The Miami Hurricanes added extra depth to their linebacker room on Friday, touchdown Rutgers switch Mohamed Toure.
Toure selected the Hurricanes over provides from Indiana, UNC and Penn State. He shared the information on social media.
Toure, a New Jersey native, spent six seasons with Rutgers, however he missed two full seasons as a consequence of harm.
When Toure has been wholesome, he has been a strong defensive participant. He was an All-Massive 10 honorable point out in 2013 after racking up 93 tackles with 9.5 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks. He had a 76.4 defensive grade from Professional Soccer Focus that season.
In his profession, Toure, a redshirt senior, has 168 tackles, 22.5 tackles for loss, 13.5 sacks and two interceptions.
Toure, who’s listed at 6-2 and 235 kilos, missed all the 2022 and 2024 seasons as a consequence of ACL tears. The Hurricanes’ crew medical doctors screened Toure and cleared him to play, a supply instructed the South Florida Solar Sentinel.
“It’s unhappy, he put a lot work into preparing for the yr, however that’s the sport of soccer, sadly,” Rutgers coach Greg Schiano mentioned final yr. “There’s issues like that that occur. As a household, we’ve surrounded him, we’re supporting him, we’ll get him via the rehab and we’ll get him again and get him reaching his targets and aspirations.”
Toure, who was a two-year captain for the Scarlet Knights, has expertise working with defensive coordinator Corey Hetherman. Hetherman was Toure’s place coach at Rutgers in 2022 and 2023. The Hurricanes like Toure’s “alpha” character, a supply mentioned.
Miami has added two linebacker transfers this offseason; Toure joins former N.C. State linebacker Kamal Bonner within the linebacker room.
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