Alex Donno reviews some of the early options for Miami when it comes to transfer portal quarterbacks. How will the Hurricanes replace Tyler Van Dyke?
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00:00 One of the most recent high profile quarterbacks
00:03 who's announced he's gonna be hitting the transfer portal
00:05 is Kansas State's Will Howard.
00:08 Will Howard is entering the portal.
00:10 This is an interesting prospect to me.
00:13 And I don't wanna be prospect, he's an experienced guy,
00:15 but this is an interesting option to me.
00:18 He's not necessarily my favorite,
00:21 but as a passer, you know, decent numbers,
00:24 61.3% of his passes completed for 2,643 yards.
00:30 This year with 24 touchdowns, 10 interceptions.
00:33 But what makes Howard intriguing to me,
00:35 this is Will Howard of Kansas State,
00:36 is he can move, right?
00:39 This past season, he recorded 364 rushing yards
00:42 and nine ground touchdowns.
00:44 So 31 or 33 total touchdowns, 24 through the year,
00:49 nine on the ground.
00:49 So like, if you're talking about, you know,
00:52 if you're talking about players that, you know,
00:54 can offer more of a dual threat,
00:56 which is obviously something Tyler Van Dyke did not offer,
00:58 it's something Emory Williams does not offer.
01:01 You know, Will Howard is a guy who can be
01:05 a little bit more mobile.
01:07 Someone says, "Y'all throwing out quarterback names
01:10 like Mario and the staff don't know."
01:12 Yeah, Stan, I hope they're 10 steps ahead of us on this, man.
01:17 Mario, Mario, in case you're watching this,
01:20 maybe you have no idea which quarterbacks are out there.
01:23 Watch Locked on Canes, we'll let you know
01:24 what your big board should look like.
01:28 This is not a bad idea by Katie,
01:29 that Mississippi State could be a good fit
01:32 for Tyler Van Dyke.
01:34 Yeah, because you're right.
01:36 Mississippi State is losing their quarterback,
01:38 which I think could be an option for Miami,
01:41 and Tyler Van Dyke is on the market now.
01:43 So Will Rogers is the quarterback from Mississippi State.
01:46 He announced right after the Egg Bowl,
01:49 he announced he's hitting the portal.
01:50 We talked about him over the last couple of days.
01:53 You know, he's the second all-time leading passer
01:56 in SEC history.
01:59 He does have a common lineage to Shannon Dawson
02:03 'cause Will Rogers, he came up in Mike Leach's air raid,
02:06 and Mike Leach and Shannon Dawson
02:08 come from the same air raid coaching tree from Hal Mummey,
02:12 so he's already comfortable with that type of offense
02:15 and that type of terminology, so that could be a fit there.
02:18 And then somebody pointed this out,
02:21 for those who follow the social media clues,
02:24 apparently Mario Cristobal is following Will Rogers
02:27 on Twitter, or X if you prefer.
02:30 So if you're looking for clues out there,
02:31 apparently Mario Cristobal is already following Will Rogers
02:35 from Mississippi State on social media,
02:37 so obviously that's somebody Miami
02:39 has gotta kick the tires on.
02:41 And you know, honestly, I think a guy who could be
02:45 possibly the best veteran option,
02:48 but he's not in the portal, at least not yet,
02:52 is Michael Pratt from Tulane.
02:54 So we're watching Pratt because I definitely don't think
02:57 he's staying at Tulane, and he's probably not gonna announce
03:00 anything, by the way, guys,
03:01 until after the AAC championship game,
03:04 'cause he's leading the green wave
03:06 to a conference title game, which I would imagine happens
03:09 probably on Friday or Saturday of this week,
03:11 so don't expect him to announce anything until after that,
03:15 but with Pratt, he has accepted a senior bowl invite.
03:20 Doesn't mean he has to show up,
03:22 so he's accepted a senior bowl invite,
03:24 which means he's at least kicking the tires
03:26 on the idea of trying to go pro.
03:28 I don't know how high his draft stock actually would be.
03:31 I think he could benefit from playing at a power five team
03:34 for a year to try to raise that draft stock even higher.
03:38 So we're kind of watching Pratt from, not from Louisville,
03:40 Pratt from Tulane to see if he ends up opting out
03:45 of his senior bowl invite
03:46 and maybe hitting the transfer portal.
03:49 I think somebody like that could be,
03:51 could be a potential quality option for Miami.
03:54 And yeah, if you're talking about a long-term quarterback,
03:58 'cause a lot of the names that we mentioned are guys
04:00 who could come in probably for a year in the transfer portal,
04:03 which I think, guys, it's super important
04:05 because I look at the roster Miami is building.
04:09 If you get the right quarterback fit for 2024,
04:13 this is a team, to me, that can absolutely contend
04:16 for an ACC championship,
04:18 and then if you're contending for an ACC title, who knows?
04:20 Like you might be able to get into that mix
04:23 for college football playoff.
04:24 I think Miami's got a really good roster.
04:26 You're obviously losing some guys.
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