Miami sophomore defensive tackle Nesta Silvera played the best game of his young career this past weekend in the Hurricanes' 27-10 win at Florida State according to Pro Football Focus.

Manny Diaz agreed with the analytic website's assessment.

"There was no doubt this was his best game," Diaz told the media after practice on Wednesday. "In fact there was a lot of our interior guys that played their best games. Our defensive tackles were dominant on Saturday. But It was really good to see Nesta play the way that he played. His level of disruption, his energy and his motor is the thing that stands out."

Silvera logged a season-high 28 snaps against the Seminoles totaling a career-high six tackles and a sack. What's probably more impressive than his stat line is the fact that UM's GPS tracking devices clocked him running at 15.63 MPH during the game. One would have to think that happened during the play below.

The hustle from Nesta ??pic.twitter.com/EBVH8ZYTuj — Kiss Your Lovers & Eat Your Wings ?? (@Canes_LoudMouth) November 3, 2019

Diaz believes that one of the reasons why Silvera and Miami's defensive tackles were so productive in Tallahassee is because the Hurricanes were able to use five guys on the inside.

"If you look at our snaps counts at how many snaps everybody plays, they are pretty even," Diaz said while talking about the rotation of the defensive line. "And when you do that you can really get a guy to go in there and really empty the tank, come out and get a rest and go in there and do that again."

Silvera missed the first four games this season with a knee injury, but has seen his role increase every week. While he might only have one sack to his credit through five games, the folks at PFF currently peg him as the 8th best interior defensive lineman at the FBS level when it comes to pass rush productivity.

"I would say the health is an aspect of it," Diaz said when asked about what's working for Silvera. "But it's funny. It's the same thing we keep saying it about different players at different stops along the football team ... They are just getting confidence from doing it in a game. This is what college football players do. They get in a game and they get experience and then something good happens. He was so proud of his first sack on the sideline which was so cool to see. And it's very similar to what we talked about with [Greg Rousseau]. As Rousseau's confidence grew, you just start playing a little bit harder because you are more sure of yourself when you are out and that's when I think the plays start to come."

Miami (5-4, 3-3) hosts Louisville (5-3, 3-2) on Saturday. The Hurricanes are currently 6.5-point favorites over the Cardinals. The two schools will kickoff at 3:30 p.m. ET from Hard Rock Stadium. The game will be televised by ESPN2.