In 2017 Christopher Herndon IV was the primary tight end for the vast majority of the season. Herndon suffered a season-ending torn MCL in the Miami Hurricanes final regular season game against Pittsburgh. Michael Irvin II took over as the starting tight end in the final two games of 2017.
Irvin was set to battle to be the starting tight end this season. He played with the first team during training camp until he tore his own MCL that has him on track to be out for four months. After initially stating that Irvin might return for the Miami Hurricanes bowl game he is now out for the remainder of the season.