Miami Hurricanes running back Mark Fletcher Jr. joins host Alex Donno and breaks down his early impressions of new running backs coach Matt Merritt. Fletcher also takes a deep dive on transfer Damien Martinez and his other running back teammates Chris Johnson, Ajay Allen, Chris Wheatley-Humphrey and Jordan Lyle.
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00:00He gonna show you a lot of tough love and he wants me to be the leader of the group.
00:04He feels I could step up and do that even though we're all leaders, but
00:08he really wants me to take over the room and he just showed tough love already.
00:12And we're already building a great relationship.
00:16And everything in the room is just about honesty, respect.
00:19And he just wants the best for all of us and he's showing it since he's been here.
00:23You've got some important new offensive teammates since last year.
00:27Let's start with the guy who's in the same position group that you're in,
00:31Damian Martinez.
00:32And I know everybody who watches and listens to Locked on Canes has heard
00:36this clip from the Momentum podcast because we played this a while back.
00:40I was blown away on that interview what you said about the way you're embracing.
00:46Dame, if anyone thought you might be bitter or you didn't want him here,
00:49it was quite the opposite, Mark.
00:51You've had a chance to speak with Damian.
00:53What are your impressions on Martinez and what he's gonna bring to the team?
00:57He's a winner, he's a winner, he's a hard worker.
01:01And he's a very detailed person in how he carries himself.
01:05And not even by on the field, off the field as well.
01:09We didn't drove in the same car, I just took him home the other day,
01:12new place down here.
01:13But he's a cool guy, man.
01:15I just can't wait to work from him and learn from him.
01:18How long has he, he's been on campus just for a short time now, right?
01:21Yeah, not even, I think this really is his first week for real.
01:25Have you had a chance to see him work out yet at all?
01:30No, I haven't.
01:31But I've heard people around the building saying,
01:33that boy Damian, he can run.
01:35So I just can't wait to see it.
01:38And there's a lot of other talent, Mark,
01:40in that running back room along with you guys.
01:42It's gonna be interesting to see a lot of talented players fighting for carries.
01:48I was watching Chris Johnson doing his thing during spring football.
01:52AJ Allen, he was recovering from something during spring as well.
01:55Chris Wheatley Humphries on campus now.
01:57And I'm hearing a lot of good stuff about Jordan Lyle since he's been on campus,
02:02the true freshman.
02:03So talk to me a little bit about some of these other guys outside of Martinez.
02:08Really, everybody knows CJ, that's the speed, that boy is super fast.
02:13But the way he's developed, last year didn't go the way he wanted.
02:17But the way that he's just developed, and
02:19he's just taking the coaching, taking the learning.
02:22He's gonna have a ball out here, even Jordan Lyle coming in, Chris Wheatley.
02:27We all just bring something different to that table.
02:30It's just like anybody you could throw in there, we could give you results.
02:34That's just the beauty of having all these different type of running backs.