A decade later, Mark Richt’s “long game” in South Florida is making the rounds again on social media, with Miami fans sharing an old photo from his first year running the Hurricanes and pointing out a familiar face: a much younger Malachi Toney standing near him.
The photo has circulated this week across Miami message boards and X, with fans framing it as a full-circle moment as the Hurricanes will play in the College Football Playoff national championship.
S/O to get @MarkRicht getting out in the community in 2016. The fruits of this labor paying off in 2026 as young Mali stands next to him on the right. pic.twitter.com/sLiGUe4jVZ
— Greentree All-American (@NordyCane2) January 13, 2026
Mark Richt was pictured with Malachi Toney back in 2016
Richt arrived at Miami determined to reconnect the program with the city’s youth football roots, and now one of the area’s top young stars, Toney, is wearing the same colors on Saturdays…