{"id":310152,"date":"2025-08-23T02:50:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T02:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/310152\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T02:50:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T02:50:06","slug":"miami-hurricanes-qb-carson-beck-draws-intriguing-cam-ward-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/310152\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Hurricanes QB Carson Beck Draws Intriguing Cam Ward Comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nBy <\/p>\n<p>Eduardo Razo is a sports writer based in Los Angeles, California who covers college football along with the NFL, NBA, and MLB. He has worked as a freelance writer for The Sporting News and has previously covered teams for NBC Sports Washington and NBC Sports Bay Area &amp; California. He also worked as an editor at Athlon Sports.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/ncaa\/javascript:void(0);\" class=\"author-name\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" data-id=\"reporter_0\" target=\"_blank\"> Eduardo Razo <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contributing Sports Writer<\/p>\n<p>news article<\/p>\n<p> Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources.<\/p>\n<p>\nShare<\/p>\n<p>\u2713 Link copied to clipboard!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"fairness-icon\" data-gtm-action=\"Fairness_widget\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Listen<\/p>\n<p>Translate<\/p>\n<p>English (Original) <\/p>\n<p>Espa\u00f1ol\u4e2d\u56fd\u4ebaFran\u00e7aisDeutschPortuguese\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0940<\/p>\n<p id=\"read-original-disclaimer\">Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies\u2014please refer to the original content.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"read-original\">Read original<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speed: 0.5xSpeed: 1xSpeed: 1.5xSpeed: 2x<\/p>\n<p class=\"note\">\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur.<\/p>\n<p>\u2716   <\/p>\n<p>The Miami Hurricanes will begin the post-Cam Ward era next weekend against Notre Dame and have Carson Beck taking over under center. After initially declaring for the 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/nfl\" data-sys=\"1\" class=\"multivariate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a> Draft, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/story\/_\/id\/43359410\/beck-portal-short-lived-commits-miami\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"multivariate\">Beck decided to instead commit to Miami in January<\/a> for his final season of eligibility.<\/p>\n<p>Beck has spent his entire college career with the Georgia Bulldogs. Last season, he completed 64.7 percent of his passes for 3,485 yards, throwing 28 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Moreover, Miami are looking to replicate the formula they did with Ward.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"mapping-embed imgPhoto\" id=\"i2708384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/carson-beck.jpg\" alt=\"Carson Beck\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"\/><br \/>\nCarson Beck #15 of the Georgia Bulldogs warms up prior to the game against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Sanford Stadium on November 29, 2024 in Athens, Georgia.<br \/>\nCarson Beck #15 of the Georgia Bulldogs warms up prior to the game against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Sanford Stadium on November 29, 2024 in Athens, Georgia.<br \/>\nTodd Kirkland\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Matt Hayes, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/nfl\" data-sys=\"1\" class=\"multivariate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a> and college football journalist, praised Mario Cristobal for finding a replacement with a mentality similar to Ward&#8217;s. Also, this move allows for Miami to remain in the College Football Playoff picture with them coming in at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/story\/_\/id\/45944406\/texas-ranked-no-1-preseason-ap-top-25-first\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"multivariate\">No. 10 in the AP top 25 preseason ranking<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love the fact that now, for two straight years, Mario got himself a quarterback that&#8217;s got a chip on his shoulder, has something to prove,&#8221; Hayes said during an appearance on <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rzBvfUpUbg8\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"multivariate\">104.3 WQAM&#8217;s &#8220;The Joe Rose Show.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/ncaa\/espn-analyst-calls-out-lsu-tigers-head-coach-brian-kelly-2117406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"multivariate\">ESPN Analyst Calls Out LSU Tigers Head Coach Brian Kelly<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Carson Beck did not like the way it ended in Georgia. He did not like the fact that he was the fall guy for a team that couldn&#8217;t catch the ball\u201433 drops last year. An offensive line that underachieved last year couldn&#8217;t protect him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And he&#8217;s the same guy. I don&#8217;t care who you are at quarterback. I don&#8217;t care if you&#8217;re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/tom-brady\" data-sys=\"1\" class=\"multivariate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Brady<\/a>. If they can&#8217;t protect you and your receivers are dropping the ball, what do you think is going to happen?<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/ncaa\/paul-finebaum-takes-aim-ohio-state-before-texas-clash-2117385\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"multivariate\">Paul Finebaum Takes Aim at Ohio State Before Texas Clash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Hayes sees the situation between Beck and Ward as comparable, noting that these two quarterbacks joined the Hurricanes with something to prove.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So you&#8217;ve got an uber talented quarterback right now who&#8217;s got a big chip on his shoulder, a lot like Cam Ward but for different reasons, obviously. I think Mario struck it. It&#8217;s a big move for the program. The question is, can they be a team on defense that gets stops when they need them?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For more on college football, head to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"multivariate\">Newsweek Sports.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Eduardo Razo is a sports writer based in Los Angeles, California who covers college football along with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2037,331,7,2972,49,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-310152","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-carson-beck","9":"tag-college-football","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-miami-hurricanes","12":"tag-ncaa","13":"tag-ncaa-football"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115075810883081795","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}