Miami returns Rosier to starting quarterback spot

Malik Rosier has his job back.

Miami has changed starting quarterbacks again, with Rosier returning to the firststring spot that he lost to N’Kosi Perry three games ago. Rosier led Miami to the ACC’s Coastal Division championship last season, and he’ll be back under center when the Hurricanes (5-2, 2-1) resume this year’s title race at Boston College Oct. 26.

Rosier is 14-4 as Miami’s starter, and 8-1 in ACC regular-season games.

“Right this minute, I think Malik’s just better equipped from his abilities and his experiences to lead this team right now,” Miami coach Mark Richt said Wednesday. “But Kosi is certainly a guy that obviously we think very highly of and we want him to continue to grow as a quarterback and as a person.”

Richt said the plan is for Perry to continue to play, but Rosier will start. Whether it’ll be a dual-quarterback situation for the rest of the season remains to be seen.

“If N’Kosi comes in the game, it’s not like we’re yanking anybody out,” Richt said.

Perry threw four touchdown passes in Miami’s 28-27 win over Florida State, but completed just 13 of his 32 attempts overall in that game. Counting his numbers against Savannah State, Florida International and a 5-for-5 start against North Carolina, Perry was completing 70 percent of his passes — 31 of 44 to start the season.

Since then — the last three quarters against North Carolina, the Florida State win and then the start against Virginia — Perry has completed only 42 percent of his throws.