{"id":893452,"date":"2026-10-24T21:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T21:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/893452\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T21:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T21:40:12","slug":"malachi-toney-makes-history-as-heisman-buzz-stirs-with-record-setting-stats-for-miami-vs-pitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/893452\/","title":{"rendered":"Malachi Toney Makes History as Heisman Buzz Stirs with Record-Setting Stats for Miami vs. Pitt\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The connection between Miami stars Malachi Toney and Darian Mensah hit another high point on Saturday against Pitt. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Toney gave his Heisman candidacy a big boost with a school-record 16 catches against the Panthers. He finished with 194 yards and three touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Toney&#8217;s first-half stat line with 12 receptions, 159 yards and two touchdowns is something that has only been done five times in the past 15 seasons by a Power 4 player. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">This marks the second consecutive week and fourth time in seven games Toney has recorded at least 10 catches. It&#8217;s his fifth time breaking the 100-yard mark. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Per <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/navigation\/ncaaf?tab=heisman\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">FanDuel Sportsbook<\/a>, Toney is third in Heisman odds at +500 (bet $100 to win $500). He is behind Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith (+105) and Mensah (+300). <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The Hurricanes teammates are in a difficult spot in that they can&#8217;t differentiate themselves much in the Heisman race because of how much their mutual success is entwined. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Toney was a standout as a freshman in 2025 with Carson Beck as his quarterback, leading FBS with 109 receptions. This season has been a level-up moment. His two touchdowns in the first half against Pitt gave him 10 for the season, matching his 2025 total. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Mensah entered play on Saturday with 32 incompletions out of 167 attempts. He had 18 more completions to Toney entering the day than he did incomplete passes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The connection between Miami stars Malachi Toney and Darian Mensah hit another high point on Saturday against Pitt.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":893453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":["post-893452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-football","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=893452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/893453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}