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Mario Cristobal describes Cam Ward's arrival to the Miami Hurricanes

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On a recent appearance with Bussin' With The Boys, Miami head coach Mario Cristobal described what it was like when No. 1 overall pick Cam Ward first entered the building.

"Well the best story was he got here [Coral Gables] and we really needed an alpha at quarterback..."

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Cristobal mentioned that when Ward first got to Miami he wanted all of the wide receivers' phone numbers so he could get some routes in on the first Saturday.