Even with Kevin Olsen having departed the University of Miami football program, the Hurricanes are still at five scholarship quarterbacks.

That's because UM coach Al Golden moved fullback Gray Crow back to quarterback Tuesday evening. Crow was recruited as a quarterback and played quarterback for the Hurricanes until this season.

Two sources close to the situation verified the information.

The scholarship quarterbacks at UM: true freshman Brad Kaaya, graduate transfer Jake Heaps, fifth-year senior Ryan Williams, true freshman Malik Rosier, and now, Crow.

Crow, a 6-3 and 224 pound redshirt sophomore, played high school ball at Countryside in Clearwater.

Last season, Crow played in two games at quarterback and completed six of eight passes for 55 yards and a touchdown, with an interception.

He was a three-star prospect when he was recruited, and threw for 1,601 yards and 12 touchdowns as a senior, leading Countryside to 22 wins in two seasons, including a berth in the state title game when he was a junior.

My take is this is a positive move for everyone involved. Gray is very intelligent and hard-working and he has mastered the playbook. He can be of use to the team and younger quarterbacks/offensive players on and off the practice field much more as a fifth-string QB than he could ever help them as an H-back who was never going to see the field anyway.

Probably nothing changes as far as seeing the field or traveling, but if team is what's most important, Golden made the right decision -- not to mention Crow has done everything right and is a really good kid.

SUSAN MILLER DEGNAN