With starting weakside or WILL linebacker Michael Pinckney out with an injury sustained last Saturday in the loss to Georgia Tech the Miami football team needed senior Zach McCloud to start in his place. McCloud played his fourth game of 2019. He can maintain his redshirt by sitting out the remainder of 2019.
A starter the last three seasons, McCloud lost an increasing amount of playing time since the beginning of 2018 due to the advent of the striker position. McCloud was sharing time with senior Romeo Finley. Finley was getting most of the snaps this season and McCloud approached the Miami coaching staff to redshirt.