After Maryland went 2-10 last season, senior starters Joe Vellano, A.J. Francis, Kenneth Tate, Kevin Dorsey and others imagined that their final seasons would coincide with a turnaround performance punctuated by a bowl game.
Caleb Rowe tore his ACL against Boston College. Maryland has now lost four quarterbacks this season to injury. It leaves the Terps with linebacker Shawn Petty to presumably play quarterback next week.
After losing its third quarterback since the beginning of training camp, Maryland enters Saturday's game against Boston College trying not to allow its season to be defined by injuries to prominent players.
Medical tests have confirmed that Maryland lost not only starting quarterback Perry Hills for the season in last Saturday¿s game but also his replacement, Devin Burns ¿ leaving the Terps with a freshman who has played one series at the position and a 230-pound linebacker as his backup.
The latest injury — a torn anterior cruciate ligament suffered by freshman Perry Hills in Saturday's loss to North Carolina State — leaves Maryland to choose between two very different sorts of quarterbacks: Caleb Rowe and Devin Burns.
After Maryland quarterback C.J. Brown was lost for the season with a knee injury in August, wide receiver Devin Burns went to coach Randy Edsall and said he would like to switch positions to help fill the void.
Patience is required of the Terps, their fans and coaches this season with quarterback Perry Hills. Hills once again will encounter a defensive front on Saturday that he has never faced before.
After his three-touchdown performance in a 36-27 win against Temple, Maryland true freshman quarterback Perry Hills was tabbed the ACC Rookie of the Week, the league announced Monday.
Freshman quarterback Perry Hills sat in the Gossett Football Team House auditorium with an ice pack strapped to his sore right knee and answered waves of media questions about the three interceptions he had just thrown in his first college game.
When he was growing up, Maryland defensive end A.J. Francis idolized The Rock, Charles Barkley and Reggie White, and he possesses elements of each — the girth, the candor, the ability to menace a quarterback.
Maryland said today that first-year back Albert Reid -- 5-10, 200 from Washington D.C. -- will start Saturday in the opener against William & Mary. That's because the original starter, redshirt freshman Brandon Ross, has a hamstring injury.
After finishing up practice with the Wisconsin football team, former Maryland quarterback Danny O'Brien heard from a few of his old teammates. C.J. Brown, the man who took O'Brien's starting job 10 months ago, had torn his ACL during a noncontact drill and would miss the 2012 season.
Junior quarterback C.J. Brown became the first major casualty of preseason practice. Second-year coach Randy Edsall announced in a statement Wednesday afternoon that Brown will miss the 2012 season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
Baltimore Sun reporters Jeff Barker and Don Markus and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland football and basketball.
Over the past week, Penn State and Wisconsin have been mentioned in connection with Danny O'Brien, the former Maryland starter who will graduate in May and have two years of NCAA eligibility remaining.
The Maryland football team's attempt to rebound started in earnest Saturday. The Terps kicked off spring practice, though the real work began much earlier.
Maryland is preparing to open spring football practice with 10 starters back on defense, questions on the offensive line and a promise from coach Randy Edsall that "we're on the right track."
Maryland quarterback Danny O'Brien has been granted his release from the program and intends to play elsewhere. The school also announced that offensive lineman Max Garcia and linebacker Mario Rowson are transferring.
As he focused in recent months on classwork and recovering from a broken left arm, Maryland quarterback Danny O'Brien has also pondered whether to return to the Terps next season, according to a relative.
Nobody will confuse Maryland¿s 2012 group with classes at Alabama, Florida, Texas or any other Top 10 recruiting program. But considering how poorly things could have gone under those aforementioned circumstances, analysts say it¿s a solid group that ranks favorably with all but the top ACC classes.
Mike Locksley is expected to replace Gary Crowton as the Maryland football team's offensive coordinator. The Terps are expected to hire the ex-New Mexico coach, a former Maryland and Towson assistant.
