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Maryland football coach Michael Locksley says there needs to be better “guardrails” to prevent schools from taking advantage of ambiguous NIL guidelines. “They raised the speed limit on the highway and they took the state troopers off,” Locksley said.
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Former University of Maryland football coach Ralph Friedgen has been named to the 2023 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame announced June 6.
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Terps tight end Corey Dyches believes Maryland football took a step forward with a bowl appearance and victory last season but that the expectation within the program is to build on that success. “I really think that this is going to be the year that we do make a big step,” Dyches said.
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Maryland DL Sam Okuayinonu didn’t start taking football seriously until his senior year of high school, but he’s confident he’ll hear his named called in the NFL Draft. “I did everything I could do,” Okuayinonu said, “and the cards are out of my hands now and just waiting to see what happens.”
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While the NFL Scouting Combine is an opportunity for players to try to impress NFL teams, former Maryland and Ole Miss linebacker Chance Campbell also used the Combine as a way to help others.
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Former Maryland cornerback Tino Ellis is hoping the new USFL will allow him an opportunity to get back to the NFL. “I feel like it’s the perfect opportunity to get some film as a starter, show what I can do and go from there,” Ellis said.
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Former Maryland and Damascus RB Jake Funk can now call himself a Super Bowl champion. Even though he was inactive for the game, Funk played in 10 regular-season and three playoff games for the Rams, living out a dream for himself and former teammate Jordan McNair.
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After missing the 2020 season with myocarditis, Terps tight end Chig Okonkwo is approaching the 2022 NFL Draft with an even greater appreciation and he is excited to show what he can do at the NFL Scouting Combine in early March.
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2021 marks PressBox’s fifth annual Best Of edition celebrating the top people, performances and moments of the year.
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Maryland head coach Michael Locksley says a bowl berth is part of the foundation of the program. “To get the culture right first is the first step,” Locksley said. “… We’ve established that type of identity of being a team that will play with great effort [and] will be competitive.”
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