Malachi Toney had another game for the ages in the Miami Hurricanes’ 52-23 win over Pitt, and he was properly rewarded by being named the AP National Player of the Week for the second time this season.
Toney got off to a hot start and did not stop until he accumulated 16 catches for 194 yards and three touchdowns against a Panthers team that swore they had a plan for him. Maybe that plan was for Toney to catch everything and become a major player in the Heisman Trophy race. If so, mission accomplished!
Miami’s Malachi Toney is the Associated Press national player of the week for the second time this season after totaling 194 yards and three touchdowns on a program-record 16 catches in a 52-23 rout of Pittsburgh. He broke the record of 13 that he set… pic.twitter.com/CVYAFfHZ94
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It’s the second time that Toney has secured the award this season. He also won it in Week 1 after his record-setting 234-yard performance against Stanford. Toney’s 16 catches on Saturday broke his single-game record of 13 catches that he set last year against Pitt. And the Panthers will be on the Hurricanes schedule again next season, so who knows what kind of numbers the future All-American will post.
“He has the trust of the entire organization, certainly the quarterback,” Cristobal said about Toney after Saturday’s game. “There’s not a guy in the country that’s more dependable than Malachi Toney.”
Malachi Toney continues his quick climb toward Miami records
Toney passed the 2,000-yard mark on Saturday and his 194 yards pushed him past Leonard Hankerson for seventh on the all-time receiving yards list with 2,163 yards. The all-time record is held by Xavier Restrepo with 2,844 yards. With five games left on the schedule, there’s no question that the mark is in jeopardy and, with an extended postseason run, Toney could surpass the 3,000-yard mark…