Coming out of the weekend the Terps have already landed commitments from two official visitors in Gooden and Chambers.

I really like the Terps chances still with Kaden Prather and will be shocked if he isn't a Terp in short order. And I am also still feeling pretty good about Miami transfer Avante Williams. As for the JUCO Bishop Fitzgerald, he did not make it in. As I hinted at last week, it seems Maryland has been more focused on Williams and NC State has been prioritizing Fitzgerald since they jumped in last week.

One other key development comes at OL (I know, this is what many of you have been waiting for!). The Terps hosted former Rivals250 OT Marcus Dumervil of LSU yesterday and it seems they have a decent shot with this one. They have seemingly been striking out with some of their top OL targets but Dumervil was a big-time prospect coming out of Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) St. Thomas Aquinas who has SEC experience. He played in 10 games with 1 start last year at LSU. If they can land Dumervile and Babalade, that is a nice job of adding some solid pieces up front late in the process. Might still have room for one more, too.

But it shouldn't come as any surprise that the Terps are looking to close out this year's class strong both in the high school ranks and with some big-time transfers.

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Ibrahim Barry, the North County wideout the Terps just offered a spot to this week has signed with JMU. He was offered a preferred walk-on spot here and put up some pretty big numbers here in AA Co. this season. But he's headed to JMU, where he was already committed, to play for the Dukes.

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Tick, tock…I’ll guess T. Walker, R. Manning or L.Johnson…

Austin Fontaine to Charlotte. Man, that game vs. the 49ers here in College Park next year is going to be interesting/awkward to say the least.

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Wake wins at home, 81-70.

No surprise here, but Oluwatusin Babalade has committed to South Carolina. This is a tough loss as he was basically their top OL target in the class.

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Well, after a rough couple of games, the Terps have fallen out of the AP top 25. All three of Maryland's losses have come to teams currently ranked in the AP poll and they still hold a win over a ranked team in Illinois. But I am guessing the way they started the Tennessee game coupled with them just having a really off night versus UCLA are the reasons they dropped out altogether. Still, they are first in others receiving votes and win three of the next four and they are likely right back in the top 25.

I expect this break to be good for them as it allows them to rest up and work on some things heading into the meat of conference play.

At City of Palms in Fort Myers, FL

"Maryland right-handed pitcher Jason Savacool, catcher Luke Shliger, and shortstop Matt Shaw were all named to Collegiate Baseball’s Preseason All-American second team. Shaw was recently projected as a future first-rounder in next year’s MLB draft by MLB Pipeline."

Only Rutgers, Iowa, (2nd team) and Indiana (3rd team) had B1G players listed and only 1 each.

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As expected, former Miami safety Avantae Williams has committed to Maryland. He’ll have multiple years of eligibility and is the No. 38-ranked player in the transfer portal rankings. Another really solid portal pickup for Locksley and the Terps and they aren’t done.

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QB

Robert “Champ” Long
3-star

RB

Nolan Ray
3-star

6 WR (1 is SLOT)

Tyrese Chambers (portal via FIU)

Ryan Manning
3-star
EE

Sean Williams
3-star

Josh Richards
3-star

Ezekiel Avit
3-star

SLOT

Braeden Wisloski (possible KR/PR)
3-star
EE

2 TE

Dylan Wade
3-star
EE

AJ Szymanski
3-star

2 IOL

C
Tamarus Walker
3-star

G
Deandre Duffus
3-star

3 DL

Jordan Phillips (portal via Tennessee)

Dillan Fontus
3-star
EE

Lavon Johnson (NT/NG)
3-star

DE

Donnell Brown (portal via St. Francis (PA))

EDGE

DJ Samuels
3-star
EE

Dylan Gooden
3-star

Neeo Avery
3-star

LB

Daniel Wingate
3-star

4 CB

Ja’Quan Sheppard (portal via Cincinnati)

Kevis Thomas
3-star

Jonathan Akins (Also KR/PR)
2-star (3-star in 2 other rankings)

Mykel Morman
2-star (3-star in 2 other rankings)


3 S

Avantae Williams (portal via the U)

Tayvon Nelson
3-star
EE

Alex Moore
2-star

ATH
Rico Walker (TE/Edge)
3-star
EE

ATH
Tamarcus Cooley (S/WR)
3-star
EE

K
Roman Levant
(PWO)

Rumph updates his recruitment with and OV this weekend to UAB and one to UCF next weekend.

I don't know if this has been reported yet. If yes, please forgive me.

I still feel good about Tamarcus Cooley and his brother, Louisville transfer RB Trevion. These would be two solid additions. Tamarcus a big-time athlete/DB who can possibly return kicks while Trevion is a proven RB at the P5 level.

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COLLEGE PARK, Md. – University of Maryland senior kicker Chad Ryland has been named Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week, the conference announced on Monday.

Ryland was a perfect 3-for-3 on his field goal attempts in Maryland's 37-0 win over Rutgers on Saturday. The senior kicker had a long field goal of 46 yards and made all four extra point tries in the Terps victory.

Ryland ends the regular season having made 16 of his 20 field goal attempts (80%). He connected on 13 of his 14 field goal attempts inside 50 yards. Ryland also ranks first in the Big Ten and second nationally with three field goal makes of 50 or more yards.

Prior to Ryland, the last Terp to earn Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week honors was kicker Joseph Petrino on Sept. 20, 2021 after he kicked a game-winning field goal to give Maryland a 20-17 win at Illinois.

Maryland finished its regular season 7-5 overall to garner bowl eligibility for the second straight season. The Terps will learn their bowl opponent and destination on Sunday, Dec. 4.

Rivals' national basketball recruiting director Rod Cassidy's takeaways from City of Palms include Baltimore (Md.) St. Frances sophomore Tyler Jackson, who is among the best scorers in his class and already has an offer from Maryland. Needs to get stronger, but he's a big-time prospect that can score at all three levels. He will be a priority recruit for the Terps moving forward. More at the link below.

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Also worth noting PVI and Deshawn Harris Smith played a game down there last week. He didn't have a big scoring night, finishing with just 6 points, but he did have a game-high 7 assists in just 16 minutes of action in a blowout win.

Mbappe and Messi put on a show. Congrats Argentina!

Ajani Cornelius???

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Good Counsel edge Dylan Gooden announced via social media yesterday that he's pushing back his commitment announcement, which was originally set for Aug. 9. In talking to some sources, it actually sounds like Virginia Tech was possibly set to be the pick if he had made his announcement next week. He visited Blacksburg unofficially last week and it sounds like the Hokies might have leapfrogged Rutgers, who got his lone official visit to this point. But with this past Saturday's visit to Maryland, it now seems Gooden is content to wait it out a little longer and see what happens with the Terps. From what I understand, Gooden has some things to work on and the Terps would like to scout him some more early in his senior season. But I think this most recent visit to Maryland might have put the Terps in the drivers seat for the moment. The next step will be getting him on campus for an official visit and then getting him to commit a little later in the fall. But this is a three-team race between the Terps, Virginia Tech and Rutgers and I'd say the Terps are the current leader coming off of Saturday.

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The Terps are also expected host FIU TE Rivaldo Fairweather this weekend. So that is two portal official visitors for this weekend. Baltimore native and FIU WR Tyrese Chambers could also be visiting, but nothing confirmed at this time.

Feels like we have fewer guys in the portal this year than last, and fewer quality guys rolling out.

TSR - how many guys did we lose last year in the portal?