Tyler Van Dyke addresses his health after Miami's game against NC State

Throughout the Miami Hurricanes‘ loss to the NC State Wolfpack, quarterback Tyler Van Dyke struggled to get anything going through the air. That led to questions about his health and if he was still battling some kind of injury.

After the game, Van Dyke addressed those concerns that he was playing injured in the game.

“Yeah, it’s football,” Tyler Van Dyke said. “Just got banged up a little bit. I’m alright now.”

Tyler Van Dyke missed the win in overtime against Clemson before returning for the Virginia game. In his place, freshman Emory Williams stepped in for the Hurricanes. That also came after Van Dyke missed significant time during the 2022 season with an injury.

“Yeah, I’m good. I’m good. Everything’s good,” Van Dyke insisted that he wasn’t still dealing with an injury. Instead, he attributed poor execution to why Miami struggled to throw the ball against NC State.

Against NC State, Van Dyke threw for just 173 yards and had three interceptions. He was also sacked three times during the game. Ultimately, Miami only scored six points in the game.

At 6-3 on the season, the Miami Hurricanes will need to get healthy and play more consistently quickly. They’re currently ninth in the ACC and will be taking on rival Florida State in Tallahassee next weekend. As of now, Miami is a two touchdown underdog for the game.

Miami head coach Mario Cristobal evaluates play of Emory Williams in start

After Emory Williams got the start and win against Clemson, head coach Mario Cristobal shared what he saw from the young quarterback.

“We knew that this was going to be a tough challenge for him. Clemson’s an excellent defense. I believe they were first in the conference or whatnot. But the speed of their defense is very challenging. We figured that early on there was going to be an adjustment and you saw we had some batted balls. We had some throws that were a little bit late. The line protected him fairly well. They got in there a couple of times, hit his arm or whatnot,” Cristobal said.

“But as the game went on and on, he just settled in. He’s a very urgent guy. He approaches everything with a ton of urgency. In camp, he won the confidence of a lot of our players, our entire quarterback room. Our players really played hard for him and for each other. They were just convicted on not letting him or each other down.”