Miami concluded their annual early spring game on Saturday where the Miami Hurricanes played at Cobb Stadium. Fans were also able to come out and watch the Hurricanes for their final practice of spring ball.
Many of the Hurricanes star players were playing limited snaps, as you know, due to injuries, just making sure nobody gets hurt. That’s where we got to see some freshmen and guys deeper on the depth chart get some reps on the field.
This is where Hurricanes head coach Mario Cristobal was seen praising freshman running back Javian Mallory after the spring game, saying this is the reason why they recruited him, after having a successful spring game.
Here is what Cristobal had to say about the freshman standout running back:
"Since the moment he got here, he's just a very physical runner. You almost underestimate him. You expect him to be really good. That's why we recruited him. But when he takes people on, the collisions and the force that he generates on contact and his contact balance is really impressive."
"Great young man... hard worker, runs with his pads down, understands football really well. The most impressive part about him is the way he functioned in protection. He was spot on," Said Cristobal.
There was one clip from the Spring Game showing Mallory making people miss, and even having the whole team on defense just to take him down.
Javian is in a deep running back room where the Hurricanes returned every single running back from last season, with the addition of Mallory. Miami has one of the deepest running back rooms in the country.
Yes, it’s just a spring game, but the freshman running back is already getting attention from the head coach, he looks like a star in the making.
