Graduate quarterback D’Eriq King will start the first game of the Hurricanes’ 2021 football season versus Alabama on Sept. 4, Miami head coach Manny Diaz announced on Friday.
Suffering a torn ACL and meniscus in Miami’s bowl game on Dec. 29, King has devoted the following 7 ½ months towards rehabilitating his right knee and said it “feels fine,” after the first fall camp practice.
“That’s the only starting quarterback we have,” Diaz said. “It’s not my choice, he’s not going to let me not start him at quarterback. He’s gonna run out there the first play, it doesn’t matter who else we put out there at quarterback.