Running down Maryland's pre-spring football depth chart, position by position ...
OFFENSE
WR
6-Deon Long
84-Amba Etta
85-James Bowman
WR
1-Stefon Diggs
10-Tyrek Cheeseboro
24-Regis Whittington
WR
3-Nigel King
83-Malcolm Culmer
24-T.J. Ehrie
Marcus Leak is out for the spring, as is Levern Jacobs. When healthy, the Terrapins will be able to go six deep with wideouts who have I-A experience. ... Maryland didn't waste any time putting Deon Long at the top of its depth chart; he and Diggs project to be two of the three sure starters (if healthy) in the fall.
QB
9-Ricardo Young
6-Dustin Dailey
Three injured quarterbacks ---- C.J. Brown, Perry Hills and Caleb Rowe --- are not included. Neither Young nor Dailey has taken a major-college game snap.
TB
45-Brandon Ross
5-Albert Reid
29-Joe Riddle
FB
49-Tyler Cierski
30-Kenneth Goins Jr.
With Wes Brown out for the spring, Ross is easily the most experienced tailback on the roster. Reid played sparingly last season, while Riddle redshirted. Cierski is among the most entrenched starters in Maryland's program.
TE
86-Dave Stinebaugh
80-Daniel Adams
OR
88-P.J. Gallo
OR
87-Brian McMahon
Stinebaugh, the only one of the four who played last season, is a logical first-stringer to start off the spring. Adams is a New Mexico transfer. Gallo redshirted. McMahon served as Maryland's backup/emergency quarterback for the final month of last season.
LT
77-Mike Madaras
55-Ryan Doyle
LG
70-De'Onte Arnett
68-Silvano Altamirano
C
65-Sal Conaboy
OR
50-Evan Mulrooney
60-Stephen Grommer
RG
66-Andrew Zeller
69-Gary Harraka
79-Maurice Shelton
RT
74-Nick Klemm
61-Jake Wheeler
76-Michael Dunn
After starting for much of his freshman year, Madaras would appear the best bet to start of anyone. ... Altamirano, a junior college transfer, will immediately compete for a starting job at left guard. ... Coach Randy Edsall said both Conaboy and Mulrooney will remain at center. ... Klemm, who lost the starting job at left tackle after the first month of the season, gets another turn --- this time on the right side.
DEFENSE
DE
99-Quinton Jefferson
OR
95-Justin Anderson
78-Ty Tucker
NT
97-Darius Kilgo
71-Nate Clarke
73-Alex Walker
96-Azubuike Ukandu
DE
91-Keith Bowers
90-Roman Braglio
63-Joe Rosenblatt
Multi-year starters Joe Vellano and A.J. Francis are gone, with Kilgo the most established player left in the program. ... Bowers and Anderson have both served as one-year starters, though neither functioned in that role last season.
OLB
35-Alex Twine
OR
37-Avery Thompson
ILB
58-Bradley Johnson
30-Shawn Petty
ILB
53-L.A Goree
46-Abner Logan
42-Brock Dean
OLB
41-Marcus Whitfield
51-Yannick Cudjoe-Virgil
98-Clarence Murphy
Petty returns to linebacker after a four-game turn as Maryland's starting quarterback. ... Goree, Twine and Whitfield are the most experienced linebackers of the lot. ... Dean and Logan redshirted last year, while Cudjoe-Virgil sat out as a transfer. ... Matt Robinson is moving to outside linebacker from safety; he'll be limited in the spring because of injury.
CB
25-Dexter McDougle
27-Alvin Hill
10-Tony Perry
S
21-Sean Davis
OR
19-A.J. Hendy
S
20-Anthony Nixon
22-Zach Dancel
26-Undray Clark
39-Rashid Conteh
CB
14-Jeremiah Johnson
17-Isaac Goins
4-Will Likely
McDougle and Johnson return as starters at cornerback. ... Nixon and Davis started at points last season at safety. ... Dancel is a New Mexico transfer who sat out last season. ... Likely is a freshman who enrolled early.
SPECIAL TEAMS
PK
15-Brad Craddock
29-Michael Tart
12-Brendan Magistro
P
18-Nathan Renfro
?-Sam Retzky
LS
59-Greg Parcher
59-Christian Carpenter
Punter and kicker roulette has a good chance to continue well into the summer.
--- Patrick Stevens
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