Elijah Arroyo details injury return, recovery process

The Miami Hurricanes tight end Elijah Arroyo is making his way back from a season-ending ACL injury. At their fall camp, he has been active and on the field helping the Hurricanes prepare for their Sept. 1 season opener against Miami of Ohio. And it was there that the Miami tight end provided an update on his recovery process, detailing how he feels and how close he is to a return to the field.

“I’m doing well. I mean, we’ve been doing a great job with the training staff, and I’m ready. I’m ready to be out there. I’ve been all over the place working with the O-line, working with the tight ends and receivers. Just being out there coaching,” said Arroyo.

“I gave myself a day to be mad about it, and then after that, I was like, I gotta attack this rehab, so I can come back healthy as possible. I want to be feeling better than I felt before, and I feel like I’m doing a good job with that.”

Last season, Arroyo only played in four games for the Hurricanes. In those games, he recorded five catches for 66 yards, averaging 13.2 yards per catch. His best catch in 2022 was a 29-yard reception in Miami’s 17-9 loss against Texas A&M in their third game of the season.

Still, overall, how does Arroyo at Miami fall camp, and is he ready to get back to action on the field?

“I’m good to go. I’m good; feeling good.”

Greg McElroy believes Miami has a chance to bounce back

It’s needless to say that, after going 5-7 in 2022, Mario Cristobal’s tenure at Miami isn’t off on the right foot. Even so, Greg McElroy sees more than one reason to believe that the Hurricanes could bounce back from that point this fall.

McElroy examined the outlook of The U’s season and their win total on Monday on ‘Always College Football.’ To start, he reminded everyone of just how bad Miami’s season was a year ago.

“For Mario Cristobal? Things have to get turned around this year,” McElroy said. “The win total is 7.5 but I look at last year, man, and it was really disappointing.

“It was really ugly,” said McElroy. “We’re talking about a historically bad season for Mario Cristobal.”

Now, to look ahead, McElroy said the first sign of life in Coral Gables is what the program has been able to accomplish on the recruiting trail from the high school ranks as well as the transfer portal.