What a comeback!!

COLLEGE PARK, MD – Maryland head football coach Michael Locksley announced the additions of six transfers to the Terrapin program on Tuesday.
Locksley welcomes Donnell Brown (Saint Francis, Pa.), Tyrese Chambers (FIU), Marcus Dumervil (LSU), Jordan Phillips (Tennessee), Ja’Quan Sheppard (Cincinnati) and Avantae Williams (Miami) for the 2023 season.
“I’m thrilled to welcome these six student-athletes to our Maryland football family,” said Locksley. “This is a group of players that will help bolster areas of need on our roster and create competition at a number of key spots. I’m looking forward to getting them going in our Terp Time program and spring ball.”
The group features two All-Conference honorees, a FCS All-American, a program receiving record holder, and two four-star recruits out of high school. In total, this class of transfers has played in 129 games, won conference championships, appeared in the College Football Playoff and features additions at wide receiver, defensive back and offensive and defensive line.

Donnell Brown
Defensive Line
Jr., 6-3, 240
Upper Marlboro, MD (Saint Francis, Pa.)

• Two-time FCS All-American
• 2022 NEC Defensive Player of the Year
• Two-time All-NEC
• In three seasons at St. Francis, Brown posted 99 tackles, 23.5 tackles for loss, 10.5 sacks, three fumble recoveries and two forced fumbles.
• In 2022 alone, Brown totaled 48 tackles (31 solo), 14.5 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks en route to becoming the NEC Defensive Player of the Year
• In 2021, totaled 46 total tackles with 8.5 tackles for loss, five sacks, one forced fumble, six quarterback hits and four pass breakups.
• Attended Riverdale Baptist High School, named Second Team All-MET.
• Two years of eligibility remaining

Tyrese Chambers
Wide Receiver
Gr., 5-11, 185
Baltimore, MD (Florida International)

• In two seasons at FIU, has totaled 96 receptions for 1,618 yards and 13 touchdowns
• Has four 100-yard receiving games
• Tallied 51 receptions for 544 yards and four touchdowns in 2022
• Had phenomenal 2021 season, earning Second Team All-CUSA honors
• Set FIU single-season records in receiving yards (1,1074) & touchdown receptions (9) (2021)
• Ranked second nationally with an average of 23.87 yards per reception (2021)
• Posted three games with over 150 receiving yards and hauled in a total of 10 catches that went for at least 40 yards
• 2019 FCS All-American at Sacred Heart, tallying 50 catches for 811 yards and eight TDs
• 2019 NEC Rookie of the Year
• Attended Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, becoming one of only two wide receivers named to the USA Today's Maryland First Team All-State list in 2017
• One year of eligibility remaining

Marcus Dumervil
Offensive Line
Jr., 6-5, 305
Lauderdale Lakes, FL (LSU)

• Has appeared in 16 games over three seasons at LSU, redshirting in 2020
• Earned start against Arkansas in 2021
• Was rated as a four-star offensive tackle by 247Sports and Rivals out of St. Thomas Aquinas High School
• Rated as the No. 11 offensive tackle in the nation in HS
• No. 65 in the ESPN300
• Led St. Thomas Aquinas to a perfect record of 14-0 in 2019, including a win in the 7A FHSAA State Championship game
• Nephew of five-time Pro Bowler Elvis Dumervil
• Two years of eligibility remaining

Jordan Phillips
Defensive Line
RFr., 6-2, 295
Ocoee, FL (Tennessee)

• Appeared in three games for Tennessee in 2022, who went 11-2 and won the Orange Bowl
• No. 47 defensive tackle in the country according to 247Sports out of high school
• Posted 56 tackles, 29 tackles for loss and 11.5 sacks as a senior at Ocoee High School
• Tallied 71 tackles, 14.0 tackles for loss, five sacks and two forced fumbles in eight games during his junior season
• Also competed in wrestling and weightlifting for his high school
• Four years of eligibility remaining

Ja’Quan Sheppard
Defensive Back
Gr., 6-1, 195
Zephyrhills, FL (Cincinnati)

• 2022 First Team All-AAC
• Has totaled 64 tackles (43 solo), 10 pass breakups, 5.5 tackles for loss and one sack over four year Cincinnati career
• Led Cincinnati with 10 pass breakups in 2022, to go with 50 total tackles (33 solo), 4.5 tackles for loss and one sack in 12 games
• Had at least one pass breakup in seven of 12 games this season
• Has played in 37 games over Cincinnati career, helping lead Bearcats to 2020 & 2021 AAC Championships, and a College Football Playoff berth in 2021
• Played alongside top-10 pick Sauce Gardner for first three years of career
• Played both wide receiver and defensive back at Zephyrhills HS
• One year of eligibility remaining

Avantae Williams
Defensive Back
Jr., 6-0, 197
DeLand, FL (Miami)

• Has played in 17 career games with one start, posting 27 tackles, one interception and fumble recovery at Miami
• Played in 11 games and totaled nine tackles (seven solo) in 2022
• Tallied 18 tackles (15 solo) with one interception against Georgia Tech in 2021 season
• Was the No. 1 safety in 2020 class by Rivals and ESPN and a top-50 player nationally by Rivals and 247Sports
• 2019 Sports Illustrated All-American
• Two years of eligibility remaining

Purdue hits a 3 to tale the lead with 20 sec. Rut gets a go ahead 3 from Cam Spencer, one time MD transfer target from Loyola. Rut beats #1 Purdue for 2nd straight year

1. Willard needs to stop saying we are a good shooting team/we are not!;
2. Willard's philosophy of play good defense and do what you want on offense is clearly not working;
3. Reese is a MAJOR disappointment (he's no Stix);
4. In addition to the 3 guards coming in next year we need some BIGS as all 5 starters need to be replaced (4 have used up eligibility sans COVID and Reese)!;
5. Long has been a nice surprise and there are no NBA caliber players on the team but the one who has barely scratched the surface and has the highest ceiling is Martinez;
6. Turgeon's teams had many slow starts but I cannot recall debacles like the first half against Tenn., and blowouts to UCLA and Michigan; and
7. As I stated prior to the season starting this is the same team as last year with Young & Carey replacing EA and Fatts. How Willard got them 8-0 out of the gate is a miracle.

May a new owner bury the team. Start over. Fre the Staff. Get an NFL caliber quarterback. Can’t happen soon enough.

I will neither post nor engage in political discussions on this board. No matter the topic, the insult, neither to agree or disagree.

Like if you will also commit to this, and Happy New Year!

Just don't turn it on! Same sh!t, different year. God bless Willard as I do like him, but dream on about being any better than about where we were projected. And that doesn't get us dancing or perhaps at best a really high seed, to be one and done.

Frustrating!

We’re about 20 minutes from tip-off between the Terps and Wolverines in Ann Arbor.

As expected, Don Carey and JuJu Reese are back in the starting lineup today.

Here are your Terps starters:

Jahmir Young
Don Carey
Hakim Hart
Donta Scott
JuJu Reese

Maryland (10-3) vs. Michigan (7-5)

When: Sunday, Jan. 1 | 4:30 p.m. ET
Where: Crisler Center (Ann Arbor , Mich.)
Television: FS1 (Streaming on FoxSports) - Watch Live
Broadcasters: Brandon Gaudin (play-by-play), Donny Marshall (color)
Radio: Maryland Sports Radio Network | Listen Online

Line: Terps +1.5
Over/Under: 144.5

Series history: Michigan leads the all-time series 12-7, with the Wolverines winning the most recent meeting 83-64 on Jan. 18, 2022 in Ann Arbor.

Projected Starting Lineups

Michigan
Dug McDaniel (5-foot-11, Fr., G) - Paul VI (Va.) product averaging 6.0 points, 2.6 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game.
Kobe Bufkin (6-foot-4, Soph, G) - Averaging 12.7 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game.
Jett Howard (6-foot-8, Fr., G/F) - Averaging 15.3 points and 2.4 rebounds through 12 games.
Terrance Williams (6-foot-7, Junior, F) - Gonzaga (D.C.) product averaging 7.3 points and 6.8 rebounds per game.
Hunter Dickinson (7-foot-1, Senior, C) - DeMatha product Averaging a team-high 17.8 points and a team-high 8.2 rebounds per game.

Maryland
Jahmir Young (6-foot-1, Senior, PG) - Averaging a team-high 14.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.2 assists through 13 games.
Don Carey (6-foot-5, Senior, SG) - Averaging 7.9 points and 2.8 rebounds per game.
Hakim Hart (6-foot-8, Senior, G/F) - Averaging 12.9 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game.
Donta Scott (6-foot-8, Senior, F) - Averaging 13.2 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists through 13 games.
Julian Reese (6-foot-9, Soph., F) - Averaging 10.8 points and a team-high 7.2 rebounds per game.

The Terps enter the new year riding a two-game win streak following a victory over UMBC in their final tune-up of the season last Thursday night. The schedule will now get increasingly more difficult the rest of the way with Big Ten play now in full swing. The Terps will start the new year with a tough road matchup versus the Michigan Wolverines. The Terps lost to the Wolverines in Ann Arbor last season, as 7-foot-1 local product Hunter Dickinson went off for 21 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and a couple of blocks for Michigan. Slowing down Dickinson will be among the keys for the Terps and will also be one of their biggest challenges given their lack of depth in the paint.

Both sophomore big man Julian Reese and senior forward Donta Scott played well at Michigan last season, Scott pouring in 19 points and grabbing 6 rebounds, while Reese scored 10 points and added 5 rebounds. Both being able to put up similar numbers again in Ann Arbor would greatly help the Terps' chances of pulling out a road win.

While Ian Martinez and Patrick Emilien both started the past two games, there is a good chance, if it isn't likely that Don Carey and Reese will be back in the starting lineup versus Michigan. Carey in particular is coming off of his best offensive performance as a Terp after scoring 19 points versus UMBC, including five made threes. If Carey can knock down some threes in league play it can completely change the outlook for Maryland as he becomes another weapon on the perimeter that opposing defenses have to account for.

For Michigan, the Wolverines have struggled of late, having lost their last two, including a home loss to Central Michigan. Freshman Dug McDaniel has started the past four games at the point after senior point guard Jaelin Llewellyn was lost for the season after suffering a torn ACL versus Kentucky in London. Maryland will likely try to force the Wolverines into some turnovers, but Michigan is one of the best teams in the country at not turning it over, currently ranking 2nd nationally. Previous Terps opponents UCLA and Wisconsin are also in the top 10 nationally of offensive turnover percentage.

This one should be a battle as Michigan is looking to right the ship at home, while the Terps are looking to keep up in the Big Ten standings and get a key road win after dropping their first road contest at Wisconsin.

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will wear the # 1 jersey for Coach John Tillman.


I still vote for Brett Makar.

Finally saw the spread at one site, and was pleasantly surprised to see the Terps favored.

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I have always liked Georgia, but I would like to see a nonblue blood win it. Looking forward to the new playoff structure in 2024.

The Terps are among the schools currently standing out for 2024 Rivals250 safety Brandon Jacob. He gives the latest, including his thoughts on the Terps in the video linked below.

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Same as every year. THE B1G 10 SUCKS!!

TEEHEE

Eight wins including a bowl victory, a win against a favorite, albeit a slim one, and beating a team with a winning record well over .500.

That is progress.

The defense came to play when it mattered and stopped their running game cold.

The offense did just enough to keep our nose in front, despite some apparent stupid off-field player decisions and the exodus of certain important players.

Well done Chad Ryland, except for that 1 kickoff ...

Regardless of all the challenges, Locksley and the staff rose up and kept it all together and overcame all the obstacles.

Great day to be a Terp, thank you!

Where do we go from here, is it TBIA or is that our limit?

Next year, year 5, will tell us all, but to break that ceiling, we MUST upgrade our player's level of ability.

Think about it, THIRD PLACE in the East is playing in the Rose Bowl. Can Locksley take that next step? I personally doubt it, but, sure as shit, I hope I am wrong.

The jury is out, what will be their verdict in 2023?

Until then, congratulations to the Terps for a hard-fought, well-deserved win and a little giddy-up in our step this morning!

Now go get Harbor and others!

Hearing there's a possibility, if not likely, some key starters will not be in the lineup today versus NC State. Expecting more specifics as we get closer to kickoff.

That’s progress.

Who likes the young receivers? That’s progress.

Who likes 2 bowl W’s in back to back years? That’s progress.

Good job, Mike!

Did he play only the last 2 series or the whole game? I though it was the former but nobody mentioned that. If so, did he go to Williams and say put me in? If so what a TERP!

7-6 > 3-9
8-5 > 7-6
9-4 next year?

We're about a half hour from kickoff between the Terps and Wuffies and the cat appears to now be out of the bag, as Taulia Tagovailoa will not start today due to disciplinary reasons. Billy Edwards will get the start, although Tagovailoa is expected to play, per team spokesperson. It is also worth noting that Tagovailoa has been warming up and is dressed for today's game.

From what I am hearing, there could be some other guys out of the starting lineup today as well, although still can't 100% confirm that yet. If there are other starters benched, hopefully it is just for a quarter or half and they won't have to sit for the entire game.

True freshman QB MJ Morris is warming up pregame and is expected to play today, along with Ben Finley who started the final two games of the season. A lot of question marks for both offenses leading right up to kickoff.

One area where NC State seems to have an advantage is with their defense. They have one of the top run defenses in the country, they like to blitz and they have DBs capable of making plays and creating turnovers. If they can get to either of Maryland's QBs early in the game, it could play a factor in how they react the rest of the game. Maryland will also need some of the younger receivers like Tai Felton and Octavian Smith to step up with guys like Jarrett, Copeland and Dippre not playing today.

Terps are wearing white uniforms with white pants.

Recap, stats, highlights of the Terps' bowl win over NC State at the link below.

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