When D’Eriq King laid in agony on the floor of the atrocity known as Camping World Stadium, all of the Miami Hurricane faithful held their breath. King, a transfer, was everything that personified the heart of a Hurricane. He was fearless, talented, and the stoic champion the position so desperately needed.
He shouldn’t have even been in that position. An unnecessary hold took a touchdown off the board and the rest was disastrous history. Irony and ineptitude shot the arrow right into the figurative heal of our Achilles. King suffered an ACL tear to his right knee.
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The Hurricane captain was a Maxwell, O’Brien and Unitas award semi-finalist in 2020.