Miami Hurricanes wide receiver Malachi Toney burst onto the scene with a touchdown against Notre Dame in Week 1. Since that game, Toney has continued to excel, emerging as one of the top freshmen in the nation.

“From the first time I met him, (I thought) there’s just something different about the kid,” Hurricanes quarterback Carson Beck said.

But where Toney really excels is in the days between Miami’s games, UM coach Mario Cristobal said.

“If you watch Malachi on his (daily practice film), it wouldn’t surprise you,” Cristobal said. “And I don’t like handing out praise — especially for young guys like that — but man, if everybody did what Malachi does, their performance levels would go through the roof. He is an early, early, early guy. He is a try-to-correct-it-before-he-even-gets-to

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