QB TYLER VAN DYKE OF MIAMI WILL USE THE NCAA TRANSFER PORTAL.
Miami quarterback Tyler Van Dyke will make use of the NCAA transfer portal.
After four years in Coral Gables, the starting quarterback for Miami is moving on. It was discovered by InsideTheU and 247Sports that Tyler Van Dyke intends to use his one-year eligibility to access the transfer portal.
The 6-foot-4, 225-pound player had a roller coaster career with Miami, making his debut in 2021 as a replacement for an injured D’Eriq King. Van Dyke called his shot in his first media appearance and burst into a game in late October, defeating NC State at home and finishing with 325 yards and four touchdowns through the air.
During the year, he threw for 2931 yards, 25 touchdowns, and just six interceptions. Following the season, head coach Manny Diaz was fired and offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee took a job as head coach at SMU. His 2022 campaign was a bust, leading to a few benchings and a shoulder injury. It was his first season playing for Mario Cristobal and former offensive coordinator Josh Gattis. With just five interceptions and ten touchdown passes for the season, Van Dyke failed to qualify the Hurricanes for the postseason despite their meager five-win record.
To help Cristobal get the most out of Van Dyke, he went out and hired Shannon Dawson, the former offensive coordinator for Houston, during the off-season. However, there were also more downs than ups this fall. Many believed that Van Dyke’s 2022 struggles were behind him after an early-season offensive outburst against Texas A&M, in which he threw for 374 yards and five touchdowns without any interceptions.
Van Dyke’s run of bad luck began with a three-touchdown loss to Georgia Tech, where he had an 11-1 touchdown to interception ratio. That started a run of plays that over the course of four starts resulted in ten interceptions.
Despite being benched against Florida State, Van Dyke had to play one more drive because late in the fourth quarter, freshman Emory Williams sustained an injury. He proceeded to start Miami’s season-ending games against Boston College and Louisville.
The Connecticut native completed 63.7 percent of his passes for 7469 passing yards and 54 touchdowns against 23 interceptions in his three seasons as Miami’s quarterback.
With Williams sidelined until the spring at the earliest because of an injury sustained against Florida State, the Hurricanes have two scholarship quarterbacks on the field: redshirt freshman Jacurri Brown and injured Williams.
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