2019 Maryland Terrapins football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record3–9 (1–8 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorScottie Montgomery (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread option
Defensive coordinatorJon Hoke (1st season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumByrd Stadium
Uniform
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 Big Ten Conference football standings
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

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:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars   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:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars   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:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars   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:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars   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:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars   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:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars   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:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars   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:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars   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:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars   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:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars   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:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars   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:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars   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:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars   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:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars   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:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars   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:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars   ESPN grade: 74
Sam 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:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars   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:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars   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 Injured 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 Injured  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 Injured 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 Injured 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
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 Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Depth chart

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 31 12:00 p.m. Howard*
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
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
BTN W 48–7 30,185
October 12 12:00 p.m. at Purdue
BTN L 14–40 52,296
October 19 3:30 p.m. Indiana
BTN L 28–34 32,606
October 26 3:30 p.m. at No. 17 Minnesota
ESPN L 10–52 44,715
November 2 12:00 p.m. No. 14 Michigandagger
  • Maryland Stadium
  • College Park, MD
 ABC L 7–38 40,701
November 9 12:00 p.m. at No. 1 Ohio State
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
FS1 L 16–19 51,366

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Game summaries

Howard

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

See also: 2019 Howard Bison football team
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

See also: 2019 Syracuse Orange football team
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

See also: 2019 Temple Owls football team
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

See also: 2019 Penn State Nittany Lions football team and Maryland-Penn State football rivalry
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

See also: 2019 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team
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

See also: 2019 Purdue Boilermakers football team

Indiana

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

See also: 2019 Indiana Hoosiers football team

At Minnesota

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

See also: 2019 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

Michigan

Michigan at Maryland
1 234Total
• No. 14 Wolverines 14 7143 38
Terrapins 0 070 7
  • Sources:

See also: 2019 Michigan Wolverines football team

At Ohio State

Maryland at Ohio State
1 234Total
Terrapins 0 077 14
• No. 1 Buckeyes 21 211021 73

See also: 2019 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

Nebraska

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

See also: 2019 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

At Michigan State

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

See also: 2019 Michigan State Spartans football team

2020 NFL Draft

See also: 2020 NFL Draft
Round Pick Player Position NFL Club
4 124 Anthony McFarland Jr. RB Pittsburgh Steelers
6 198 Antoine Brooks DB Pittsburgh Steelers
UDFA Javon Leake RB New York Giants
UDFA Tino Ellis CB New Orleans Saints
UDFA Tyler Mabry TE Seattle Seahawks

Rankings

Further information: 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP——21—————————————
Coaches——25—————————————
CFPNot released——————Not released

References

  1. ^ a b Markus, Don (April 27, 2019). "Three takeaways from Maryland's Red-White spring football game". The Baltimore Sun.
  2. ^ Lesmerises, Doug (July 18, 2019). "Michigan named Big Ten football favorite in cleveland.com 2019 preseason poll". Cleveland.com.
  3. ^ "2019 Bednarik Award Watch List - Maxwell Football Club". July 15, 2019. Archived from the original on July 15, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  4. ^ "2019 Maxwell Award Watch List - Maxwell Football Club". July 15, 2019. Archived from the original on July 15, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  5. ^ "2019 Doak Walker Award Candidates - SMU". www.smu.edu.
  6. ^ "2019 John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List Released" (PDF). July 19, 2019. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
  7. ^ "Rimington Trophy Unveils 2019 Watch List". July 25, 2019. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  8. ^ "Paul Hornung Award Unveils 2019 Watch List". July 25, 2019. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  9. ^ "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2019 Watch List". July 25, 2019. Archived from the original on July 25, 2019. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  10. ^ "2019 Maryland Football Schedule".
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