Which incoming and outgoing Maryland football transfers landed in the new 247Sports transfer portal rankings?
Maryland football landed several recruits in the new transfer portal rankings.
Maryland football has addressed several pressing needs since the season ended, primarily via a transfer portal recruiting class ranked No. 31 in the 247Sports transfer class rankings and No. 10 in the 18-team Big Ten. Two of those transfers and one of the program's departing players landed in 247Sports' updated 285-player transfer rankings on Tuesday.
The highest-ranked new addition is offensive lineman Rahtrell Perry, a Central Connecticut State transfer who landed at No. 87 overall and 17th-best among offensive linemen nationally in the first official update since the portal opened in early December. Perry, the fourth highest-rated offensive lineman to transfer to a Big Ten team, picked Maryland over a long list of significant suitors including Ohio State. Maryland's offensive line was among the worst among Power Conference teams last year, playing a role in the departure of offensive line coach Brian Braswell.
Damien Wroblewski, his co-coach last year, will look to upgrade the line with the additions of Perry and Akron transfer Jayvin James, the No. 255 transfer overall.
Former Wake Forest cornerback Jamare Glasker was ranked No. 154 overall nationally. A Maryland native who could be the Terps' No. 1 cornerback next season, Glasker is the No. 16 cornerback in the portal and the fifth highest-rated cornerback to join a Big Ten program.
"Coach Locks is a solid dude. He's a stand-up dude. He's going to tell you the truth. He's going to tell you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear," he said.
"The biggest thing was that they wanted to bring in a CB1 who can come in and contribute a lot," Glasker told InsideMDSports in January. "I was CB1 at Wake. I can cover. I can play man or zone. I can tackle; I've got speed. I think I've got it all, but still, I know I have a lot of work I can do to clean things up."
The biggest question about next season is who the quarterback will be. UCLA transfer Justyn Martin (pictured with Locksley and quarterback recruit Malik Washington) will have every opportunity to land the job. The former four-star high school recruit from Inglewood, Calif., is the No. 227 transfer overall, the No. 16 quarterback and the second highest-rated incoming Big Ten quarterback.
The other new Terp on the list is Oklahoma transfer Jalil Farooq, the No. 237 player, No. 42 receiver in the portal and ninth highest-rated receiver transfer coming into the Big Ten.
Among Maryland's outgoing transfers, the only player to land a spot in the rankings was running back Roman Hemby, who transferred to Indiana and is the No. 200 transfer.
