Recruiting Report - Terps, basketball, football and college recruiting news in the Baltimore area from Matt Bracken
Terps, basketball, football and college recruiting news in the Baltimore area from Matt Bracken
Cedric Blossom discusses his commitment to Morgan State

Cedric Blossom discusses his commitment to Morgan State

During the summer he was the leading scorer on his AAU team. For his powerhouse high school program, he’s the ultimate “glue guy.” No matter the level of competition, and no matter the quantifiable contributions, Cedric...

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InsideMDSports: Harrison twins focused on four schools

InsideMDSports: Harrison twins focused on four schools

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Season recap: Terps wide receiver commitment Stefon Diggs

Season recap: Terps wide receiver commitment Stefon Diggs

Ryan Bowman’s first assignment as a Good Counsel varsity assistant was simple: work with one of the most talented high school wide receivers in the country.

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Jarrett Ross, first 2013 Terps recruit, sees a 'good future' at Maryland

Jarrett Ross, first 2013 Terps recruit, sees a 'good future' at Maryland

As Maryland stumbled its way through the 2011 season, Jarrett Ross watched intently from afar to keep up with his freshman brother’s progress and try to gauge whether or not he’d like to eventually join the Terps.

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Weekend wrap: Terps rise up team recruiting rankings after Stefon Diggs' commitment

Weekend wrap: Terps rise up team recruiting rankings after Stefon Diggs' commitment

Stefon Diggs' commitment to Maryland on Friday night gave the Terps their first five-star recruit since Hargrave (Va.) Military Academy offensive tackle Bruce Campbell signed with UM in 2007.

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Two Terps walk-ons from Atholton have 'tremendous upside'

Two Terps walk-ons from Atholton have 'tremendous upside'

Kyle Schmitt knows a thing or two about Division I walk-ons.

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5-star WR-DB recruit Stefon Diggs commits to Maryland

5-star WR-DB recruit Stefon Diggs commits to Maryland

COLLEGE PARK -- Stefon Diggs was only a sophomore when Maryland verbally offered him a scholarship, his first in a distinguished prep football career that eventually earned him more than 30.

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Weekly Maryland recruiting roundup

Weekly Maryland recruiting roundup

The Maryland football program could be hours away from landing one of its highest-rated recruits of all time.

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Q&A with Towson football coach Rob Ambrose

Q&A with Towson football coach Rob Ambrose

The positive momentum from Towson's 9-3, CAA-championship season continued last week when coach Rob Ambrose unveiled the Tigers' 19-man recruiting class. Towson signed eight Maryland natives, plus three players from Virginia's Tidewater area. There are four Division I transfers and four Baltimore-area high school standouts. There are 11 defensive players, seven offensive players and one athlete. Ambrose spoke with Recruiting Report this week about the class.

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InsideMDSports: Rysheed Jordan impressed by his Maryland visit

InsideMDSports: Rysheed Jordan impressed by his Maryland visit

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Q&A with Morgan State football coach Donald Hill-Eley

Q&A with Morgan State football coach Donald Hill-Eley

Morgan State's 18-man recruiting class features four junior college players, three Baltimore-area natives, seven offensive players, nine defensive players, one athlete, one kicker and two sons of players Donald Hill-Eley previously coached. The veteran Bears leader spoke to Recruiting Report this week about Morgan's 2012 football recruiting class.

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Weekend Wrap: Terps still in the running for shooting guard Darrick Wood

Weekend Wrap: Terps still in the running for shooting guard Darrick Wood

Maryland remains in the mix for a top shooting guard target, and the Terps' stiffest competition appears to be the school where this player was originally committed.

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Weekly Maryland recruiting roundup

Weekly Maryland recruiting roundup

One of Maryland's top point guard targets is reportedly making a trip to College Park this weekend.

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InsideMDSports: Junior guard Stanford Robinson talks Terps offer

InsideMDSports: Junior guard Stanford Robinson talks Terps offer

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After unexpected break from football, Quinton Jefferson happy to join Terps

After unexpected break from football, Quinton Jefferson happy to join Terps

While 20 members of Maryland’s 2011 recruiting class labored through the Terps’ 2-10 season, Quinton Jefferson labored in a stock room nearly five hours away from College Park.

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News and notes from Randy Edsall's Signing Day presser

News and notes from Randy Edsall's Signing Day presser

Maryland coach Randy Edsall unveiled his second Terps recruiting class today at the Gossett Team House in College Park. The 24-man group is ranked 42nd in the country by 247Sports.com, 44th by Scout.com, and 49th by Rivals.com. Here are news and notes from Edsall's news conference:

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Local players, FBS transfers highlight Towson's football recruiting class

Local players, FBS transfers highlight Towson's football recruiting class

The Towson football program today announced its 19-man recruiting class -- a group heavy on local talent and FBS transfers.

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Terps targets head elsewhere: Reader, Kirven, Goldman

Terps targets head elsewhere: Reader, Kirven, Goldman

Three Maryland targets made Signing Day announcements, but none ended up pledging to the Terps.

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Terps' class complete with 20 letters of intent

Terps' class complete with 20 letters of intent

Barring a last-minute surprise, Maryland's 2012 football recruiting class is officially complete.

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Dallas Griffiths switches from Maryland to Liberty

Dallas Griffiths switches from Maryland to Liberty

A family reunion led to a Signing Day surprise for Maryland.

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Meet the Recruit: Terps offensive line commitment Mike Madaras

Meet the Recruit: Terps offensive line commitment Mike Madaras

This is part of a series of 2012 Maryland football commitment Q&As leading up to Signing Day on Feb. 1. All answers are provided by the featured player.

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Meet the Recruit: Terps running back commitment Wes Brown

Meet the Recruit: Terps running back commitment Wes Brown

This is part of a series of 2012 Maryland football commitment Q&As leading up to Signing Day on Feb. 1. All answers are provided by the featured player.

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Superlatives for Maryland's 2012 football class

Superlatives for Maryland's 2012 football class

One man's opinion on the potential of Maryland's 2012 football commitments. Post your takes below.

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Meet the Recruit: Terps defensive line commitment Roman Braglio

Meet the Recruit: Terps defensive line commitment Roman Braglio

This is part of a series of 2012 Maryland football commitment Q&As leading up to Signing Day on Feb. 1. All answers are provided by the featured player.

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Analysts weigh in on Maryland's 2012 football recruiting class

Analysts weigh in on Maryland's 2012 football recruiting class

Start with a 2-10 season, add an exodus of players, and then subtract two coordinators. What you would typically get from those undeniably negative ingredients is a football recruiting class ranked among the lowest of any BCS-level program in the country.

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Under O'Brien, Penn State still plans to recruit Maryland heavily

Under O'Brien, Penn State still plans to recruit Maryland heavily

New Penn State football coach Bill O’Brien knows it will be important to recruit the Maryland-D.C. corridor.

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Meet the Recruit: Terps wide receiver commitment Malcolm Culmer

Meet the Recruit: Terps wide receiver commitment Malcolm Culmer

This is part of a series of 2012 Maryland football commitment Q&As leading up to Signing Day on Feb. 1. All answers are provided by the featured player.

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Weekly Maryland recruiting roundup

Weekly Maryland recruiting roundup

A broken bone in his left hand sidelined Seth Allen in December, and it's apparently looking increasingly likely that the Maryland-bound combo guard's high school career is over. The Washington Post's Josh Barr checked in with the three-star prospect for an update on his recovery.

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Season recap: Roman Braglio

Season recap: Roman Braglio

Roman Braglio was a pretty big kid when he joined McDonogh’s varsity football team as a ninth-grader, and Dom Damico certainly recognized that. But the Eagles coach had another observation that football fans don’t typically associate with linemen.

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Meet the Recruit: Terps wide receiver commitment Levern Jacobs

Meet the Recruit: Terps wide receiver commitment Levern Jacobs

This is part of a series of 2012 Maryland football commitment Q&As leading up to Signing Day on Feb. 1. All answers are provided by the featured player.

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Meet the Recruit: Terps linebacker commitment Brock Dean

Meet the Recruit: Terps linebacker commitment Brock Dean

This is part of a series of 2012 Maryland football commitment Q&As leading up to Signing Day on Feb. 1. All answers are provided by the featured player.

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Season recap: Malcolm Culmer

Season recap: Malcolm Culmer

Wide receiver is the position Malcolm Culmer will play at Maryland, and it's the position the 6-foot, 175-pound player planned to focus on during his senior season. But when Willingboro (N.J.) High's starting quarterback went down with a season-ending injury, Culmer's pre-college plans at the wide-out spot changed.

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About Matt Bracken

Matt Bracken was a lightly recruited football and tennis prospect out of East Lansing (Mich.) High School in 2001, but spurned all (nonexistent) scholarship offers to attend the University of Michigan. Matt graduated from UM in 2005, earned a master's degree in new media journalism from Northwestern University in 2006, and spent the first 11 months of his career as an online producer / videographer / blogger at the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson. He has worked at The Baltimore Sun since July 2007, where he currently serves as the deputy sports editor for digital.

Ricky Williams on how his family and friends took his retirement news

Ricky William's tells WQAM's Sid Rosenberg how the people closest to him reacted...

Ricky William's tells WQAM's Sid Rosenberg how the people closest to him reacted to his decision to retire from the NFL

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