We don’t want to settle for eight, nine wins. “We came up short as an offensive unit and we want to win more games. “We want to be better than last year,” Harris said of the season that ended with an 8-3 record. Quarterback D’Eriq King was second on the team with 538 rushing yards. Knighton totaled 210 yards on 52 carries. Chaney was third on the team with 327 yards on 68 carries.
Said Diaz: "I think he knows now this year it’s about consistent level of performance."Ĭoaches will groom all three backs after Chaney and Knighton showed promise last season behind Harris. “I’ve been working on squatting more, doing everything post practice, just try to be more explosive out of the backfield, catch out of the backfield,” Harris said. He stands at 5-foot-10, 210 pounds and has added muscles on top of muscles with a frame so thick he looks like one of those guys running backs try to avoid.Īnd he did all that without sacrificing his speed. Harris took the first step toward earning back that trust by working on his body. There’ll be multiple guys play and hopefully one guy will play his way into that role.” “We’re going to go into the game knowing who’s going to get that first opportunity. “We want that guy to emerge but that may not be until we’re playing in the game,” Lashlee said last week. Lashlee and coach Manny Diaz expect that competition to continue into the season opener against Alabama. I have to have a great practice every day.” I’ve got to compete every day with the young guys behind me. “That gives me a mindset that I’ve got to work hard. “He set the tone telling us he wants a No. Now, Chaney and Knighton are in that mix for Lashlee’s featured back. The numbers improved later in the season but never returned to the production of the first two weeks as a couple of true freshmen, Don Chaney and Jaylan Knighton, emerged. Harris claimed he was being “disrespected” because of a lack of touches. But that faded fast with 78 yards in the next four games and the former four-star prospect out of Opa-Locka expressing his frustration on social media. Harris looked like a feature back with 134 yards in each of the first two games in 2020. More: D’Angelo: Long rehab has Miami QB D’Eriq King ready for that first hit against Alabama More: Hurricanes enter Year 3 of Manny Diaz era with expectations. More: Miami Hurricanes now have receiver Charleston Rambo’s big-play ability to help offense The problem for Harris, who is in his fourth year, more than 40 percent of those yards came in the first two games.
That puts the focus squarely on veteran Cam Harris, Miami’s leading rusher last season with 643 yards who had a team-high 10 touchdowns. “If you look at most of the great offenses around the country, that is what they do,” the Hurricanes offensive coordinator said following spring practice. One running back to carry the load for the Miami Hurricanes. CORAL GABLES - Rhett Lashlee is looking for a work horse.
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