Junior Amari Carter and sophomore Gurvan Hall have primarily been the first team safeties for the Miami football team in training camp. Senior Robert Knowles and junior Derrick Smith have been running with the second team. At this point, Bubba Bolden adds experience and depth according to cornerbacks coach Mike Rumph.
In addition to missing 12 days of training camp, Bolden does not have multiple years of experience in the Miami football program learning the Manny Diaz defense that the aforementioned safeties do. Smith switched back to safety this spring after backing up Romeo Finley at striker in 2018.