Lingard was expected to make an impact with the Miami football team as a Freshman in 2018. When the first depth chart for the Hurricanes was released earlier this week, Lingard did not make the top three.
Junior Travis Homer is the starting running back on the first-team offense and will be backed up be backed up by Sophomore DeeJay Dallas and Senior Trayone Gray who is also listed as the first-team fullback. Lingard is reportedly behind Redshirt Freshman Robert Burns as well.
Burns dealt with injury problems throughout his high school career and was forced to redshirt last season because of a few injuries.