ACC Kickoff: Miami (FL) head coach Mario Cristobal, Darian Mensah, Mohamed Toure and Mark Fletcher, Jr. (VIDEO)

Miami (FL) Hurricanes key players

Quarterback Darian Mensah: Mensah transferred from Duke and has been handed the keys to an offense that averaged 30.9 points/game last season. Mensah completed 66.8% of his passes for 3,973 yards and 34 touchdowns last season in leading Duke to the ACC Championship.

Wide receiver Malachi Toney: Toney caught an ACC-best 109 passes for 1,211 yards and was named first-team All-ACC and ACC Freshman of the Year.

Running back Mark Fletcher, Jr.: Fletcher, Jr. returns for his senior season after leading the conference with 1,192 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns in 2025.

Linebacker Mohamed Toure: Toure, a super senior, started all 16 games for the Canes last season and led the team with 80 tackles. Toure was named All-ACC honorable mention and had 11 stops in the National Championship Game against Indiana.

2026 Hurricanes schedule

Sept. 4 at Stanford * 9 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Sept. 10 Florida A&M 8 p.m. ET (ACCN)
Sept. 18 at Wake Forest * 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Sept. 26 Central Michigan 6:30 p.m. ET (The CW)
Oct. 3 at Clemson *
Oct. 10 OPEN
Oct. 17 Florida State *
Oct. 24 Pitt *
Oct. 31 at North Carolina *
Nov. 7 at Notre Dame 7:30 p.m. ET (NBC)
Nov. 14 Duke *
Nov. 21 Virginia Tech *
Nov. 28 Boston College

Miami’s Mario Cristobal