1 1 2 2007 SEASON REVIEW 2007 Review Notebook Quick Hits • The Terps special teams distinguished itself well this in the ACC and 58th in the nation with an average of • Despite a number of setbacks during the 2007 season, despite three new starters. True freshman Travis Baltz 40.9 yards per punt, and elevated his game during the University of Maryland football team reached its fifth and junior place-kicker Obi Egekeze are both in their conference play with a 43.1-yard average, second-best bowl game in seven years and upended a pair of top 10 first seasons seeing game action. Baltz, a freshman in the league. teams. The Terps won two of their final three regular- All-ACC choice, ranked seventh in the ACC in punting average (40.9), including second (43.1) in league season games, including a dominating 37-0 win over 2007 Team Awards NC State in the season finale, to reach postseason play. contests. Egekeze has hit 17 of 23 field goals, including a league-best 93 percent (13 of 14) in ACC games. Below is a list of honorees from the team’s annual end-of Maryland had its school record streak of three-straight season banquet: bowl wins snapped in a 21-14 defeat at the hands of Oregon State in the Emerald Bowl in San Francisco. Four Terps Earn All-ACC Top Special Teams Performer - Obi Egekeze Freshman of the Year - Adrian Moten • The Terps ranked 40th nationally in total defense (358.0 Honors... A.V. Williams Award for Outstanding & Conspicuous ypg) and 24th in scoring defense (21.5 ppg) in 2007. The • Four Terps earned All-ACC honors from the Atlantic Sportsmanship - Joey Haynos Maryland defense also stepped up down the stretch, Coast Sports Media Association (ACSMA) and the George C. Cook Memorial Award for the senior with holding NC State (Nov. 24) to just 250 total yards, Associated Press. On the defensive side of the ball, the highest GPA - Matt Goldberg including 10 on the ground, and in the win over No. 8 linebacker Erin Henderson and tackle Dre Moore George Boutselis Memorial Award for letterman with Boston College (Nov. 10) , sacked Heisman candidate were first-team selections. On offense, guard Andrew the highest GPA - Dean Muhtadi Matt Ryan a season-high four times and held the Eagles Crummey was a second-team choice for the second- Alvin L. Aubinoe Award for unsung hero - Carlos to 45 rushing yards. The Terps surrendered an average straight year, while senior running back Keon Lattimore Feliciano of 69.7 rushing yards over the last three regular- drew an honorable mention nod. Henderson was the C.P. “Lefty” McIntosh Public Service Award sponsored season games. The Terps had two of the top tacklers leading vote-getter at linebacker after posting 122 by Don & Terry Wilson - Dan Gronkowski in the country in junior linebackers Erin Henderson and tackles, including a team-best 11 tackles for loss. The James M. Tatum Award for Lineman of the Year - Dave Philistin, who ranked ninth (11.1) and 39th (9.5), Terps have had a first-team All-ACC linebacker in five Jeremy Navarre and Scott Burley respectively, in the nation in stops per game. Henderson of the last seven seasons. Moore developed into a force Dr. John E. Faber Award for Iron Man - J.J. Justice was an All-American and a Butkus Award semifinalist, in the middle of the Maryland defense. He led the Terps Terrapin Club Award for the greatest career as well as earning All-ACC honors for the second with six sacks, the most by a Maryland player since contribution to football - Lance Ball straight season. Senior tackle Dre Moore, a first-team 2004 (Shawne Merriman, 8.5). Moore is only the second Offensive Scout Team Player of the Year - Torrey Smith all-conference choice, had a team-high six sacks. Junior Maryland defensive tackle to earn first-team All-ACC Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year - Louis cornerback Kevin Barnes led the secondary with four of honors in the last eight seasons (also Randy Starks, Berman the team’s 13 interceptions. He ranked tied for seventh 2003). Crummey, a member of this year’s watch list for Defensive Most Improved - Dave Philistin in the ACC in interceptions per game (0.31 pg). The the Lombardi Award and Outland Trophy, earned the Offensive Most Improved - Chris Turner Terps pass defense ended the year ranked fifth in the honor despite missing five games. Lattimore recorded Defensive Most Valuable Player - Dre Moore ACC and 33rd in the nation (210.7 ypg). Barnes and career highs in rushing yards (789) and rushing Offensive Most Valuable Player - Darrius Heyward-Bey senior CB Isaiah Gardner each ranked tied for seventh touchdowns (13). No player in the conference had more Ray Krouse Award for Team Most Valuable Player in the league in passes defended (0.92 pg). rushing scores than Lattimore, who also topped the 100- - Erin Henderson • The Terps offense, which was decimated by injuries yard mark four times. Distinguished Contributor Award - Carol Harris (only three players started all 13 games), came together over the last month of the year, averaging 424.3 yards Three Terps Earn Terps Battle Through during the final three regular-season games, including a season-high 472 in the upset of BC. Maryland ranked Freshman All-ACC Injuries... fifth in the ACC in total offense (340.9 ypg), including fifth Honors... • The Terps were hit by the injury bug in some key areas in rushing (137.5 ypg). Seniors Lance Ball and Keon • Three Maryland freshmen were selected to the 2007 this season, mostly noticeably on offense where just Lattimore combine to average nearly 130 rushing yards Sporting News Freshman All-ACC Football Team. three players started all 13 games. QB Jordan Steffy per game. Lattimore was seventh in the ACC and 86th Wide receiver LaQuan Williams, linebacker Adrian sat out vs. Georgia Tech and Virginia after suffering a nationally in rushing (67.1 ypg), and tallied a league- Moten and punter Travis Baltz represented the Terps concussion vs. Rutgers (Sept. 29). He was cleared to best 13 rushing TDs. Ball ended the year tied for ninth on the team. The magazine chose 11 starters on each play prior to the Clemson game and played two series in the league in rushing (59.1 ypg). He ended his career side of the ball, along with three specialists. Only one vs. FSU and the final two of the NC State game (Nov. as Maryland’s fourth all-time leading rusher (2,487 school – North Carolina with six – placed more players 24). RG Andrew Crummey, a preseason All-American, yards). Despite playing behind a banged-up offensive on the team. Georgia Tech and Duke each had three missed five games with a fractured left fibula (vs. Georgia line, sophomore Chris Turner was solid for the Terps selections as well. Moten, a redshirt freshman, proved Tech, Oct. 6), but returned for the regular-season finale after taking over as the starting QB in the sixth game to be a versatile player seeing time as a reserve at all and bowl game. Starting left guard Jaimie Thomas was of the year. Turner, who stepped under center for junior three linebacker spots and at defensive end in pass- lost for the regular season when he fractured his right Jordan Steffy (injured vs. Rutgers), ranked third in the rushing situations. He tied for team-high honors with fibula vs. Virginia (Oct. 20), though he returned to play ACC is passing efficiency (135.5 rating). WR Darrius 5.5 sacks. Williams switched over from defensive back a reserve role in the bowl game. TE Dan Gronkowski Heyward-Bey, a 2007 honorable mention All-America prior to the start of spring workouts and made the most left the Clemson game (Oct. 27) with a knee injury and choice, led the Terps in receptions (48) and receiving of his opportunity by earning a share of the starting job missed two contests before returning vs. Florida State yards (687). He posted 21 catches over the last four (seven starts). He had 15 catches for 217 yards before a (Nov. 17). He also missed the bowl game with an injury. games of the regular season. Senior guard Andrew knee injury shelved him for the final two regular-season FB Cory Jackson played most of the Virginia game Crummey, one of the top linemen in the nation, missed games. Baltz had some big shoes to fill after he took with a broken hand and missed the Clemson contest. most of the season half of the season, while junior over for four-time All-ACC performer Adam Podlesh, but He returned vs. UNC (Nov. 3) and played with a wrap guard Jaimie Thomas missed the final five games of the true freshman responded well. Baltz ranked seventh on his hand over the final four weeks. Starting LT Scott the year. 2008 FOOTBALL MEDIA & RECRUITING GUIDE 1 1 3 Burley played over the final five weeks of the regular • The Terps were also one of just four teams (Kentucky, season, but sparingly due to an ankle injury. His backup, LSU, Illinois) in the nation to defeat two top 10 teams 2007 Maryland true freshman Bruce Campbell, was also on and off this season: the field with an ankle injury. Redshirt freshman Paul Kentucky: No. 9 Louisville; No. 1 LSU; Individual Honors Pinegar, a walk-on, replaced both of them at times. WR LSU: No. 9 Virginia Tech; No. 9 Florida Lance Ball, TB Danny Oquendo injured a knee in practice prior to the Illinois: No.