Watch To Watch For: Dec. 27 vs. So. Carolina
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami football team is set to face South Carolina in the Duck Commander Independence Bowl Saturday, Dec. 29.
The Hurricanes (6-6, 3-5 ACC) and Gamecocks (6-6, 3-5 SEC) will meet at 3:30 p.m. at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, La. The game will be televised on ABC as well as broadcast on 560 WQAM.
A number of Hurricanes have a chance to move up in Miami’s record books, both in single season and career stats categories. There are some career milestones that players could reach during the game as well.
Here is what to watch for (#W2W4) Saturday when the Hurricanes play the Gamecocks.
Anthony Chickillo
– Career: One start behind Jason Fox for fourth (47).
– Career: One consecutive game played behind William Joseph and Matt Walters for second most in a row (50).
– Career: One game played behind six players for fourth most total (50).
– Career: One fumble recovery behind five players for fifth (six), two behind George Mira, Jr., for fourth.
Stacy Coley
– Career: 10 kick return yards behind Tom Sullivan for fourth (1,121), 26 behind Travis Benjamin for third, 58 behind Randal Hill for second.
– Single Season: 29 kick return yards behind himself for fourth (570), 41 behind Graig Cooper for third, 51 behind Travis Benjamin for second.
– Career: One kick return TD behind four players for first (two).
– Career: One punt return TD behind five players for fourth (two).
Phillip Dorsett
– Career: Three receiving TDs behind Santana Moss for sixth (19).
– Single Season: One receiving TD behind three players for third (10), two behind Michael Irvin for second.
– Career: One reception behind Willie Smith for 10th (117), three behind Kellen Winslow, Jr. for ninth, five behind Allen Hurns and Clive Walford for seventh.
– Career: 59 receiving yards behind Travis Benjamin for sixth (2,146), 73 behind Leonard Hankerson for fifth, 184 behind Lamar Thomas for fourth.
– Single Season: 14 receiving yards behind Michael Irvin for 10th (840), 16 behind himself for ninth, 26 behind Willie Smith for eighth, 42 behind Michael Irvin for seventh, 73 behind Santana Moss for sixth, 126 behind Wesley Carroll for fifth.
Jon Feliciano
– Career: One start behind Anthony Chickillo for fifth (46). (Note: If he and Anthony Chickillo both start, then Feliciano would move into sole possession of sixth instead).
Duke Johnson
– Career: One 100-yard rushing game behind Clinton Portis and Edgerrin James for first (14).
– Single Season: One 100-yard rushing game behind Edgerrin James and Lamar Miller for fourth (seven).
– Single Season: 170 all-purpose yards behind himself for second (2,060), 218 behind Willis McGahee for first.
– Career: One rushing TD away from passing Melvin Bratton and Tyrone Morris for sole possession of fifth (27), three behind James Jackson for fourth (29).
– Single Season: One rushing TD behind three players for ninth (11), two behind three players for sixth, three behind Harry Ghaul and Edgerrin James for fourth.
– Career: 30 rushing attempts behind Javarris James for third (505).
– Single Season: Two rushing attempts behind Clinton Portis for fifth (220), six behind Ottis Anderson for fourth, nine behind Lamar Miller for third, 24 behind Edgerrin James for second.
– Career: One total TD away from passing Melvin Bratton and James Jackson for sole possession of third (33), three behind Stephen McGuire and Edgerrin James for first.
– Single Season:One total TD behind Eddie Dunn and Edgerrin James for third (14).
– Career: 18 points behind Stephen McGuire for ninth (210), 20 behind Edgerrin James for eighth.
– Single Season: 21 points behind Jake Wieclaw for 10th (99), 22 behind Harry Ghaul for ninth, 23 behind Carlos Huerta (twice) for seventh.
Brad Kaaya
– Single Season: One passing TD behind Vinny Testaverde for third (26), three behind Ken Dorsey for second, four behind Steve Walsh for first.
– Single Season:66 passing yards behind Stephen Morris for 10th (3,028), 98 behind Gino Torretta for ninth, 133 behind Gino Torretta for eighth, 153 behind Steve Walsh for seventh, 276 behind Vinny Testaverde for sixth.
– Single Season: Three completions behind Gino Torretta for 10th (205), nine behind Brock Berlin for ninth, 14 behind Vinny Testaverde for eighth, 20 behind Ken Dorsey for seventh, 23 behind Craig Erickson for sixth, 26 behind Gino Torretta for fifth.
– Single Season: Seven passing attempts behind Vinny Testaverde and Brock Berlin for ninth (352), 26 behind Gino Torretta for eighth.
– Single Season: 102 yards of total offense behind Stephen Morris for 10th (2,940), 198 behind Gino Torretta for ninth, 242 behind Vinny Testaverde for eighth, 244 behind Steve Walsh for seventh, 295 behind Jacory Harris for sixth, 317 behind Gino Torretta for fifth.
Denzel Perryman
– Career: 18 tackles behind Rod Carter for eighth (361).