Maryland opens unique preseason training camp

Day No.

1 of Maryland Terrapins football training camp 2020 is all about who is back and who is not.

Last year’s starting quarterback, senior Josh Jackson, is among a handful of players opting out of the season.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRESEASONTRAINING CAMPS, OPENING UP ALLACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY.MARYLAND IS TRYING TO NAVIGATETHIS NEW FOOTBALL WORLDCHANGED BY CORONAVIRUS WITHOUTTHEIR QUARTERBACK FROM LASTYEAR.

WMAR-2 NEWS SHAWNSTEPNER EXPLAINS.Day No.

1 of Terps trainingcamp 2020.

All about who isback and who is not.

LastyearJosh Jackson, among a handfulof players opting out of theseason.

Mike Locksley, TerpsHead Coach: Josh Jackson hasprobably played his lastfootball.

Proud of him beingable to make a tough decision.Leading the quarterback roomnow is redshirt freshman LanceLeGendre.

The big name inlimbo, Taulia Tagovailoa.

Theyounger brother of Dolphinsquarterback Tua, transferringfrom Alabama to Maryland.

HeadCoach Mike Locksley says theprogram should know within acouple days whether the NCAAwill allow him to play thisseason.

Locksley: He has thatinfectious personality thatplayers gravitate to him.Scottie Montgomery, TerpsOffensive Coordinator: Tauliahas tremendous, tremendoushands in the R.P.O.

World andgreat vision, great leadershipability.

Tagovailoa one of 56new players on the Terps.Different faces going througha different sort of camp.Everything affected by COVIDprecautions.

Locksley: Everymember of the team, on thefield or on the sideline, musthave some type of facialcovering.

We have to go in thelocker room in shifts.

Staffand players taking it uponthemselves to be safe*awa*from the field as well,staying in a hotel duringtraining camp.

Jake Funk,Terps Running Back: Ultimatelythereend, as players, to be able tolive right off the field andprotect ourselves off thefield so we dondisease into our facility.Stepner: What have youstressed to your playersregarding what to do any fromthe field?

Locksley: Ourplayers are well aware, andwethat if one fail we all fail.Before camp started, Locksleymaking headlines, leading thenewly formed NationalCoalition of Minority FootballCoaches.

An effort to towardfair and equitable hiring atall levels of football.Locksley: Itpay forward the opportunitiesthat Iwanted to use some of theexperiences Iand some of the people thathave helped me get throughthem, to create thisorganization.

Locksley and theTerps begin their all- Big Tenschedule on Saturday,September 5 at Iowa.

ShawnStepner, WMAR-2 News.GETTING SAFELY BACK TO SCHOOLSTILL MEANS HAVING THE