HURRICANES FOOTBALL

2015 UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDEwww.HURRICANESPORTS.com20 | MICHAEL WELCHWinnetka, Ill.New Trier HS91 | GERALD WILLISNew Orleans, La.Florida | Edna Karr HSQB R-SO 6-3 220DL SO 6-2 2552014 (Redshirt Freshman): Did not play.2013 (True Freshman): Did not participate, redshirted to preserve eligibility.Before Miami: Played in eight games as a true freshman at Florida (2014) andrecorded 14 total tackles…Also had two quarterback hurries…Forced a fumblein the Birmingham Bowl against ECU at the opponents one-yard line that wasrecovered by the Gators, preventing the Pirates from scoring…Recovered afumble against Eastern Kentucky and the Gators scored a touchdown on theensuing possession.PLAYERS64 | HUNTER WELLSCanton, Ill.Canton HSOL R-SR 6-6 316High School: Played in the 2014 Under Armour All-American Game…Named2013 First-Team All-USA by USA Today and MaxPreps Second Team All-American…Namedthe All-Metro and District 9-4A Defensive Player of the Year asboth a junior and senior…Led Edna Karr to four-consecutive Class 4A statefinals berths and four-straight district titles… Recorded a total of 289 tackleswith 62 TFL, 36 sacks, one interception and one defensive touchdown duringhis high school career…Totaled 107 tackles with 43 tackles-for-loss, including15 sacks, as a senior in 14 games…Named a second-team All-American andfirst-team LSWA Class 4A all-state recipient as a junior…Recorded 141 tackleswith 28 TFL and 15 sacks in his junior season.2014 (Junior): Saw action largely on special teams as he competed in eightgames.2013 (Sophomore): Played in five games on special teams in punt coverageformations ... Also saw action as reserve offensive lineman ... Made seasondebut in win over FAU ... Saw game action against Savannah State, USF,North Carolina and Virginia.2012 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in four games on special teams ... Sawgame action against Virginia Tech, at Virginia, USF and at Duke.2011 (True Freshman): Did not see any action, redshirted to retain eligibility.High School: Two-time Most Valuable Offensive Lineman ... Named captainsenior season ... Two-time first-team Mid-Illini All-Conference ... Voted to all-areateam ... Averaged 7.5 pancake blocks per game as a senior.WILLIS’ CAREER STATSDEFENSIVEYEAR G-GS UT AT TT TFL-YDS QBS-YDS FF/FR PBU INT-YDS2014 10-0 3 6 9 0.5-2 0.5-2 0/0 0 0-0Career 10-0 3 6 9 0.5-2 0.5-2 0/0 0 0-040