2019 Maryland Terrapins football team

2019 Maryland Terrapins football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Division	East Division
2019 record	3–9 (1–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Mike Locksley (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Scottie Montgomery (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Jon Hoke (1st season)
Home stadium	Maryland Stadium (Capacity: 51,802)
Uniform
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2019 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
No. 3 Ohio State xy$^		9	–	0					13	–	1
No. 9 Penn State		7	–	2					11	–	2
No. 18 Michigan		6	–	3					9	–	4
Indiana		5	–	4					8	–	5
Michigan State		4	–	5					7	–	6
Maryland		1	–	8					3	–	9
Rutgers		0	–	9					2	–	10
West Division
No. 11 Wisconsin xy		7	–	2					10	–	4
No. 10 Minnesota x		7	–	2					11	–	2
No. 15 Iowa		6	–	3					10	–	3
Illinois		4	–	5					6	–	7
Purdue		3	–	6					4	–	8
Nebraska		3	–	6					5	–	7
Northwestern		1	–	8					3	–	9
Championship: Ohio State 34, Wisconsin 21
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2019 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland, College Park in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Terrapins played their home games at Maryland Stadium in College Park, Maryland and competed in the East Division of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 1–8 in Big Ten play to finish in sixth place in the East Division.

Offseason[]

Previous season[]

The Terrapins finished with a record of 5–7, making it another losing season in the Big Ten Conference. As a result of the death of player Jordan McNair after a preseason workout, head coach D. J. Durkin was fired in November. Mike Locksley was named to replace Durkin as head coach instead of interim coach Matt Canada.

Spring game[]

Maryland held its annual Red-White spring exhibition game on April 27, 2019.^[1] The Red team, led by redshirt junior quarterback and game MVP Tyler DeSue, triumphed over the White team 28–17.^[1]

Recruiting[]

US college sports recruiting information for 2019 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Cortez Andrews OLB	Tallahassee, FL	Godby High School	5 ft 11.5 in (1.82 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	Feb 6, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 80
Deonte Banks CB	Edgewood, MD	Edgewood High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jun 22, 2018
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 79
Kameron Blount OLB	Waldorf, MD	Saint Charles High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	216 lb (98 kg)	Apr 1, 2018
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 78
Anthony Booker DL	Cincinnati, OH	Winton Woods High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	280 lb (130 kg)	Feb 5, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 75
Erwin Byrd DB	Powder Springs, GA	McEachern High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jan 27, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 73
TreRon Collins DB	Fairburn, GA	Langston Hughes High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jan 27, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 80
Nick Cross DB	Hyattsville, MD	DeMatha Catholic High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	206 lb (93 kg)	Feb 12, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 84
Tyler Devera TE	Oradell, NJ	Bergen Catholic High	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	Feb 3, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 74
Marcus Finger OL	Fort Myers, FL	Fort Myers High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	296 lb (134 kg)	Feb 4, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 71
Lavonte Gater DB	Washington, DC	Frank W. Ballou High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Feb 21, 2018
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 73
Isaiah Hazel WR	Upper Marlboro, MD	Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Dec 12, 2018
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 83
Parris Heath OL	Brooklyn, NY	ASA College	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	325 lb (147 kg)	Feb 3, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: N/A
Deshawn Holt DL	Waldorf, MD	Westlake High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jun 25, 2018
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 79
Malik Jackson TE	Fort Meade, MD	Meade High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Dec 19, 2018
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 73
Lance Legendre QB	New Orleans, LA	Warren Easton High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Feb 6, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 82
Mason Lunsford OL	Olney, MD	Our Lady of Good Counsel High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	305 lb (138 kg)	Dec 14, 2018
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 74
Samuel Okuayinonu DL	Lowell, MA	Mesabi Range Comm & Tech College	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	270 lb (120 kg)	Jan 26, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 76
Dino Tomlin WR	Pittsburgh, PA	Shady Side Academy	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Nov 6, 2018
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 76
Overall recruiting rankings:   247Sports: 46
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2019 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Transfers[]

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Class	Hometown	College transferred from
DeJuan Ellis	WR	5'11"	178	Freshman	Accokeek, Md	Virginia Tech
Josh Jackson	QB	6'1"	215	Junior	Saline, MI	Virginia Tech
Keandre Jones	OLB	6'3"	210	Senior	Olney, Md	Ohio State
Tyler Mabry	TE	6'3"	265	Senior	Ypsilanti, MI	University at Buffalo
Sean Savoy	WR	5'9"	177	Junior	Washington, D.C.	Virginia Tech
Shaq Smith	OLB	6'2"	256	Junior	Baltimore, MD	Clemson University

Preseason Big Ten poll[]

Although the Big Ten Conference has not held an official preseason poll since 2010, Cleveland.com has polled sports journalists representing all member schools as a de facto preseason media poll since 2011. For the 2019 poll, Maryland was projected to finish in sixth in the East Division.^[2]

Media poll (East Division)
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Michigan	222 (20)
2	Ohio State	214 (14)
3	Michigan State	156
4	Penn State	154
5	Indiana	86.5
6	Maryland	82.5
7	Rutgers	37

Award watch lists[]

Award	Player	Position	Year
Bednarik Award[3]	Antoine Brooks	DB	SR
Maxwell Award[4]	Anthony McFarland Jr.	RB	SO
Doak Walker Award[5]	Anthony McFarland Jr.	RB	SO
John Mackey Award[6]	Tyler Mabry	TE	GS
Rimington Trophy[7]	Johnny Jordan	C	JR
Paul Hornung Award[8]	Javon Leake	RB	JR
Wuerffel Trophy[9]	Noah Barnes	TE	JR

Personnel[]

Roster[]

2019 Maryland Terrapins football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 D. J. Turner Sr RB 2 Lorenzo Harrison III  Jr QB 3 Tyrrell Pigrome  Jr QB 4 Lance Legendre  Fr RB 5 Anthony McFarland Jr.  So WR 6 Jeshaun Jones  So WR 7 Dontay Demus Jr. So RB 8 Tayon Fleet-Davis Jr TE 9 Chigoziem Okonkwo So WR 10 Jayden Comma  So QB 11 Donny Sanders  So QB 13 Tyler Desue  Fr WR 13 Rayshad Lewis  Jr WR 15 Brian Cobbs So WR 16 Dino Tomlin  Fr QB 17 Josh Jackson  Jr QB 18 Max Bortenschlager   Jr WR 19 MJ Jarrell  So RB 20 Javon Leake Jr WR 21 Darryl Jones So QB 22 Eric Najarian Fr WR 26 Justin Brown So WR 29 Sean Savoy FB 32 Antonio Dicerbo Jr RB 34 Jake Funk  Jr TE 45 Zack Roski Jr TE 46 Robert Schwob Jr OL 52 Evan Gregory  Fr OL 54 Spencer Anderson  Fr OL 55 Austin Fontaine  Fr OL 57 TJ Bradley Jr OL 61 Breyon Gaddy  So OL 63 Tyler Hamilton Jr OL 64 Marcus Finger  Fr OL 67 Tyran Hunt  So OL 68 Ellis McKennie Sr OL 69 Parris Heath So OL 70 Sean Christie Sr OL 71 Jaelyn Duncan  Fr OL 72 Marcus Minor  So OL 73 Johnny Jordan Jr OL 75 Terrance Davis Sr OL 76 Jack Wagman Jr OL 78 Mason Lunsford  Fr TE 80 Noah Barnes Jr TE 81 Tyler Mabry Sr WR 82 Isaiah Hazel  Fr WR 83 Carlos Carriere  So WR 84 Chris Jones Sr WR 85 Sean Nelson  So TE 86 Malik Jackson  Fr TE 87 Tyler Devera  Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 3 Nick Cross  Fr LB 4 Keandre Jones Sr LB 5 Shaq Smith  Jr DB 7 Tino Ellis Sr DB 8 Marcus Lewis Sr DL 10 Tyler Baylor  Fr DB 11 Fofie Bazzie  So DB 12 Vincent Flythe  Fr DB 14 Deon Jones  So LB 16 Ayinde Eley  So DB 17 Treron Collins  Fr LB 18 Jordan Mosley So LB 19 Ahmad McCullough  Fr DB 20 Antwaine Richardson  Sr LB 22 Isaiah Davis Sr DB 23 Fa'Najae Gotay  Fr DB 24 Kenny Bennett  So DB 25 Antoine Brooks Sr DB 26 Erwin Byrd  Fr DL 27 Bryce Brand Jr LB 30 Durell Nchami  So DB 31 Tahj Capehart  So LB 32 Bruce Miller Sr DB 33 Deonte Banks  Fr LB 35 Kobi Thomas Fr LB 36 Cortez Andrews  Fr DB 37 Lavonte Gater  Fr DB 38 Kareem Montgomery Sr LB 39 Deshawn Holt  Fr LB 40 Tanyi Makia  So LB 42 Kameron Blount  Fr LB 43 Wyatt Cook Sr LB 44 Chance Campbell So LB 48 Oladimeji Olayinka So LB 49 David Brownlee So DL 51 Jacob Purcell Sr DL 52 Oluwaseun Oluwatimi Sr LB 53 Sean Greely Fr DL 59 Keiron Howard Sr DL 77 Cherokee Glasgow So DL 88 Jalen Alexander  Fr DL 89 Anthony Booker Jr.  Fr DL 90 B'Ahmad Miller  So DL 95 Lawtez Rogers  So DL 96 Brett Kulka Sr DL 97 Sam Okuayinonu Jr DL 98 Brandon Gaddy  So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 27 Joseph Petrino So K 38 Paul Inzerillo Jr K 41 Mike Shinsky Sr LS 47 James Rosenberry So LS 58 Paul Mouring Fr K 97 Bentley Faulkner So P 98 Anthony Pecorella Fr P 99 Colton Spangler Fr	Head coach Mike Locksley Coordinators/assistant coaches Scottie Montgomery (Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks) Jon Hoke (Defensive Coordinator / Safeties) John Papuchis (Special Teams Coordinator/ Inside Linebackers) Joker Phillips (Co-Offensive Coordinator / Wide Receivers) John Reagan (Offensive Line) Delbert Cowsette (Defensive Line) Cory Robinson (Defensive Passing game Coordinator / Cornerbacks) Brian Williams (Outside Linebackers) Elijah Brooks (Running Backs) Mike Miller (Tight Ends) Ryan Davis (Director of Football Strength and Conditioning) Matthew Fyle (Associate Director of Football Strength and Conditioning) Ron Zook (Senior Analyst) Brawley Evans (Senior Defensive Analyst) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Depth chart[]

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	12:00 p.m.	Howard*		Maryland Stadium College Park, MD	BTN	W 79–0	32,761
September 7	12:00 p.m.	No. 21 Syracuse*		Maryland Stadium College Park, MD	ESPN	W 63–20	33,493
September 14	12:00 p.m.	at Temple*	No. 21	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA	CBSSN	L 17–20	30,610
September 27	8:00 p.m.	No. 12 Penn State		Maryland Stadium College Park, MD (rivalry)	FS1	L 0–59	53,228
October 5	12:00 p.m.	at Rutgers		SHI Stadium Piscataway, NJ	BTN	W 48–7	30,185
October 12	12:00 p.m.	at Purdue		Ross-Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	BTN	L 14–40	52,296
October 19	3:30 p.m.	Indiana		Maryland Stadium College Park, MD	BTN	L 28–34	32,606
October 26	3:30 p.m.	at No. 17 Minnesota		TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN	ESPN	L 10–52	44,715
November 2	12:00 p.m.	No. 14 Michigan		Maryland Stadium College Park, MD	ABC	L 7–38	40,701
November 9	12:00 p.m.	at No. 1 Ohio State		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	FOX	L 14–73	101,022
November 23	3:30 p.m.	Nebraska		Maryland Stadium College Park, MD	BTN	L 7–54	34,802
November 30	3:30 p.m.	at Michigan State		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	FS1	L 16–19	51,366
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings (after November 5) released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries[]

Howard[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	0	0	0	0	0
Terrapins	28	28	16	7	79

	Category	Player	Statistics
Offensive	Passing	Josh Jackson	15-24, 245 yds, 4td, 92.9 qbr
	Rushing	Jake Funk	12 car, 79 yds, 1 td
	Receiving	Dontay Demus Jr.	3 rec, 100 yds, 2 td
Defensive		Sam Okuayinonu	3 solo-4 ast/7 tot, 1 sack
		Keandre Jones	1 solo-3 ast/4 tot, 1.5 sack
		Ayinde Eley	2 solo-4 ast/6 tot

Syracuse[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 21 Orange	7	6	7	0	20
Terrapins	21	21	7	14	63

	Category	Player	Statistics
Offensive	Passing	Josh Jackson	21-38, 296 yds, 3td, 1 int, 84.7 qbr
	Rushing	Javon Leake	7 car, 107 yds, 2 td
	Receiving	Darryl Jones	3 rec, 70 yds
Defensive		Keandre Jones	7 solo-1 ast/8 tot, 2 sack, 1 ff
		Jordan Mosley	3 solo,1 sac, 1 int
		Antoine Brooks	8 solo-1 ast/9 tot

at Temple[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 21 Terrapins	2	0	13	2	17
Owls	7	0	6	7	20

	Category	Player	Statistics
Offensive	Passing	Josh Jackson	15-38, 183 yds, 1td, 1 int, 16.1 qbr
	Rushing	Anthony McFarland Jr.	26 car, 137 yds, 1 td
	Receiving	Dontay Demus Jr.	3 rec, 42 yds
Defensive		Antoine Brooks	13 solo/13 tot, 1 fr
		Jordan Mosley	5 solo-2 ast/7 tot, 1ff
		Chance Campbell	3 solo-1 ast/4 tot, 1 int

Penn State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 12 Nittany Lions	14	24	7	14	59
Terrapins	0	0	0	0	0

	Category	Player	Statistics
Offensive	Passing	Josh Jackson	10-21, 65 yds, 0 int, 3.8 qbr
	Rushing	Anthony McFarland Jr.	9 car, 31 yds
	Receiving	Dontay Demus Jr.	1 rec, 18 yds
Defensive		Antoine Brooks	6 solo/6 tot
		Nick Cross	2 solo-1 ast/3 tot, 1 int
		Chance Campbell	5 solo-1 ast/6 tot

at Rutgers[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terrapins	7	20	21	0	48
Scarlet Knights	0	7	0	0	7

	Category	Player	Statistics
Offensive	Passing	Josh Jackson	9-16, 179 yds, 2 td, 60.5 qbr
	Rushing	Anthony McFarland Jr.	7 car, 87 yds, 2 td
	Receiving	Dontay Demus Jr.	3 rec, 94 yds, 1 td
Defensive		Ayinde Eley	4 solo-8 ast/12 tot, 1int
		Keandre Jones	5 solo-5 ast/10 tot, 1 sac
		Isaiah Davis	2 solo-2 ast/4 tot, 1 int

at Purdue[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terrapins	0	14	0	0	14
Boilermakers	13	17	3	7	40

Indiana[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoosiers	14	10	7	3	34
Terrapins	7	14	7	0	28

at Minnesota[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terrapins	0	3	0	7	10
No. 17 Golden Gophers	14	14	10	14	52

Michigan[]

Michigan at Maryland

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 14 Wolverines 14 7 14 3 38 Terrapins 0 0 7 0 7 Date: November 2 Location: Maryland Stadium College Park, MD TV announcers (ABC): Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay, Molly McGrath Sources:

at Ohio State[]

Maryland at Ohio State

1 2 3 4 Total Terrapins 0 0 7 7 14 • No. 1 Buckeyes 21 21 10 21 73 Date: November 9, 2019 Location: Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio Game start: 12:00 p.m. EST TV announcers (FOX): Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Jenny Taft

Nebraska[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cornhuskers	17	17	10	10	54
Terrapins	0	0	0	7	7

at Michigan State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terrapins	7	0	9	0	16
Spartans	3	10	0	6	19

2020 NFL Draft[]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
4	124	Anthony McFarland Jr.	RB	Pittsburgh Steelers
6	198	Antoine Brooks Jr.	DB	Pittsburgh Steelers
UDFA		Javon Leake	RB	New York Giants
UDFA		Tino Ellis	CB	New Orleans Saints
UDFA		Tyler Mabry	TE	Seattle Seahawks

Rankings[]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	NR	NR	21	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	NR	NR	25	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
CFP	Not released										NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	Not released

References[]