Miami's leading tackler is running it back for an eighth college football season.
According to CBS, linebacker Mohamed Toure will come back to the Hurricanes for the 2026 season. Toure had 84 tackles and three tackles for loss in 2025 as the Hurricanes made it to the national championship game against Indiana.
It was Toure's first season with the Hurricanes after he transferred from Rutgers. Toure was Rutgers' leading tackler in 2023 when he had 93 stops and 9.5 tackles for loss along with 4.5 sacks. He missed the 2024 season after he tore his ACL.
That was Toure's second ACL tear in his left knee. He first tore his left ACL ahead of the 2022 season and missed that year too.
Those knee injuries, his limited appearances as a freshman and the COVID-19 pandemic are why he's able to play an eighth season of college football. He was in the same recruiting class as the Jacksonville Jaguars' Travon Walker, the Dallas Cowboys' George Pickens and the Houston Texans' Derek Stingley.
Toure appeared in two games as a freshman in 2019 — players can appear in up to four games and still redshirt — and was granted medical redshirts for the 2022 and 2024 seasons. All players in school during the 2020 season were granted an extra season of eligibility because of the pandemic.
So while Toure's 2026 season will be the sixth season he's played a snap in, two of those seasons officially haven't counted. And he's not even the longest-tenured player on Miami's roster in recent years. Cam McCormick played his ninth and final season of college football in 2024 for the Hurricanes. The tight end officially enrolled at Oregon ahead of the 2016 season before receiving multiple medical redshirts and playing his final two seasons at Miami.
Toure's return is also a boost for a Miami defense that loses edge rushers Akeem Mesidor and Rueben Bain. The Hurricanes secured a commitment from Missouri edge rusher Damon Wilson earlier in the week and has also added Ohio State defensive lineman Jarquez Carter and Boston College safety Omar Thornton.
