Cornerback Damari Broown, who hasn’t played since sustaining an injury in the team’s season-opener against the Florida Gators on Aug. 31, was a full participant in warmups and is slated to return for the No. 8 Miami Hurricanes when they play their final home game on Saturday against Wake Forest.
Defensive end Elijah Alston and offensive lineman Ryan Rodriguez, meanwhile, were both in street clothes and will once again be sidelined.
Hurricanes coach Mario Cristobal on Monday said all three players have been practicing and would be “game-time decisions.”
▪ Miami 41, Florida 17: Cam Ward threw for 385 yards and three touchdowns, Mark Fletcher added two scores on the ground, the defense held its own despite one of its top players exiting the game early with injury, and the No. 19 Hurricanes made quick work of the Florida Gators with a season-opening win at Gainesville’s Ben Hill Griffin Stadium to kick off a critical Year 3 under Mario Cristobal.
▪ Miami 56, Florida A&M 9: That one went as expected. Cam Ward threw for three touchdowns and ran for a fourth before turning the game over to the second-string offense midway through the third quarter. The defense held the Rattlers to just three field goals.
▪ Miami 62, Ball State 0: The No. 10 Miami Hurricanes waited through nearly two-and-a-half hours of lightning delays before throttling Ball State 62-0.
It’s the most points Miami has scored in a shutout of a Football Bowl Subdivision opponent in program history.
▪ Miami 50, USF Bulls 15: Fueled by three Damien Martinez rushing touchdowns, including two in the second half, and another stellar performance from quarterback Cam Ward, No. 8 Miami pulled away from USF in the second half and left Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium with a 50-15 road win
▪ Miami 38, Virginia Tech 34: The No. 7 Hurricanes overcame a pair of 10-point second-half deficits to hold off Virginia Tech at Hard Rock Stadium to improve to 5-0 and 1-0 in ACC play.
Cam Ward led touchdown drives of 89, 70 and 57 yards in the second half, and Miami survived a final-play Hail Mary attempt from Virgnia Tech that was ultimately ruled incomplete after a lengthy review.
▪ Miami 39, Cal 38: The No. 8 Hurricanes erased a 25-point second-half deficit for a 39-38 win over the Cal Golden Bears on Saturday in front of a sellout crowd of 52,428 at California Memorial Stadium on the day ESPN’s College GameDay came to Berkeley for the first-time in the show’s history.
Miami trailed Cal 35-10 with 8:06 left in the third quarter before it ripped off four consecutive touchdown drives while holding the Golden Bears to just a field goal to secure the win.
