Miami tight end Cam McCormick will petition for a ninth season of NCAA eligibility, per the South Florida Sun Sentinel’s Adam Lichtenstein.
McCormick, 25, began his career as an Oregon Duck in 2016 when he took a redshirt as a freshman. He sustained a broken fibula and a tear of the deltoid ligament in his ankle in the first game of the 2018 season, and the injury’s complications and further surgeries forced him to miss the entire 2019 and 2020 seasons because of injuries.
He finally returned for the 2021 season, when he played two games before he suffered another injury, a torn Achilles which again ended his season.
He transferred to Miami for the 2023 season. McCormick said the Pac-12 accepted his petition for a ninth season, but he’ll need to start the process over again now that he’s in the ACC.
McCormick didn’t specify for sure whether he’d take the season if available but said he did want the option.
The tight end caught 18 passes for 169 yards and four touchdowns with the Ducks. He has two receptions for 28 yards thus far in Miami.