Today marks the beginning of our 2017 season recap of the Canes’ LB group. Highly heralded coming off of an impressive 2016 where three true-freshmen LB’s started for Miami, the 2017 group steadily improved. The jump from year one to year two was not as large as many would have hoped or wished for, but this group was still one of the best in the ACC and the nation. While the starters were generally top-notch, for most of the season there was a bit of an uncomfortable drop-off when going to the reserves. Redshirt junior Mike Smith got a start in the opener vs Bethune Cookman due to Pinckney’s targeting call in the second half of the 2016 Russel Athletic Bowl win over West Virginia and showed promise.
Miami Hurricanes Football: LB Season Recap, Part One
