It was August 2016 when Michael Irvin II, fresh out of Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas High School, made a gorgeous, one-handed catch during the first day of fall camp.
Suddenly, an assistant coach screamed that Irvin ran a “horse-bleep route!’’
Was that his “Welcome to the U’’ moment? Irvin was asked later.
“No,” said Irvin, son of former UM star and Pro Football Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin. “The other day I got hit pretty hard. That was my ‘Welcome to the U’ moment. I got smacked catching the ball over the middle,” he said, noting that former fellow legacy Cane Jeff James, the nephew of running back great Edgerrin James, caught him in the air, and, wham!