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Competition heating up for Hurricanes cornerbacks, unit looking for more interceptions

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With juniors Al Blades Jr. and DJ Ivey returning for the Miami Hurricanes after splitting starts opposite of Trajan Bandy last year, one would assume they’re set as the starting cornerbacks in 2020 with Bandy now gone.

Rumph, who was on the Hurricanes’ 2001 national championship team and was a first-round pick in the NFL draft months later, is rotating all his cornerbacks for first- and second-team reps. Sophomores Te’Cory Couch and Christian Williams and freshmen Marcus Clarke and Isaiah Dunson are working in with Blades and Ivey.

“I’ll say that this is probably the most competition that I’ve seen as a cornerbacks coach here,” said Rumph, who has held his role since 2016, on Thursday.