To put it nicely, Miami was horrendous on third-downs in 2017, on both offense and defense. However, the Canes have turned the corner on both sides of the ball, and third-down has now become the money maker for Mark Richt’s 2018 team.
Starting on offense, the Hurricanes have made leaps and bounds of improvement on third-down conversions. Last season, the offense ranked 127th in the country for third-down conversions, which ya know, is horrible.
In their last three games of 2017, all losses, Miami converted an abysmal 21.8% of their third-down conversions, and against LSU, the Canes were 37%, also a loss.