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They say college is the best time of your life – well, Mohamed Toure is sure to take advantage of that.
Having already been in college football for seven years, the Miami Hurricanes linebacker, who is listed as a graduate student on Miami Athletics’ official site, is reportedly eyeing a return to play in the 2026 season, which would mark his eighth in the sport.
Toure’s first college football season came in 2019 with Rutgers, where he redshirted and won a year later. He then missed his 2020, 2022 and 2024 seasons due to COVID-19 and two ACL injuries, adding three years down the road.
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Mohamed Toure of the Miami Hurricanes reacts after a stop in the second quarter against the Ohio State Buckeyes during the 2025 College Football Playoff quarterfinals at the 90th Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic at AT&T Stadium on December 31, 2025 in Arlington, Texas. (Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
Add it all up and that’s four additional college football seasons.
Toure’s Hurricanes fell just short of the national championship last week when their comeback failed against top-ranked Indiana, which completed a 16-0 season with its 27-21 win.
Toure transferred to Miami ahead of the 2025 season and became a stalwart of their defense, leading the team with 84 tackles. Eleven of them came in the title game.
Miami linebacker Mohamed Toure pursues the ball carrier in the second quarter as the Miami Hurricanes face the Louisville Cardinals on October 17, 2025 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Samuel Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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His teammate, Carson Beck, turned heads before the national championship when he openly admitted that he “graduated two years ago” and had “no class.”
Beck, who attended Georgia before transferring prior to this past season, added that he is “working toward other degrees now that I’ve come to Miami, but those programs take a little longer than just a year to finish.”
“Obviously, I’m not re-enrolling next semester. I’m done after this season,” Beck continued.
Mohamed Toure of the Miami Hurricanes reacts against the Ohio State Buckeyes during the second half of the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at AT&T Stadium on December 31, 2025 in Arlington, Texas. (CFP/Getty Images)
Barring unforeseen circumstances, the 2026 season will be Toure’s last, and if he plays in late January again, he will be 25 years old when his college days are over.
