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Stefon Diggs was the headliner of Maryland's 2012 recruiting class, the first big-name local prospect to sign with the Terps after Randy Edsall's hiring in 2011.

Brad Craddock arrived at Maryland from Australia in 2012 with no experience kicking at a competitive level. Three years later, he has been selected as the top kicker in college football.

The Maryland football team learned Sunday that it will play Stanford in the Foster Farms Bowl on Dec. 30 at Levi¿s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.

Maryland added a big piece to its recruiting class Thursday night, landing an oral commitment from four-star defensive lineman Adam McLean, who announced his commitment on Twitter.

Now that the ACC-Big Ten Challenge is over for 2014, how does Maryland stack up compared to its future competition?

During a phone interview with The Baltimore Sun, Keandre Jones said he finished this past season with around 12 sacks and three or four forced fumbles. Here is more of what Jones had to say about his commitment to Maryland.

Sophomore cornerback Will Likely and junior kicker Brad Craddock were among several Terps to receive All-Big Ten honors Monday.

Maryland wanted to play in a warm-weather bowl game, one reserved for the better teams in the Big Ten, that would have provided the Terps with a chance to further establish their viability as a football program.

The Terps led by 25 points late in the second quarter. Largely thanks to Friedgen's offense, Rutgers then outscored Maryland 31-3 on its way to a stunning 41-38 win over the Terps in front of an announced 36,673 at Byrd Stadium on Senior Day.

There was a lot at stake on Saturday at Byrd Stadium and everybody knew it. The Maryland Terrapins were in a position to improve their bowl status with a victory over Rutgers and -- for most of the first half -- it looked like they would do that without much resistance from the Scarlett Knights.

Here are our predictions for Saturday¿s game between Maryland (7-4 overall, 4-3 Big Ten) and Rutgers (6-5, 2-5) in College Park.

Ralph Friedgen coached Maryland for 10 seasons prior to his dismissal, leading the Terps to a 75-50 record and five bowl victories. He returns Saturday as Rutgers' offensive coordinator.

There's a sense of dread hovering over Morgan State football coach Lee Hull, but it has little to do with Richmond, his team's opponent in its first Football Championship Subdivision playoff game in school history.

Keith Bowers, one of 22 seniors to be honored when the Terps host Rutgers on Saturday, lacks prototypical size for a defensive lineman, especially one that plays in a 3-4 scheme like Maryland's. The West Palm Beach, Fla., native is not going to run a Jadeveon Clowney-like time in the 40-yard dash. But players and coaches descirbe him as strong, tough and violent.

Seven of the nine previous games between Maryland and Rutgers were played years before Terps coach Randy Edsall was even born, with only two of those meetings coming since 1942.

The process has been gradual for Maryland left tackle Jake Wheeler, the growth from a 235-pound freshman in 2010 into a 315-pound redshirt senior capable of holding up physically against Big Ten defensive linemen.

When Maryland beat Michigan, it was more than just a win. This was the culmination of perhaps the most important week of Randy Edsall's four-year tenure at Maryland.

Maryland left tackle Jake Wheeler delivered the key block that sprung quarterback C.J. Brown for a game-tying touchdown early in the fourth quarter of the Terps' 23-16 win over Michigan on Saturday.

Maryland beat Michigan, 23-16, on Saturday to improve to 7-4, including 4-3 in the Big Ten, heading into Saturday¿s regular season finale against Rutgers.

After beating Penn State for the first time since 1961, the Maryland football team secured another first Saturday: a win over Michigan.

The Maryland football team's struggles along the offensive line have led the Terps to make a change at left tackle.

As postseason play nears, the opportunity is there for the Maryland football team to maybe face the Southeastern Conference's defending champion.

A look at what Under Armour billionaire CEO Kevin Plank does for Maryland behind the scenes – and what he says he doesn't do

Michigan cornerback Blake Countess has exchanged text message with some of his friends and former teammates in advance of Saturday's game between Maryland and the Wolverines.

Maryland wide receiver Stefon Diggs will miss the final two games of the regular season, but he is expected to play in the Terps' bowl game, coach Randy Edsall said Thursday.

Maryland defensive back Sean Davis continues to learn a cornerback position that he has not played regularly since he was a young football player at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

Maryland outside linebacker Matt Robinson found himself in a familiar, frustrating position, sitting on the field and waiting to be tended to by Maryland's athletic trainers.

Maryland football coach Randy Edsall wants C.J. Brown to relax. The quarterback's job might depend on it.

Juwann Winfree's two-game suspension is a setback for the Maryland freshman wide receiver, one of the prized pieces of last year's recruiting class and an emerging contributor in the Terps' offense.

Maryland continues to have problems along the offensive line, as well as at quarterback. Those troubles, combined with the lapses and mishaps from other position groups, are why the Terps' offense struggled like it did Saturday and has been as bad as it has been for much of the last five games.

If starting quarterback C.J. Brown continues to struggle like he did during Saturday¿s 37-15 loss to Michigan State, then the Terps may be forced to bench him in favor of either redshirt sophomore Perry Hills or redshirt freshman Shane Cockerille (Gilman).

The final determination on Stefon Diggs' status will not be made until after Maryland coach Randy Edsall meets with team doctors.

Maryland lost, 37-15, to No. 12 Michigan State at Byrd Stadium on Saturday. Here is what went well and what did not from a Terps perspective.

The pass was doomed the moment it left the right hand of Maryland quarterback C.J. Brown.

The Maryland Terrapins have played big games at Byrd Stadium before, but there is no longer any question that the decision to jump to the Big Ten Conference has electrified the atmosphere around the football program.

The Terps have the opportunity for their first victory over a ranked team since Randy Edsall took over as their coach in 2011.

The Terps' offensive line will try to better protect quarterback C.J. Brown in their next test, when Maryland plays No. 12 Michigan State Saturday at Byrd Stadium.

Maryland's defense will have to slow down Michigan State's high-powered and well-rounded offense if the underdog Terps stand any chance of upsetting the 12th-ranked Spartans.

Maryland coach Randy Edsall¿s belief is that most freshmen would be better off redshirting so they can take a year to develop physically and acclimate to the responsibilities and competition level in college. There are some exceptions, though.

The Maryland football team's now-infamous handshake snubbing, the low point of a 20-19 win over Penn State earlier this month, has been addressed privately and publicly.

Maryland quarterback C.J. Brown's father Clark Brown was Michigan State's starting QB in 1983, but knee injury ended his career

As a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, Maryland was required to put out a detailed injury report each week that listed each injured player, their ailing body part and the player¿s status heading into the upcoming game. That is not the case in the Big Ten.

Maryland will look to sophomore wide receiver Jacquille Veii and others to help fill in for junior receiver Stefon Diggs, who is suspended for Saturday's game against No. 12 Michigan State and could miss the remainder of the season after suffering a lacerated kidney against Penn State on Nov. 1.