D’Eriq King transferring from Houston to join the Miami Hurricanes football program for the 2020 season provides a huge upgrade at the position. Miami has not had a QB as adept as King since Brad Kaaya left following the 2016 season for the NFL. King provides Miami with a skill set at QB that has not been seen in program history.
King was ranked as the 11th best QB in the country in 2020 by 247Sports. The graduate transfer played the first four games with Houston in 2019 before deciding to redshirt. King’s initial intention was to return to Houston, but in early January he made the decision to transfer and announced Miami shortly after that.