ORLANDO, Fla. – Tate Martell was spotted wearing receiver gloves and catching passes with Miami's wide receivers Saturday during pre-game warm ups.

When the quarterbacks came out during pregame to work with the centers on their exchange, Martell was working with the third-string center and he had receiver gloves tucked into his pants.

Once the quarterbacks were finished working on their exchanges, Martell began running routes with the receivers.

Manny Diaz has yet to confirm whether or not Martell, who lost out on the Hurricanes starting quarterback job a few weeks ago, has permanently changed positions. He instead told reporters on Wednesday that Martell was still battling it out with N'Kosi Perry for the No. 2 quarterback role behind Jarren Williams.

“We kind of wanted to go in after today’s practice and look at what Tate and N’Kosi did so we’ll know tomorrow at Thursday’s practice who will get most of the reps,” Diaz said while adding that Martell has been receptive to potentially trying his hand at wideout. “Yeah. Just like anybody else we have. Anybody will help by doing anything that’s available, so yeah.”

Martell went 43-0 in high school as the starting quarterback at Bishop Gorman in Las Vegas. The former four-star recruit and Elite 11 finalist signed with Ohio State and spent his first year on campus working behind Dwayne Haskins. The dual-threat talent was expected to compete for the Buckeyes starting quarterback job this upcoming season with Haskins now in the NFL, but he elected to leave Columbus once former Georgia quarterback Justin Fields announced that he was transferring to Ohio State.

While the move from quarterback to receiver is not a common one, Martell is pretty athletic. He clocked a blazing 3.96 in the 20-yard shuttle the summer before his senior season at Bishop Gorman adding a 36.8-inch vertical jump. For a comparison, current Miami wide receiver Mike Harley, who operates primarily out of the slot, ran a 4.0 in the short shuttle coming out of high school and had a 34.4-inch vert.

When it was announced that Martell would not be Miami’s starting quarterback against Florida, Barton Simmons, the 247Sports Director of Scouting, shared his opinion that a move to receiver may be in Martell’s best interest.

“It’s just one of the many directions someone can go when they’re an undersized quarterback who is also really athletic,” Simmons said on The College Football Daily podcast. “[National recruiting analyst Greg Biggins] has seen Tate more than anybody. He was talking about how he’s seen Tate running around catching passes at quarterback camps. He’s got natural pass-catching ability. The ball skills are there. He is very athletic. He is sudden and has some twitch and body movement to his game. That short-area quickness was one of the best qualities he had. As a slot guy that could create space and get separation as a route runner, there’s a lot of those guys with success in all levels of football right now. I’m not saying that’s where he needs to go, but in the spectrum of options, you have to include that as one of them.”

Miami and Florida are set to kickoff at 7 p.m. ET from Camping World Stadium in Orlando. The meeting between the two in-state rivals will be televised by ESPN. The Gators are currently a 7.5-point favorite according to the folks in Las Vegas.