Miami football is 42 days away from kicking off in Stanford, California. Here on CanesInSight we are getting you ready for the season by naming two Hurricane players who are expecting to take a huge leap this season.
WR Daylyn Upshaw
Someone in the Miami Hurricanes wide receiver room is going to emerge and take a huge leap in the depth chart. One player who is poised for a big year is Daylyn Upshaw. This past season, he played in five games, recording a total of seven receptions for 105 receiving yards. He suffered a foot injury ahead of the Hurricanes 2025-26 College Football Playoff run, which sidelined him for the rest of the season.
The Hurricanes have a loaded wide receiver room: Malachi Toney, Cooper Barkate, Cam Vaughn, and Dre Jacobs headlining the group. However, Upshaw has the potential to step up this season and play quality minutes.
Check out his highlights provided down below:
RB Jordan Lyle
Miami retained their entire running back group from last season. They have arguably the best running back group in the country. The question everyone is asking: who is going to be the No. 2 running back? The Hurricanes have quality options in ChaMar Brown, Jordan Lyle, Girard Pringle, and Javian Mallory. The one player with the most potential to make the biggest impact would be Lyle.
Last offseason, he earned the No. 1 starting spot in the Hurricanes backfield. Unfortunately, he went down with a lower-body injury against Notre Dame after five snaps. Two months later, he returned to the field against Florida State where he would play limited snaps behind Mark Fletcher. He played in a total of six games, carrying the ball 35 times for 108 rushing yards.
Keep trying to tell folks about Upshaw. I'm all in. You know who knows who the good players are better than anyone? The other players. Who did Mali take to work out with JSN? Upshaw. You don't bring a scrub with you to that workout. You bring a dawg who can keep up and show his ****. That one action told me all I needed to know about what that room/his peers think about him. He's going to be a player here.
Lyle...obviously not great last year. But, just remember, we had a kid named Rueben Bain here in 2024 who got hurt early in the first game. He came back later in the year after missing multiple games, and we had folks here who said he wasn't very good. And then when he was fully healthy in 2025, he put those words on the end of his cleat and kicked them down porster's throats. I'm not saying this is apples to apples because obviously Bain had a better true freshman year than Lyle, so he proved he could do it consistently. But I am saying I'm not willing to write off a kid entirely who had a bad season after he was injured in literally the first half of the first game and missed multiple contests. Let's not forget, the entire offensive staff felt he was the best back on the roster last August.....
Never understood the Lyle shade last year. I thought he was **** good freshmen year and brought a playmaking ability hardly anyone else in the room had. Excited to see what this year has in store for him back fully healthy.
The week before Lyle's 91 yd run Ajay Allen had back-to-back 34 & 56TD runs vs Ball St
These runs are fun to watch & happen early in the season when we're excited to have football back
But these runs against overmatched non-P4 teams shouldn't factor much in a RB's evaluation
91 TD - Lyle vs USF 84 YD - Walton vs Toledo 80 TD - Walton vs App St 74 TD - Gus vs FAMU 71 TD - Storm Johnson vs USF 66 TD - Cam Harris vs UAB 64 TD - Yearby vs FAMU 64 TD - Lingard vs Savannah St 56 TD - Ajay Allen vs Ball St
I get that but for as long as Miami has been playing ball, no one has been able to pull off such a long run. We have played countless weak teams too. Give credit where credit is due
I get that but for as long as Miami has been playing ball, no one has been able to pull off such a long run. We have played countless weak teams too. Give credit where credit is due
