Miami has interviewed a former Hurricanes great and NFL player for a spot on Mario Cristobal’s staff.

The Miami Herald reported that Leonard Hankerson, who played for the San Francisco 49ers, has been interviewed by Miami to be the wide receivers coach.

Hankerson, who graduated from Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas High, broke Miami’s single-season record for receiving yards with 1,156 in 2011. Overall in his career, Hankerson appeared in 41 games, with 30 starts, and registered 134 receptions for 2,160 yards and 22 touchdowns, according to his 49ers bio.

He was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the third round of the 2011 NFL Draft, and also played with the Atlanta Falcons, New England Patriots and finally Buffalo Bills in 2015.

He joined the 49ers in 2021 as an offensive quality control coach before being promoted to wide receivers coach last season. He spent 2019-20 as the outside wide receivers coach at Stephen F. Austin State University, and was a graduate assistant and then wide receivers coach at UMass in 2017 and 2018.