have been a nice opportunity for Mallory to continue to develop and gain confidence. At punt returner, Miami could either go the reliable route with senior Mike Harley or the Hurricanes could go with a more dynamic player like Knighton or Mark Pope—at the risk of reliability. Harley is often times a forgotten man in this receiver group, but he is by far the most productive player in the group and appears poised to have his best season yet as a Hurricane in 2020.