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1 Table Of Contents Maryland Quick Facts 1 2012 Schedule Media Relations Season Preview/Notes 2-5 Date OPPONENT TIME Alphabetical Roster 6-7 S1 WILLIAM & Mary (ESPN3) 3 p.m. Football Contact Info Pronunciations 7 S8 @ Temple (ESPNU) Noon Numerical Roster 8-9 S15 CONNECTICUT (ACC Network) 12:30 p.m. TBA (primary contact) Depth Chart 10 S22 @ West Virginia TBA Justin Moore (secondary contact) Returning Player Profiles 11-33 S29 Open Date Assistant Director, Athletics Media Relations Newcomer Profiles 34-37 O6 WAKE FOREST* TBA Office: 301-314-7068 Randy Edsall Profile 38-39 O13 @ Virginia* TBA E-mail: [email protected] Assistant Coach/Staff Profiles 40-48 O20 NC State*+ TBA 2011 Season Statistics 49-56 O27 @ Boston College* TBA Zack Bolno 2011 Game Recaps 57-60 N3 GEORGIA TECH* TBA Sr. Assoc. AD/Media Relations & Strategic Communications N10 @ Clemson* TBA Office: 301-314-1482 N17 FLORIDA State* TBA N24 @ North Carolina* TBA Mailing Address University of Maryland; Athletics Media Relations Terps Social ALL CAPS indicates home game; *ACC game 2725 Comcast Center; Terrapin Trail Twitter @umterps + Homecoming game. All times Eastern @RandyEdsall College Park, MD 20741-0295 Facebook http://www.facebook.com/MarylandFootball Important Telephone Numbers www.facebook.com/marylandterrapinsofficialpage (301) 314-7064 — Media Relations Office You Tube www.youtube.com/marylandathletics (301) 314-9094 — Media Relations Fax (301) 405-7810 — Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium Press Box (301) 314-7095 — Football Office Terrapin Football Quick Facts Athletics Web Site — www.umterps.com General Name of School University of Maryland assistant COACHES City, Zip College Park, Md. 20742 Mike Locksley Offensive Coordinator / QBs First Year Founded 1856 Brian Stewart Defensive Coordinator / DBs First Year Enrollment 37,631 Tom Brattan Offensive Line 12th Year Nickname Terrapins, Terps Keith Dudzinski Inside Linebackers Second Year School Colors Red, White, Black, Gold John Dunn Tight Ends/Recruiting Coordinator Second Year Stadium Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium Greg Gattuso Defensive Line/Asst. Head Coach Second Year Capacity (Surface) 51,802 (FieldTurf) Lee Hull Wide Receivers Fifth Year Affiliation Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Lyndon Johnson Outside Linebackers Second Year Conference / Division Atlantic Coast Conference / Atlantic Andre Powell Running Backs / Special Teams Coordinator Second Year President Dr. Wallace Loh Tyler Bowen Graduate Assistant Third Year Athletics Director Kevin Anderson Curome Cox Graduate Assistant Fourth Year FOOTBALL staff History Fran Foley Director of Operations Second Year First year of football 1892 Drew Wilson Strength & Conditioning Coach Second Year All-time record 613-545-43 (.528/1,201 games) Michael Harris Asst. AD for Academics Second Year All-time bowl/playoff record 11-11-2 (.500) Ryan Steinberg Asst. Recruiting Coordinator Sixth Year Yrs. in postseason 23 (1947-49-51-53-55-73-74-75-76-77-78-80-82-83-84-85-90-01-02-03-06-07-08-10) Will Brown Video Coordinator Second Year Last postseason appearance 2010 Wes Robinson Head Trainer Sixth Year Last postseason result defeated East Carolina, 51-20 (Military Bowl, 12/29/10) Chris Banks Intern Third Year Coaching Staff Team Information Head Coach Randy Edsall 2011 overall record 2-10 2011 ACC record (finish) 1-7 (6th in Atlantic Division) Alma Mater, Year Syracuse (‘80) Basic offense Multiple Record at school (years) 2-10 Basic defense 3-4 Career record (years) 76-80 (13) Letterwinners returning Offense: 19 Defense: 21 Best time to reach coach Through Media Relations Office Specialty: 1 Total: 41 Weekly Press Conference Tuesday, 11:30 a.m. Letterwinners lost Offense: 12 Defense: 10 Specialty: 1 Total: 23 Starters returning Offense: 5 Defense: 10 Specialty: 3 (of 5) Total: 18 2 PRevIew / NOTeS First-and-Goal... • Three Terps ended 2011 ranked among the top 12 in the • Head coach Randy Edsall, beginning his second sea- ACC in tackles. Hartsfield was second at 12.0 per game Terps By The Numbers son, and the Terps will have to replace a number of key and Franklin was sixth at 8.8. Vellano was 12th with 7.8 per contest. performers from 2011. They will look to 41 returning let- 1...Demetrius Hartsfield is the ACC’s active career • There are 17 players on the roster who have started on terwinners, including 15 offensive and defensive starters, leader in tackles (260). as well as punter/place-kicker Nick Ferrara, to replace the defensive side of the ball. In addition to the 10 return- ing starters (see chart on page 3), DL Justin Anderson, some of the firepower lost from last season’s squad. 2...Former head coaches (Greg Gattuso, Mike DB Matt Robinson, DL Isaiah Ross and LB Kenny • Senior defensive lineman Joe Vellano, a 2011 second Locksley) on Randy Edsall’s staff. team All-American, and linebackers Demetrius Harts- Tate were all starters or significant contributors prior to suffering injuries in 2011. Goree, DL A.J. Francis and LB field and Darin Drakeford headline the 10 starters 3...The team’s grade-point average over each of the Bradley Johnson have also started games. back on defense. Vellano, a preseason All-American last three semesters (since Randy Edsall arrived) • There are just two returning starters (Bennett Fulper who should vie for a number of national awards, led the was higher than in any of the previous six semesters. FBS last season in tackles by a defensive lineman (7.8 and Justin Gilbert) on Maryland’s offensive line, but six players have started in their careers. De’Onte Arnett, per game), Hartsfield was an honorable mention All-ACC 4...Randy Edsall has taken his teams to bowl games Josh Cary, Sal Conaboy and Peter White have also pick and Drakeford had a league-high tying four forced in four of the last five seasons. fumbles. Senior safety Eric Franklin ranked second on started on the o-line. • Nine bowl teams from last year appear on Maryland’s the team (106) and sixth in the ACC in tackles (8.8 per 5...The Terps scored five times on defense in 2011 2012 schedule: Temple (Gildan New Mexico Bowl), West game) last season. He also had four PBUs which was which was tied for sixth in the FBS. tied for second on the squad. Virginia (Discover Orange Bowl), Wake Forest (Franklin American Mortgage Music City), Virginia (Chick-fil-A • The offense returns five starters, including three of its top 6...Maryland ranked tied for sixth in the FBS last Bowl), NC State (Belk Bowl), Georgia Tech (Hyundai four receivers from last season in wideouts Kevin Dorsey season in fewest penalties committed per game (4.1) Sun Bowl), Clemson (Discover Orange Bowl), Florida and Kerry Boykins, and tight end Matt Furstenburg. and 11th in fewest yards penalized (36.2). Junior C.J. Brown, who started five games in 2011, as- State (Champs Sports Bowl) and UNC (AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl). sumes No. 1 quarterback duties. Brown rushed for 574 11...The Terps scored 11 defensive touchdowns in yards, a Maryland single-season record for a quarterback. their last 28 games. Seniors Bennett Fulper and Justin Gilbert are expected Byrd Gets a Facelift... to provide leadership on the offensive line. Fulper started • Maryland in June formally announced plans for and 11...The Terps have seven of their top 13 tacklers at center the last two seasons, while Gilbert returned late unveiled renderings of the new FieldTurf Revolution back from last season. last season after injuries derailed his 2010 campaign. He surface that will be installed at Capital One Field at is penciled in at right tackle, but has also played guard. Byrd Stadium. The privately funded $3 million project 17...Number of seniors on Maryland’s preseason will result in the “coolest” synthetic turf field in the na- roster. tion and will be completed in time for the 2012 season Quick Hitters... opener. In order to enhance playability for all sports 35...Despite last season’s 2-10 record, recruits were • The five Maryland players who received 2011 postsea- expected to use the facility, and after various tests and not detered. Maryland’s 2012 recruiting class (see son recognition return to the squad this year - DL Keith discussions, it was decided the playing surface will be pgs. 34-37) was ranked as high as No. 35 in the nation Bowers (freshman All-ACC), LB Lorne Goree (freshman a traditional green in color. The end zones for football (Rivals.com and 247Sports.com). All-ACC), LB Demetrius Hartsfield(honorable mention will have a design reminiscent of the Maryland state flag All-ACC), DL Andre Monroe (freshman All-American) and reinforcing the “Maryland Pride” theme of Maryland 972...The program’s Academic Progress Rate (APR), and DL Joe Vellano (second team All-American; first Athletics. The project at Maryland is the first of its kind which measures eligibility and retention, has begun team All-ACC). in the United States and will feature exclusive new to trend upward after declining for five straight years. • The Terrapins return 75 percent of the offensive and heat-reducing technology - CoolPlay - which, coupled The multiyear score increased from 922 (2009-10) defensive two-deep from the end of last season. There with the patented silica sand and cryogenic rubber infill, to 931 (2010-11) and its single-year score from 905 are 17 of the 22 offensive players back and 16 of 22 will provide the facility with the “coolest” infill technology. to 972. defenders. In addition, eight of the 12 members of the FieldTurf has done extensive temperature testing which final special teams two-deep is back in 2012. shows that CoolPlay infill provides for a difference of up • Maryland had 15 seniors on the 2011 roster, but just 12 of to 15 degrees Fahrenheit versus traditional rubber infill Alone at the Top..