Growing up down the street from the Orange Bowl and Hard Rock Stadium, he didn’t fail to take note of the Hurricane greats.
When the time came for offensive lineman Navaughn Donaldson to choose his college destination, he stayed home, hoping to develop similarly to his UM predecessors, such as tackle Ereck Flowers, a 2015 NFL first round draft pick.
And even after working up to starting 12 games at left guard in 2019, the current fifth-year senior’s college career hit a fork in the road.
In the middle of a drive during Miami’s 2019 regular season finale against Duke, the 6-foot-6 homegrown tackle tore both his ACL and MCL.