Report: Miami wide receiver Jacolby George breaks thumbs vs. Texas A&M

When Miami stepped into the hostile College Station crowd, the Hurricanes were already short at wide receiver. Xavier Restrepo was ruled out with a foot injury and head coach Mario Cristobal later confirmed he would be out for a significant portion of the season. Now, there is another injury at the position Cristobal will have to worry about.

According to Marcus Benjamin of CanesCountry, Jacolby George broke his thumb during Saturday’s loss against Texas A&M. He hauled in three receptions against the Aggies, going for 41 touchdowns. George was the third leading receiver on the night but is now expected to miss some time.

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Prior to Saturday, George had not appeared in any games for the Hurricanes. The wide receiver is a second-year player, coming out of Lauderhill, FL. George appeared in nine games as a true freshman under the previous coaching staff. He caught seven passes for 183 yards and a touchdown.

Had George remained healthy, he was well on pace to set career highs in both receptions and yards. However, a broken thumb will hold the wide receiver back — even if an exact timeline is not yet known.

Mario Cristobal says Miami must bounce back after loss

Mario Cristobal’s team came up just short in their Top-25 matchup in College Station on Saturday night. Miami didn’t convert on fourth down in the closing seconds in the fourth quarter and it sealed the Hurricane’s fate in the 17-9 loss to Texas A&M. Now, Cristobal says it’s on them to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps.

Cristobal ended his postgame press conference by talking about bouncing back. He said that he and his Miami players don’t have a choice but to improve and get better with the expectations that are upon them in Coral Gables.

“There’s no choice (to rebound or not.) It’s really not a choice,” said Cristobal. “We’ve worked very hard to become a competitive football team and have an opportunity to punch through on a big stage like this. And we came up short. There’s no sugarcoating that and I’m not going to sugarcoat that.”

Miami was stifled in Aggieland after averaging 50 points per game over their first two wins. The offense was held scoreless even with them earning 11 more first downs than A&M. The field goal unit also left points out on the field with two missed kicks.