Their names are similar, pronounced the same but spelled differently. Their jersey numbers match.
And more than once during Miami’s spring workouts, their paths crossed on the practice field.
“There are a lot of things good, a lot of things I did bad,” Hurricanes quarterback Malik Rosier laughed last month while he and several of his teammates were on a community outreach visit at Carver Elementary near Miami’s campus. “Malek Young had my number. He had my number all spring. Literally, every pick I’ve thrown in a scrimmage went to him. So it was one of those things that we kind of make fun of each other.