University of Miami quarterback Carson Beck is throwing the football again.
Beck, who couldn’t throw at all during spring work with the Hurricanes because he was still recovering from elbow surgery, posted a brief video to Instagram on Wednesday of himself attempting a pass.
He was cleared to throw shortly after spring practices ended and has been throwing since then, the Hurricanes said. Beck was with the team throughout the spring drills, going through formations and learning systems — albeit without doing any throwing.
Beck is expected to be full go when the Hurricanes begin preseason work in late July. Miami opens the season at home on Aug. 31 against Notre Dame, which reached the College Football Playoff final last season.
Beck had surgery in December to repair his right ulnar collateral ligament, then committed to Miami and will presumably take over as No. 1 NFL draft pick Cam Ward’s replacement as Miami’s starter for this coming season. Beck originally declared for this year’s NFL draft, then entered the NCAA transfer portal and wound up departing Georgia for Miami.
Beck spent five seasons at Georgia, the last two as the primary starter behind center for the Bulldogs.
Beck has completed 68% of his passes (628 of 923) for 7,912 yards, 58 touchdowns and 20 interceptions in his college career. He appeared in 39 games for Georgia, including 27 in the past two seasons as he helped the team to 24 wins.
He now could follow a similar path as Ward, who strongly considered making himself eligible for the 2024 draft before deciding to join Miami after two seasons at Washington State.
Ward rewrote the Miami record book last season, completing 305 passes for 4,313 yards and 39 touchdowns, with all of those single-season records for the program. He left as the Hurricanes’ leader in completion percentage at 67.2%, breaking the program’s season mark (65.8%, set in 2023 by Tyler Van Dyke) and career mark (64.3% by D’Eriq King in 2020 and 2021).