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In the days after former coach Randy Edsall was fired and Mike Locksley was elevated from offensive coach to interim coordinator, Locksley made a request of redshirt sophomore Shane Cockerille.

While running backs Brandon Ross and Wes Brown were locked in a battle for the starting job during preseason camp in August, the Maryland coaching staff talked about how the Terps would need production out of both this season, no matter who the starter was. Ross, though, won the job out of camp and received the majority of the carries through the first seven games of the season. But over the past few weeks, interim coach Mike Locksley has worked Brown into the game plan more, while Ross has made

There is no quarterback controversy between Perry Hills and Caleb Rowe, Maryland interim coach Mike Locksley said Sunday. The Terps will continue to move forward with Hills as the starting quarterback, a spot he¿s held for the past four games.

Maryland quarterback Daxx Garman had surgery on his right shoulder Thursday and will miss the rest of the season, the team announced Saturday.

In a football coaching career that has crisscrossed the country and taken him up and down the East Coast, Mike Locksley has spent 10 years at Maryland.

For every Saturday since Oct. 3, Maryland players have buckled chinstraps, tied shoes and suited up in mostly unfamiliar locker rooms. The Terps have played road games in Columbus, Ohio, and Iowa City, Iowa. They've shuffled up I-95 in buses to play Penn State in Baltimore. But when they take the field to face Wisconsin in their annual homecoming game Saturday, it will have been 35 days since the Terps last played at home.

A few weeks ago, Maryland interim coach Mike Locksley teased his ¿Will package,¿ a set of plays for dynamic cornerback Will Likely to contribute with on offense. He¿d given a quick glimpse of it in the Terps¿ loss at No. 1 Ohio State when Likely took a handoff eight yards in the third quarter.

Things have been quiet in College Park the past couple of weeks regarding the search for fired football coach Randy Edsall's successor. Athletic director Kevin Anderson, whose own legacy with the Terps will certainly be tied to this hire, has declined to discuss who he might be looking at since saying on the day of Edsall's firing that Maryland wanted a coach "to excite the fan base." Many names have surfaced in a variety of media outlets, a few that seem to have validity and others that appear

When interim coach Mike Locksley revamped the Maryland offense ahead of the team¿s matchup at No. 1 Ohio State in early October, he and the coaching staff elevated quarterback Perry Hills to the starting role and made the decision to run the scheme through Hills.

Redshirt freshman Derwin Gray is slated to start at right tackle for Maryland's matchup against Wisconsin on Saturday, according to the team's two-deep depth chart.

Undefeated Iowa sapped any energy out of the Maryland in the first half and used its ball-control offense early on to outdistance themselves in a 31-15 victory Saturday.

With redshirt freshman right tackle Damian Prince out with an ankle injury for Saturday¿s 31-15 loss at Iowa, interim coach Mike Locksley was able to create opportunities to give other young offensive linemen chances to see real game action against the Hawkeyes.

Desmond King's interception return for a touchdown was a 14-point swing.

In the week after an inspired Maryland squad pushed Penn State to the brink, the Terps said the atmosphere surrounding the team was different. They were playing confidently under interim coach Mike Locksley, and in relishing the role of the underdog, they felt they could swing an upset of No. 10 Iowa, one of the nation's final remaining undefeated teams.

Mike Locksley's short tenure as Maryland interim coach has already been marked by significant change. Quarterback Perry Hills is leading a rejuvenated offense. He's urging his players to have fun. Competition periods have increased the intensity of practices. The Terps have said that the "atmosphere" at Gosset Team House and on the practice field has changed. But one of the most important changes Locksley has made simply starts with creating a purpose for every player to grow into and take

In Maryland¿s past two games, quarterback Perry Hills carried the ball 51 times. That¿s the most any player has plunged into the defense in a two-game stretch during interim coach Mike Locksley¿s four years calling plays with the Terps.

Maryland's loss to Penn State last weekend was its fourth straight. The Terps haven't won in a month, and they're in their longest losing streak since they dropped three straight in 2013 after dropping six and eight straight to close 2012 and 2011, respectively. But there are some positives. Maryland's margin of defeat has declined in each game. The Terps had four chances to get a go-ahead score against Penn State after cutting their deficit to one early in the fourth quarter. And a

Amba Etta-Tawo had hit a rough patch in his junior year. The Maryland wide receiver had lost his starting job after a loss to Bowling Green in the second game of the season and had a two-game streak without a catch entering Saturday¿s matchup with Penn State.

For now, Locksley is considered more of a half-season caretaker than a legitimate candidate.

Penn State (6-2, 3-1 Big Ten Conference) escaped Baltimore with a 31-30 victory Saturday before an announced 68,948 at M&T Bank Stadium, avenging a 20-19 loss last year in State College.

Defensive end Roman Braglio, who missed Maryland¿s last game against Ohio State with mono, has been cleared for Saturday¿s matchup with Penn State, interim coach Mike Locksley said.

It's the start of a new era for Maryland when the Terps face off with Penn State at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. Interim coach Mike Locksley will make his coaching debut for Maryland after Randy Edsall's firing almost two weeks ago. The Terps lost their last game at No. 1 Ohio State, 49-28, and they're on a three-game losing streak. Penn State fell to the Buckeyes, 38-10, last week.

When Mike Locksley takes the field as Maryland's interim coach against Penn State on Saturday, he's not worried about getting butterflies or having any nerves in his first game as a team's head coach since 2011. He's just expecting to have "that rock-gut feeling" with all of the scenarios for the afternoon flashing through his mind. Most of all, Locksley's excited to be back on the field after two whirlwind weeks.

In the third quarter of Maryland¿s 49-28 loss at No. 1 Ohio State two weeks ago, Terps fans got a brief glimpse at something some had been pining for and clamoring for when the team¿s offense went stagnant during the previous few weeks.

When he joined Ron Vanderlinden¿s Maryland staff as wide receivers coach in 2000, James Franklin was a 28-year-old working on the early part of a coaching career that would lead to a notable rise through the profession. During that early part of his career, Franklin turned to Maryland¿s 31-year-old running backs coach Mike Locksley and forged a professional relationship that lasted through both of their careers.

Over the summer, redshirt sophomore Shane Cockerille approached former Maryland coach Randy Edsall about switching positions from quarterback in order to get on the field and contribute. In the past week, interim coach Mike Locksley asked Cockerille to switch from fullback back to quarterback to help give the team better depth behind starter Perry Hills.

When he took over as Maryland¿s interim coach just more than a week ago, Mike Locksley promised that there would be some ¿tweaks¿ around the Terps. Last week, that included more music and competition periods in practice. And with the release of Maryland¿s depth chart for this Saturday¿s game against Penn State at M&T Bank Stadium, Locksley provided the first glimpse at what some of the in-game changes might be.

To borrow a term Maryland interim coach Mike Locksley has used a few times, the past few weeks have been a whirlwind for the Terps. From reports of former coach Randy Edsall's imminent firing days before a trip to play No. 1 Ohio State to pushing those Buckeyes into the third quarter to Edsall's walk-off press conference to his subsequent firing the next day, there has been little normalcy for Maryland.

To say that Perry Hills' Maryland career has been up-and-down is a bit of an understatement. He enrolled expecting to back up C.J. Brown at quarterback in 2012 but was thrust into action because of injury before ultimately suffering a season-ending injury himself. He toted the clipboard as the backup in 2013 and entered last season as the third-string quarterback. Hills was expected by outsiders to be a backup again this fall but won the starting job in preseason camp. Less than two games into

The dawn of the Mike Locksley era in College Park on Wednesday also provided Maryland players to give their first public comments since Randy Edsall was fired Sunday afternoon. Quarterback Perry Hills, cornerback Will Likely and defensive end Yannick Ngakoue were all made available to share their thoughts as the team moves forward under Locksley.

During a sparkling career in College Park, Torrey Smith became one of the most recognizable figures in the very recent history of Maryland football. At the end of his career, Smith ranked third in career receptions (152), third in career yards (2,215) and second in career touchdowns (19). He then moved up I-95 and spent the first four years of his pro career with the Baltimore Ravens, winning a Super Bowl.

The sounds of the Mike Locksley era at Maryland on Wednesday morning were a stark contrast to the pall that had descended over the Gossett Football Team House on Sunday evening after coach Randy Edsall's firing. Thumping bass from on-field speakers broke through the cool autumn morning. Roaring shouts and cheers went up on the practice fields. Players jogged off the field laughing.

Less than four months after signing a contract extension that could have paid him an additional $7.5 million had he stayed on the job through the 2019 season, Maryland football coach Randy Edsall was fired.

While he plans to keep a similar structure for the final seven weeks and six games of the regular season, Mike Locksley said he told the players during a meeting Sunday that things are going to be different under him than they were under Edsall, who had the reputation of a more strict disciplinarian.