Dec 23, 2025, 03:03 PM ET<\/p>\n
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Running back Mark Fletcher Jr<\/a>. is coming back to Miami<\/a> next season, saying Tuesday that he plans to postpone his NFL plans for one more year.<\/p>\n Fletcher made the news official just a few days after the best game of his college career – a 172-yard rushing effort that helped No. 10 Miami top No. 7 Texas A&M 10-3 in the opening round of the College Football Playoff.<\/p>\n The Hurricanes (11-2) play No. 2 Ohio State (12-1) on New Year’s Eve in the CFP quarterfinals.<\/p>\n Editor’s Picks<\/p>\n 2 Related<\/p>\n “Yeah, it’s true. I’m coming back another year,” Fletcher said. “I have another year. You know, I’m a true junior. Another year guaranteed.<\/p>\n “I love this team. I love this organization. I love this culture. And I just want to spend more time with my brothers while I can.”<\/p>\n Fletcher has rushed for 84 or more yards eight times in his Miami career, six of those games coming this season — including four of his six 100-yard efforts.<\/p>\n “We were just excited to help Mark Fletcher do his thing,” offensive lineman Francis Mauigoa<\/a> said Tuesday, when asked about Fletcher’s numbers at Texas A&M. “You see him — he’s a bad guy out there.”<\/p>\n Fletcher — who has career-bests of 857 yards and 10 touchdowns this season — started the year 39th on Miami’s all-time rushing list. He’s now 13th, having passed passing Alonzo Highsmith, Leonard Conley, Lamar Miller, Tyrone Moss, Stephen McGuire and Frank Gore last weekend alone.<\/p>\n