American college football season
The 2018 Miami Hurricanes football team (variously "Miami", "The U", "UM", "'Canes") represented the University of Miami during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Hurricanes were led by third-year head coach Mark Richt and played their home games at Hard Rock Stadium . They competed as a member of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in ACC play to finish in a 3-way tie for 3rd in the Coastal Division. They were invited to the Pinstripe Bowl where they would lose to Wisconsin .
On December 30, 2018, Richt announced his retirement after 3 seasons at Miami and 18 overall as head coach. That same day, the school named Manny Diaz as their new head coach.[1]
Offseason
Recruiting
Position key
Recruits
The Hurricanes signed a total of 23 recruits.
US college sports recruiting information for 2018 recruits
Name
Hometown
High school / college
Height
Weight
Commit date
Daquris Wiggins WR
Miami, Florida
Miami Southridge High School
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
Oct 21, 2015
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Gilbert Frierson DB
Coral Gables, Florida
Coral Gables High School
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
Feb 23, 2016
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D. J. Ivey CB
Homestead, Florida
South Dade High School
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
Jun 25, 2016
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Delone Scaife OG
Miami, Florida
Miami Southridge High School
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
320 lb (150 kg)
Jul 9, 2016
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Lorenzo Lingard RB
Orange City, Florida
University High School
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
Feb 9, 2017
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Nesta Jade Silvera DT
Plantation, Florida
American Heritage School
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
308 lb (140 kg)
Feb 14, 2017
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Cam'Ron Davis RB
Miami Gardens, Florida
Miami Carol City High School
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
187 lb (85 kg)
Feb 18, 2017
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Brian Hightower WR
Calabasas, California
IMG Academy
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
196 lb (89 kg)
Mar 1, 2017
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Mark Pope WR
Miami, Florida
Miami Southridge High School
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
Mar 27, 2017
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Gurvan Hall S
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Palm Beach Gardens Community High School
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
Mar 27, 2017
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Cleveland Reed OG
Fort Meade, Florida
Fort Meade High School
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
327 lb (148 kg)
Apr 5, 2017
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Brevin Jordan TE
Las Vegas, Nevada
Bishop Gorman High School
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
250 lb (110 kg)
Apr 16, 2017
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Will Mallory TE
Jacksonville, Florida
Providence School
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
207 lb (94 kg)
Apr 21, 2017
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Gregory Rousseau DE
Miami, Florida
Champagnat Catholic School
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
222 lb (101 kg)
Apr 22, 2017
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Bubba Baxa K
Pasadena, Texas
Pasadena Memorial High School
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
May 27, 2017
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Al Blades Jr. CB
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
St. Thomas Aquinas High School
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
170 lb (77 kg)
Jun 18, 2017
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John Campbell OT
Orlando, Florida
Dr. Phillips High School
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
284 lb (129 kg)
Jul 3, 2017
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Realus George FB
Pace Academy
Atlanta, Georgia
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
245 lb (111 kg)
Nov 12, 2017
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Patrick Joyner DE
Homestead, Florida
South Dade High School
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
205 lb (93 kg)
Dec 3, 2017
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Jarren Williams QB
Lawrenceville, Georgia
Central Gwinnett High School
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
206 lb (93 kg)
Dec 6, 2017
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Nigel Bethel CB
Miami, Florida
Miami Northwestern High School
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
160 lb (73 kg)
Jan 22, 2018
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Jordan Miller DT
Jacksonville, Florida
Sandalwood High School
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
330 lb (150 kg)
Jan 29, 2018
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Marquez Ezzard WR
Stockbridge, Georgia
Stockbridge High School
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
220 lb (100 kg)
Feb 7, 2018
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Overall recruiting rankings:
Note : In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.
Sources:
Preseason
Award watch lists
ACC media poll
The ACC media poll was released on July 24, 2018.
Media poll (Coastal)
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Miami
998 (122)
2
Virginia Tech
838 (16)
3
Georgia Tech
654 (8)
4
Duke
607 (1)
5
Pittsburgh
420
6
North Carolina
370 (1)
7
Virginia
257