Mario Cristobal Announces Three Major Miami Roster Updates

Trinton Breeze
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This morning, Miami Hurricanes head coach Mario Cristobal spoke on 560 WQAM radio, where he stated that former five-star defensive lineman commit Hayden Lowe is no longer with the team.



Lowe did not play last season after battling through an injury that sidelined him for the full 2025-26 season. Lowe was also kept away from spring camp this season due to personal issues. He was a top 2025 recruit, named as a five-star prospect. He ranked as the nation's No. 16 overall player, No. 2 edge rusher, and the No. 2 player out of California.

Cristobal also noted that incoming freshman cornerback Jontavius Wyman is no longer with the team. He was ranked as the nation's No. 64 overall prospect in the 2026 recruiting class and was expected to take limited snaps behind a crowded defensive back group.

Cristobal also said tight end Luka Gilbert will miss the entire 2026-27 season due to an injury. With Gilbert going down, someone is goinghave to step up in the tight end room, giving more opportunities to Gavin Mueller and Israel Briggs.


He is a true freshman that barely ever inline blocked before. He is learning for first time, that is injustice to expect him to carry that load as true freshman
He’s suppose to be elite and not Carey but help . Didn’t

Cole McConathy get moved to TE . He’ll be blocking Te imo​

 
Before we go any further can someone please tell us what Mario said about Scroggins….we need to get to the bottom of this
D$ basically said still working back from injury but will be back at some point.
 
Armando Blount and Keona Davis need to be <280lbs and exclusively work at Edge imo.
 
Briggs is probably hardly going to play barring something to Lofton. He’s a large WR. Need an inline blocker in 11/12. Asking that of Mueller is a lot as a true FR. Don’t be surprised if Bauman (even though he’s a bad run blocker *again not even talking abt the punt safe*) comes back just for depth at that role
BAN THIS DUDE for that treason talk!!!!!!!!!!
Lord. Just tryna prepare you for what might happen. Briggs is smaller than Lofton who isn’t big enough himself to play the Y. Asking a lot of mueller
 
Briggs is probably hardly going to play barring something to Lofton. He’s a large WR. Need an inline blocker in 11/12. Asking that of Mueller is a lot as a true FR. Don’t be surprised if Bauman (even though he’s a bad run blocker *again not even talking abt the punt safe*) comes back just for depth at that role
what?
Wdym what? Voldemort just became eligible and we don’t have a blocking TE
 
This morning, Miami Hurricanes head coach Mario Cristobal spoke on 560 WQAM radio, where he stated that former five-star defensive lineman commit Hayden Lowe is no longer with the team.



Lowe did not play last season after battling through an injury that sidelined him for the full 2025-26 season. Lowe was also kept away from spring camp this season due to personal issues. He was a top 2025 recruit, named as a five-star prospect. He ranked as the nation's No. 16 overall player, No. 2 edge rusher, and the No. 2 player out of California.

Cristobal also noted that incoming freshman cornerback Jontavius Wyman is no longer with the team. He was ranked as the nation's No. 64 overall prospect in the 2026 recruiting class and was expected to take limited snaps behind a crowded defensive back group.

Cristobal also said tight end Luka Gilbert will miss the entire 2026-27 season due to an injury. With Gilbert going down, someone is goinghave to step up in the tight end room, giving more opportunities to Gavin Mueller and Israel Briggs.


He is a true freshman that barely ever inline blocked before. He is learning for first time, that is injustice to expect him to carry that load as true freshman
He’s suppose to be elite and not Carey but help . Didn’t

Cole McConathy get moved to TE . He’ll be blocking Te imo​

But will he be good enough to play 500 snaps? Likely no
 
Lord. Just tryna prepare you for what might happen. Briggs is smaller than Lofton who isn’t big enough himself to play the Y. Asking a lot of mueller
Bauman is a name we don't bring up anymore... and you welcomed him right back on to the team.... I get your point of just having a "different" blocking TE.. but never that name....
 
Lord. Just tryna prepare you for what might happen. Briggs is smaller than Lofton who isn’t big enough himself to play the Y. Asking a lot of mueller
Bauman is a name we don't bring up anymore... and you welcomed him right back on to the team.... I get your point of just having a "different" blocking TE.. but never that name....
When did i WELCOME HIM RIGHT BACK ONTO THE TEAM 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Delusion
 
Lord. Just tryna prepare you for what might happen. Briggs is smaller than Lofton who isn’t big enough himself to play the Y. Asking a lot of mueller
Bauman is a name we don't bring up anymore... and you welcomed him right back on to the team.... I get your point of just having a "different" blocking TE.. but never that name....
When did i WELCOME HIM RIGHT BACK ONTO THE TEAM 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Delusion
“Don’t be surprised if he’s back”

“He’s a bad run blocker”
 
When did i WELCOME HIM RIGHT BACK ONTO THE TEAM 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Delusion
"Don’t be surprised if Bauman (even though he’s a bad run blocker *again not even talking abt the punt safe*) comes back just for depth at that role"

you put it into the wind..... that's bad juju on you man....
 
The kid that left for Indiana was a major loss imo. Looks like a stud. We’ll be fine nonetheless as long as Lofton stays healthy.
 
We have scroggins! He’s healthy From his off-season surgery and will be participating full in fall camp. Hopefully this is the last time this needs to be answered because I don’t understand why people keep thinking he’s hurt.
Only answering your bottom question, Mario on Joe Rose was talking fast and said "last thing, the third scroggins, he does now return from injury, guy who played in some critical roles for us last season, so all and all that about it from a roster standpoint"

the now kind of sounds like "not" and Rose's reaction as Mario was talking made it seem like a negative comment so a lot of people jumped to he is not returning from injury, hence why people keep thinking it.
 
The kid that left for Indiana was a major loss imo. Looks like a stud. We’ll be fine nonetheless as long as Lofton stays healthy.
Those freshman we got our chip chip kids . They’ll show out too, edp making big plays down the filed
 
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