COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Redshirt sophomore punter Bryce McFerson was named among the Ray Guy Award Ray's 8 of the Week, given to the nation's top eight punters of the week.

McFerson excelled in his Maryland debut, helping the Terps to a 50-7 victory over UConn in the season opener. McFerson placed five of his six punts inside the 20-yard line. The Notre Dame transfer racked up a total of 269 punting yards (44.8 yards per punt) across his six attempts, including a career-long punt of 64 yards.

Ray's 8 honors eight punters weekly who had the best punting performance over the weekend. A fan vote will determine the winner of the weekly award. Fans can vote at rayguyaward.com

The Ray Guy Award winner is selected by a voting body of Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) sports information directors, national media and former Ray Guy Award winners. Punters are evaluated on their overall statistics and contribution to the team. Particular emphasis is placed on the following statistics; net average, percentage of total punts inside the 20-yard line and percentage of punts not returned.

Watch head coach Mike Locksley look back on the Terps’ season-opening win over UConn and look ahead to this week’s Big Ten opener versus Michigan State.

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No shock, not ranked in either.

No votes in AP

Effectively in a three-way tie with Liberty and Tulane for 36th in the Coaches poll with 9 votes. That's five spots and five more votes than the preseason poll.

Saw a headline on another paid site (so couldn't read the article) that we have a big recruiting weekend coming up, and some new Bigs on the recruiting target list. Possible to get an update? Thanks, as always