Defensive back Isaac Goins, who just finished two years at California's Contra Costa College, has signed a letter of intent to play for the Terps.

Goins will join the team in the spring and have two years of remaining eligibility.

Goins was recently profiled by my colleague Matt Bracken in Recruiting Report. Here are some of the highlights from Matt's story to get you up to speed:

*Maryland hasn’t made a habit in recent years of recruiting junior college players, save for defensive back Michael Carter out of Erie (Pa.) Community College in 2008.

*Goins, a 6-foot, 190-pound sophomore, has grown two inches and added 20 pounds since high school. His physical changes at junior college were part of a large-scale transformation that also included an improved 40-yard dash time from a low 4.6 to a low 4.5. He had offers from Idaho, New Mexico and San Jose State.

*He came out of high school thinking he'd be a wide receiver. “He kind of insisted on playing receiver,” said Alonzo Carter, his JUCO coach. “He’s a great athlete, had excellent hands. You need good size and top-end speed to be an elite receiver. He wasn’t trying to be a corner. He said, ‘Coach, I like the ball in my hands.’ [I said], ‘Well, get an interception.’