{"id":127424,"date":"2026-01-22T04:45:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T04:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/127424\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T04:45:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T04:45:19","slug":"miami-rb-mark-fletcher-jr-throws-punch-at-indiana-player-after-hoosiers-national-championship-game-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/127424\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami RB Mark Fletcher Jr. throws punch at Indiana player after Hoosiers’ national championship game win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami running back Mark Fletcher threw a punch at Indiana defensive lineman Tyrique Tucker after Monday night\u2019s national title game<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear what prompted Fletcher to go after Tucker following the Hoosiers\u2019 27-21 win over the Hurricanes<\/a>. Footage of the punch first surfaced on ESPN\u2019s \u201cSportsCenter\u201d after the game.<\/p>\n

Fletcher was clearly not unhappy with every Indiana player. He made a point to congratulate Miami native Fernando Mendoza after the game. Fletcher is a Miami native, too, and the title game was Mendoza\u2019s first college start in his home city.<\/p>\n

The junior running back was a big part of Miami\u2019s near-upset. He broke a 57-yard TD run in the third quarter and then followed that up with a second touchdown. Both scores cut Indiana\u2019s lead to three points, but Miami never led at any point during the game.<\/p>\n

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Fletcher finished the game with 17 carries for 112 yards and the two touchdowns. He had said before the game that he would return for his senior season with the Hurricanes in 2026 after rushing for over 1,000 yards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami running back Mark Fletcher threw a punch at Indiana defensive lineman Tyrique Tucker after Monday night\u2019s national…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[11450,3156,7208,123,125,124,57689,60479],"class_list":{"0":"post-127424","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami","8":"tag-fernando-mendoza","9":"tag-indiana","10":"tag-mark-fletcher","11":"tag-miami","12":"tag-miami-headlines","13":"tag-miami-news","14":"tag-national-title-game","15":"tag-tyrique-tucker"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}