{"id":237105,"date":"2026-04-18T17:38:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T17:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/237105\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T17:38:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T17:38:32","slug":"malachi-toney-reminds-fans-hes-a-heisman-contender-with-epic-miami-spring-game-catch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/237105\/","title":{"rendered":"Malachi Toney reminds fans he&#8217;s a Heisman contender with epic Miami spring game catch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"68\">Malachi Toney made a one-handed grab near the back of the end zone <a href=\"https:\/\/caneswarning.com\/miami-s-spring-game-will-look-different-in-2026-here-s-what-fans-should-expect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Saturday<\/a>, only to land just out of bounds, but the play was good enough to make the rounds on social media. For Miami fans, it was another quick reminder that the Hurricanes&#8217; most electric player did not lose a step <a href=\"https:\/\/caneswarning.com\/lsu-lands-former-miami-wr-commit-ah-mari-stevens-after-hurricanes-move-on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">this offseason<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udc40Looks Familiar <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2icRn3LqSs\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/2icRn3LqSs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eye of the Hurricanes (@CanesCentralSI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CanesCentralSI\/status\/2045521343995654182?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 18, 2026<\/a>Malachi Toney is a contender for the Heisman trophy in 2026<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6h\">The catch was ruled incomplete, but the body control, hand strength and feel for the boundary were the traits that turned Toney into a star during Miami&#8217;s run to the 2025 College Football Playoff national championship game.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6k\">Toney set the school&#8217;s single-season record with 109 catches, led the ACC with 1,211 receiving yards, scored 10 receiving touchdowns and finished with 1,622 all-purpose yards as a true freshman in 2025. He also added 113 rushing yards, a rushing touchdown, 298 punt-return yards and even threw two touchdown passes. He won ACC Rookie of the Year, ACC Offensive Rookie of the Year, earned first-team All-ACC honors at receiver and second-team Associated Press All-America recognition.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6n\">Toney enters 2026 as one of the top non-quarterback Heisman candidates. And with the addition of transfer quarterback Darian Mensah \u2014 who threw for 3,973 yards and 34 touchdowns at Duke last season before transferring to Miami \u2014 Toney might actually have a shot.<\/p>\n<p>2026 Heisman trophy odds per DraftKingsQB Arch Manning: +700QB CJ Carr: +750QB Dante Moore: +1200QB Trinidad Chambliss: +950QB Julian Sayin: +1000QB Josh Hoover: +1200WR Jeremiah Smith: +1300QB Darian Mensah: +1500QB Gunner Stockton: +1600QB Sam Leavitt: +1800QB Brendan Sorsby: +1800QB Marcel Reed: +2200QB Jayden Maiava: +2500QB John Mateer: +2800QB Bryce Underwood: +3500QB LaNorris Sellers: +4000QB Austin Mack: +4000WR Malachi Toney: +4000<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow caneswarning.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=caneswarning.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Malachi Toney made a one-handed grab near the back of the end zone Saturday, only to land just&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-237105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237105","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=237105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}