RB Trey Sermon, Ohio State
Few players helped themselves down the stretch of the 2020 season than Sermon, who exploded against Northwestern and Clemson in crunch time this season. If Miami is looking for a cheaper investment at running back, Sermon thrived in Ohio State’s spread attack and made good reads in the Buckeye’s zone concepts. Miami tried to operate the same way in much of 2020 — so it comes down to whether or not a new offense will require new ideologies and concepts.