Tate Martell has "booty" UM Canes declared the day the NCAA approves the waiver

The word "booty" was mentioned several times Tuesday at the first hurricane training session in Miami in 2019 – the first official training session of new head coach Manny Diaz.

Both times, the word was used to describe Tate Martell, a shift transfer in the state of Ohio, who was carrying footballs with other quarterbacks N'Kosi Perry and Jarren Williams at the center of practice. Carol Soffer Indoor Hall, where players were unaware of the torrential rain.

A few hours later, Martell, the 2016 Gatorade player at the time when he was playing with national champion Bishop Gorman, learned that the NCAA had approved his waiver request allowing him to play immediately in 2019 at instead of staying away from the usual NCAA. prescribed season for transfers without distinction.

"Tate, he's a character, man," said Brevin Jordan, a near-second-year-old who also favored the word "elite" and played with Martell at Las Vegas national champion Bishop Gorman High in Las Vegas. "He's a little white man of 5-11 years old with tattoos and a lot of energy. Cocky. Just like the swag. His booty is so Miami.

"Tate, he'll fit in. He is an elite. Elite. It's as simple as that. Elite & # 39;. & # 39;

But be assured that Martell was not the only quarterback to have been congratulated by players and coaches on Tuesday, despite the regular miss of football matches to begin testing, and other throws abandoned by receivers perhaps worried trying to impress working day after field training since this terrible loss of 35-3 in the Pinstripe Bowl.

New offensive coordinator and UM quarterback coach Dan Enos has shown a lot of exculpation against Williams, 6-2, 210 pounds, who played sparingly during a match last season, but as a four-star All-American in Lawrenceville (Georgia) Central Gwinnett High, is a signal calling the fans are eagerly hoping to become a star.

"Jarren looked good today," said Enos about Williams, followed by Perry, Martell and three unguarded quarterbacks in a rotation in tight-tipped training. "I was really impressed by him. He has thrown a very good ball, he has very good mechanics, he has good feet. I think he did a very good job.

"I've often seen him in the building during his free time, doing different things – with all the guys, but Jarren in particular."

Enos was also asked about Perry, which started six years ago last year.

"N'Kosi did a very good job again today. We do so many different things under the center right now where it's a little foreign to some of them. Again, I challenged them to do a lot of work by themselves, what they have, but the footwork and all that will get better as we continue.

Sometimes, on Tuesday, two quarters were side by side and simultaneously passing to different receivers. Some throw landed in the arms of their targets. Others, like Martell's two, crashed against the padded wall on which the reporters doubled for about 35 minutes of viewing a day when Diaz granted additional antenna time.

"Young man very competitive, very good intellect, very energetic," Enos said of Martell. "Extremely, extremely good athlete. He has excellent explosiveness in the lower body, very good speed in short areas and showed a very lively arm today. It was so nice to see, but I was very impressed with Tate. He did very well and I think that as a newcomer he did a very good job. "

Offensive midfielder DeeJay Dallas called Martell "cool dude".

"It's my dog," Dallas said. "Do not mess with Tate, he's my boyfriend, he comes to work, and he's prepared and he plays the game with passion … He's a character." Brevin and he are cut in the same fabric – you know, this Vegas swag, as they say. "

Enos, who could be heard punishing his offensive players and performing several pushes, acknowledged that it was only the first day and that "playing the job is not just about physical qualities."

"It's a lot of intangibles," he said. "I liked their behavior. I liked their attitudes. I thought that they had done a good job trying to stay calm with a lot of chaos and things going on, as we could expect on the first day. I see guys with live arms. "

The three quarterbacks had their good and bad moments on Tuesday, as the music sounded inside the training facilities and as players performed various exercises different from those used by the team. former coach Mark Richt.

"It was fun to watch," said Diaz. "It was good to see. It was great to go on the field and it's like pushing the boat into the sea and now we're going somewhere. "

Some players reiterated that it was really the "new Miami", now Diaz's famous slogan.

"It's fun, man," said Jordan. "The energy is so different. "All the atmosphere of this team. We enter the locker room excited, excited to be here, excited to be Miami. Coach Diaz, when he says "The new Miami," he really thinks so. That's true. It's different. "

Linebacker Michael Pinckney added, "The New Miami, we just want to have fun. I feel like we have stopped having fun and we have moved away from ourselves. But the standard is something that coach Diaz is trying to fix, which defense has stood at. We try to make it an entire team. "

"We are just trying to preach excellence, tenacity, etc."

▪ Diaz said the limited number of participants this spring includes running back Lorenzo Lingard (knee), tight tie Brian Polendey (knee) and forward / linebacker Zach McCloud.

▪ Carson Proctor's transfer was the most impressive three-quarter back. Proctor played in Arkansas when Enos was the offensive coordinator of the Razorbacks.

▪ Senior Redshirt security guard Robert Knowles appeared to have injured his left hip while defending running back Cam Davis. He was examined by the medical staff and then returned to practice.