Juniors Jeff Thomas an DeeJay Dallas returned punts for touchdowns in 2018. Behind Dallas and Thomas. The Miami football team finished third in FBS in 2018 with an astronomical 19.82 yards per punt return in 2018. The Hurricanes 33.5 yard average yards per game on punt returns was second nationally.
Dallas, Thomas and graduate transfer K.J. Osborn will be on returns for Miami in 2019. That trio was a part of the depth chart on special teams that the Hurricanes released on Monday. As expected, newcomer, 25-year old redshirt sophomore junior college transfer Lou Hedley will handle the punting and sophomore Bubba Baxa will be the kicker.