2014 Miami Hurricanes football team

2014 Miami Hurricanes football
Independence Bowl vs. South Carolina, L 21–24
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division
2014 record	6–7 (3–5 ACC)
Head coach	Al Golden (4th year)
Offensive coordinator	James Coley (2nd year)
Offensive scheme	Multiple, Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Mark D'Onofrio (4th year)
Base defense	4–3, Multiple
Home stadium	Sun Life Stadium (Capacity: 74,916)

2014 ACC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Atlantic Division
#5 Florida State x$^		8	–	0					13	–	1
#15 Clemson		6	–	2					10	–	3
#24 Louisville		5	–	3					9	–	4
Boston College		4	–	4					7	–	6
NC State		3	–	5					8	–	5
Syracuse		1	–	7					3	–	9
Wake Forest		1	–	7					3	–	9
Coastal Division
#8 Georgia Tech x		6	–	2					11	–	3
Duke		5	–	3					9	–	4
North Carolina		4	–	4					6	–	7
Pittsburgh		4	–	4					6	–	7
Miami		3	–	5					6	–	7
Virginia Tech		3	–	5					7	–	6
Virginia		3	–	5					5	–	7
Championship: Florida State 37, Georgia Tech 35
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions As of January 1, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 Miami Hurricanes football team (variously "Miami", "The U", "UM", "'Canes") represented the University of Miami during the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hurricanes were led by fourth-year head coach Al Golden and played their home games at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. They were members of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The season was the Hurricanes' 89th overall season and their 11th as a member of the ACC. They finished the season 6–7, 3–5 in ACC play to finish in a three way tie for fifth place. They were invited to the Independence Bowl where they lost to South Carolina.

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Miami	Alma Mater
Al Golden	Head coach	4	Penn State (1991)
Mark D'Onofrio	Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator	4	Penn State (1991)
James Coley	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	2	Florida State (1997)1
Jethro Franklin	Defensive Line/Senior Defensive Assistant	4	Fresno State (1989)
Hurlie Brown	Linebackers/Florida Recruiting Coordinator	2	Miami (1992)
Brennan Carroll	Wide Receivers/National Recruiting Coordinator	4	Pitt (2001)
Art Kehoe	Offensive Line	30	Miami (1982)
Paul Williams	Defensive Backs	4	Delaware (1996)
Larry Scott	Tight Ends	2	USF (2000)
Tim "Ice" Harris	Running Backs	1	Carthage
Notes: (1) Coley did not play football at FSU.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	8:00 PM	at Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	ESPN	L 13–31	55,428
September 6	7:00 PM	Florida A&M*	Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ESPN3	W 41–7	48,254
September 13	3:30 PM	Arkansas State*	Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ESPNU	W 41–20	41,519
September 20	8:00 PM	at #24 Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	ESPN2	L 31–41	91,585
September 27	7:30 PM	Duke	Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ESPN2	W 22–10	44,559
October 4	7:30 PM	at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ESPN2	L 17–28	52,221
October 11	12:00 PM	Cincinnati*	Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ACCRSN	W 55–34	43,953
October 23	7:30 PM	at Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA (Rivalry)	ESPN	W 30–6	64,007
November 1	12:30 PM	North Carolina	Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ACCN	W 47–20	51,702
November 15	8:00 PM	#2 Florida State	Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL (Rivalry)	ABC	L 26–30	76,530
November 22	7:00 PM	at Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	ESPN2	L 13–30	44,750
November 29	7:00 PM	Pittsburgh	Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ESPN2	L 23–35	61,106
December 27	4:00 PM	vs. South Carolina*	Independence Stadium • Shreveport, LA (Independence Bowl)	ABC	L 21–24	38,242
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Personnel

Roster

As of May 2014

2014 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OT 78 Raphael Akpejiori  Sr OL 77 Adam Arnaout Fr WR 83 Braxton Berrios Fr WR 82 Tyre Brady Fr TE 45 Isai Cetoute Jr WR 3 Stacy Coley So QB 13 Gray Crow  So OL 73 Trevor Darling Fr TE 5 Standish Dobard So WR 4 Phillip Dorsett Sr RB 7 Gus Edwards So OG 70 Jon Feliciano  Sr OT 74 Ereck Flowers Jr OT 76 Taylor Gadbois  So OG 67 Alex Gall So OL 79 Justin Goldberg Fr WR 84 Greg Golden  Fr FB 40 Matt Golden Fr RB/WR Trayone Gray Fr OL 69 Tyler Grimsley Fr OL 75 Sean Harvey  Sr QB 16 Jake Heaps  Sr TE 23 Chris Herndon IV Fr QB 17 Isaac Hoza  Fr OG 63 Danny Isidora  So OL 65 Sterling Jackson Fr RB 30 De'Andre Johnson  Sr RB 8 Duke Johnson Jr WR 21 Josh Johnson  Fr WR D'Mauri Jones  So QB 15 Brad Kaaya Fr WR 87 Garrett Kidd  Jr C/OG 54 Hunter Knighton   Fr WR Darrell Langham Fr WR 9 Malcolm Lewis  So C 68 Nick Linder Fr WR 31 Malik Mayweather  Fr OT 52 Kc McDermott Fr C 62 Shane McDermott  Sr WR 86 David Njoku Fr TE 88 Jake O'Donnell  So FB 43 Tyler Odems So OT 66 Sunny Odogwu  Fr FB 39 Ronald Regula  Sr WR 38 Joseph Rodgers Jr QB 12 Malik Rosier Fr TE 85 Beau Sandland Sr WR 80 Rashawn Scott Sr WR 24 Stephen Sweeney  Jr FB/RB 44 Walter Tucker So TE 46 Clive Walford  Sr WR 6 Herb Waters Jr QB 18 Michael Welch  Fr OG 64 Hunter Wells  Jr QB 11 Ryan Williams   Sr RB 2 Joseph Yearby Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class OLB 34 Thurston Armbrister  Jr DT 55 Joe Brown Fr CB 1 Artie Burns So S 2 Deon Bush Jr S 6 Jamal Carter So DE 71 Anthony Chickillo Sr CB 41 Wyatt Chickillo  Fr CB 21 Antonio Crawford Jr S 25 Dallas Crawford  Jr S 48 Hugo Delapenha Jr.  Sr CB 35 Nate Dortch  So CB 29 Corn Elder So S 28 Nantambu-Akil Fentress Sr S 7 Marques Gayot Fr ILB 53 Jared Goldenberg  Fr ILB 5 Jermaine Grace So CB 37 Ladarius Gunter  Sr DE/DT 99 Jelani Hamilton Jr DE/OLB 33 Trent Harris Fr S 22 Kiy Hester Fr DT 93 Calvin Heurtelou Jr CB 3 Tracy Howard Jr DE/OLB 44 Demetrius Jackson Fr DT 92 Courtel Jenkins Fr S 26 Rayshawn Jenkins Jr DE/DT 47 Ufomba Kamalu  Jr DT 90 Corey King  Jr ILB 56 Raphael Kirby Jr CB 20 Ray Lewis III  Fr CB 27 Ryan Mayes Fr DE/OLB 17 Tyriq McCord Jr ILB 50 Terry McCray Fr DT 72 Earl Moore Jr DT/DE 95 Anthony Moten Fr DE/OLB 98 Al-Quadin Muhammad So DE 94 Anthony Naser  Jr OLB 58 Darrion Owens Fr OLB 52 Denzel Perryman Sr DT 91 Olsen Pierre Sr S 44 Dominic Sicilian  So DE/OLB 57 Mike Smith Fr DE 9 Chad Thomas Fr S 38 Jordan Tolson  Sr DT 11 Michael Wyche Jr ILB 51 Juwon Young Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 48 Josh Bacon  Fr K/P 24 Michael Badgley Fr P 27 Ricky Carroll  Sr P/K 40 Grant Coffman  Fr LS 55 Frank Gabriel  So K 18 Matt Goudis  Jr K/P 49 Aaron Martinez  So K 43 Jon Semerene Fr P 16 Justin Vogel  So	Head coach Al Golden (4th year) – Head Coach/Special Teams Coordinator Coordinators/assistant coaches Mark D'Onofrio – Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator James Coley – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Jethro Franklin – Senior Defensive Assistant/Defensive Line Larry Scott – Tight Ends Hurlie Brown – Linebackers/Florida Recruiting Coordinator Art Kehoe – Offensive Line Brennan Carroll – Wide Receivers/National Recruiting Coordinator Paul Williams – Defensive Backs Tim "Ice" Harris – Running backs Kareem Brown – Grad. Asst. Defensive Tackles Derron Montgomery – Grad. Asst. Slot Receivers Chris O'Hara – Grad. Asst. Cornerbacks Cole Pemberton – Grad. Asst. Offensive Line Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Depth chart

Post Spring practice

Defense FS Dallas Crawford Rayshawn Jenkins   WLB WLB MLB SLB Al-Quadin Muhammad OR Raphael Kirby OR Denzel Perryman SLB_Starter Tyriq McCord Jermaine Grace Juwon Young SLB_Backup Trent Harris     SLB_Third SS Jamal Carter OR Deon Bush Nantambu Fentress CB Tracy Howard Corn Elder Ladarius Gunter DE NT DE Olsen Pierre OR Earl Moore Ufomba Kamalu Jelani Hamilton OR Calvin Heurtelou Anthony Chickillo Corey King Michael Wyche Chad Thomas CB Artie Burns Antonio Crawford Nate Dortch Offense LT LG C RG RT Ereck Flowers Jon Feliciano Alex Gall OR Danny Isidora Taylor Gadbois Kc McDermott Hunter Wells Shane McDermott Alex Gall Sunny Odogwu     Hunter Wells Trevor Darling   QB Brad Kaaya N/A Ryan Williams

2014 recruiting class

Nine players enrolled for the spring semester in order to participate in spring practice (eight former high school seniors on scholarship and one former junior college player on scholarship).

The early enrollees from high school include running back Joseph Yearby, offensive lineman Kc McDermott, offensive lineman Trevor Darling, wide receiver Braxton Berrios, defensive end Trent Harris, linebacker Juwon Young, linebacker Darrion Owens, and cornerback Ryan Mayes.

The junior college player that is enrolled early is defensive tackle Calvin Heurtelou. All of the players will take part in Miami's "U-tough" strength and conditioning program in February before spring practice starts in March.

2014 recruits
Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	40‡	Commit date
Braxton Berrios WR	Raleigh, NC	Leesville Road HS	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	4.5	Oct 12, 2013
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Tyre Brady WR	Homestead, FL	South Dade HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	N/A	Nov 15, 2013
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Trevor Darling OG	Miami, FL	Miami Central HS	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	330 lb (150 kg)	5.7	Apr 4, 2012
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Marques Gayot S	Lake Worth, FL	Park Vista Community HS	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	4.6	Dec 13, 2013
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Trayone Gray ATH	Miami, FL	Miami Carol City HS	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	N/A	Jun 23, 2013
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Trent Harris DE	Winter Park, FL	Winter Park HS	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	231 lb (105 kg)	N/A	Jul 29, 2013
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Chris Herndon TE	Norcross, GA	Norcross HS	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	4.7	Jun 22, 2013
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Kiy Hester S	Wayne, NJ	De Paul Catholic HS	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	N/A	Dec 15, 2013
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Calvin Heurtelou DT	Spring Valley, NY	Scottsdale C.C. (Scottsdale, AZ)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	318 lb (144 kg)	N/A	Dec 26, 2013
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Demetrius Jackson DE	Miami, FL	Booker T. Washington HS	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	N/A	Jun 28, 2013
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Courtel Jenkins DT	Wayne, NJ	De Paul Catholic HS	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	315 lb (143 kg)	N/A	Jun 6, 2013
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Brad Kaaya QB	West Hills, CA	Chaminade College Prep	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	213 lb (97 kg)	N/A	May 13, 2013
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Darrell Langham WR	Lantana, FL	Santaluces Community HS	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	4.5	Jun 9, 2013
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Nick Linder C	Fort Lauderdale, FL	St. Thomas Aquinas HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	278 lb (126 kg)	N/A	Mar 6, 2013
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Ryan Mayes CB	Miami, FL	Miami Northwestern HS	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	4.6	Jun 24, 2013
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Terry McCray LB	Pompano Beach, FL	Blanche Ely HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	N/A	Jul 23, 2013
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Kc McDermott OT	Wellington, FL	Palm Beach Gardens HS	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	301 lb (137 kg)	N/A	Apr 2, 2013
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Anthony Moten DT	Fort Lauderdale, FL	St. Thomas Aquinas HS	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	292 lb (132 kg)	4.9	Nov 13, 2013
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David Njoku TE	Cedar Grove, NJ	Cedar Grove HS	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	N/A	Jan 31, 2014
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Darrion Owens LB	Orange Park, FL	Oakleaf HS	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	N/A	Jun 22, 2013
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Malik Rosier QB	Mobile, AL	Faith Academy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	N/A	Jun 25, 2013
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Mike Smith LB	Miami, FL	Miami Northwestern HS	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	4.5	Jun 22, 2013
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Chad Thomas DE	Miami, FL	Booker T. Washington HS	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	240 lb (110 kg)	N/A	Jul 23, 2013
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Michael Wyche DT	Norfolk, VA	East Los Angeles College (Monterey Park, CA)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	330 lb (150 kg)	N/A	Oct 23, 2013
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Joeseph Yearby RB	Miami, FL	Miami Central HS	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	191 lb (87 kg)	4.5	Feb 26, 2013
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Juwon Young LB	Albany, GA	Albany HS	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	4.7	Jun 8, 2013
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Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 11   Rivals: 12  247Sports: 12  ESPN: 10
‡ Refers to 40 yard dash Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:

External links

• ESPN team page