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Rush End Trent Harris led the Canes defense with
five tackles in the season-opening 45-0 romp over Bethune-Cookman last Saturday, UM’s first shutout since the start of the 2010 season. Harris had
11/2 tackles for loss and was credited half a sack, pretty good production considering he was only in on 22 plays.
“Honestly, I had no idea,” Harris said of leading the team in tackles. “The whole defense went out there and did their jobs. We dominated as a whole.”
Miami hasn’t had a pass rusher produce more than five sacks in a season in the last four years. Nicknamed Toolbox Trent by the staff, Harris might or might not be the next Hurricanes pass rusher to eclipse that mark. Either way, the coaching staff loves him because he has become the perfect example of what Golden wants: a reliable, trusty player sustaining the integrity of playing assignment Football and who keeps getting better and “plays the defense exact every play.”
“He’s done nothing but get better since he got here,” defensive coordinator Mark D’Onofrio said of Harris last week after he was tabbed the starter coming out of camp over more highly touted high school prospects Demetrius Jackson and Al-Quadin Muhammad. Both Jackson (6-5, 248) and Muhammad (6-4, 256) were four-star prospects, according to Rivals.com. Harris (6-2, 251) was a three-star recruit.
“What Trent does at an elite level is he does his job, ultimately, that’s what you want. Trent’s a really good player.”
Toolbox Trent and UM’s vastly deeper defensive line will have to
play good assignment football and tackle well or they could end up on the field for a long time. FAU held the ball for more than 37 minutes and ran a total of 96 plays against Tulsa.
“I came here to win,” Harris said. “I’m going to do whatever I can to help my team win.
When we practice, I just practice hard, do what the coaches ask. Most of the time when you do the right thing, what coaches ask, it puts you in a position to do a big play.
As long as I do my job, the plays will come to me.”