Miami RB Donald Chaney Jr. Solidifies Himself as the Number Two Back
Admittedly, there weren’t too many positives to take away from Miami football’s 27-20 loss to in state rival No. 4 Florida State on Saturday. The Hurricanes were smacked in the mouth early and failed to respond until the second quarter, where the Hurricanes were in front of a packed Doak Campbell Stadium. But if we’re searching for something to be happy about, it would be Donald Chaney Jr. explosive plays against the Florida State’s defense.
Chaney, a fourth-year Redshirt Sophomore running back who missed nearly all of the 2022 and some of 2021 season with a torn ACL, he burned off a 26-yard run against the Seminoles and one play later he burned out another big chunk run that went for 29 yards to get the Hurricanes in the red-zone. The play happened with just under 6 minutes left in the first half. Chaney took the handoff from quarterback Emory Williams that later went down in the game, Chaney founded an outside hole at the line of scrimmage, and then sprinted his way straight ahead before getting pulled down at the FSU 5-yard line. Three plays later Miami would throw a fade route to Jacolby Geroge to get a 3-yard passing touchdown.
Chaney ran for 85-yards against the Florida State defense, he also accomplished to get 12 rushing attempts with averaging 7.1 yards per play, but he did not get a touchdown against the FSU’s defense but made a big impacted for this Hurricane’s offense.
You can check both of those highlights below:
Donald Chaney Jr. was having a field day against FSU’s defense pic.twitter.com/Q3gKVGsZDO
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