Maryland special teams notes --- Duke

Items from the notebook on the personnel Maryland used on its special teams units in Saturday's 21-16 defeat of Duke.

KICKOFF RETURN

12-51-45-29-88-83

(Kevin Dorsey, Ryan Donohue, Nick Peterson, Austin Walker, Will Yeatman, Emani Lee-Odai)

40-32-89

(Matt Robinson, Haroon Brown, Matt Furstenburg)

20

(Gary Douglas)

82

(Torrey Smith)

Maryland switched up its formation for this game, going with a group of three in front of Douglas rather than two pairs in front of Smith. Look for more on this on the blog tomorrow. There was a turnover of four players from the Florida International game to the defeat of Duke.

KICKOFF

The alignment for Maryland's first kickoff:

13-3-45-40-29-43-12-52-24-51-21

(Kerry Boykins, LaQuan Williams, Nick Peterson, Matt Robinson, Austin Walker, Nick Ferrara, Kevin Dorsey, Darin Drakeford, Avery Graham, Ryan Donohue, Trenton Hughes)

Drakeford returned from injury this week, replacing David Mackall (concussion) on this unit.

PUNT

Punter: Travis Baltz (35)
Snapper: Tim Downs (92)

Blockers: 1-3-9-12-21-24-29-51-52

Adrian Moten, LaQuan Williams, Demetrius Hartsfield, Kevin Dorsey, Trenton Hughes, Avery Graham, Austin Walker, Ryan Donohue, Darin Drakeford

This unit varies a bit, even inside of a game.That list is more of a composite based on notes from several punts than a concrete evaluation of 11 guys on the field each time out.

PUNT RETURN

On the field for Tony Logan's 84-yard return:

RETURNER: Tony Logan (85)
GUNNERS: Kerry Boykins (13) and Quintin McCree (17)

BLOCKERS: 3-12-24-29-40-44-45-83

LaQuan Williams, Kevin Dorsey, Avery Graham, Austin Walker, Matt Robinson, Derek Drummond, Nick Peterson, Emani Lee-Odai

Yet again, six receivers were on the field for a punt returned for a score.

FIELD GOAL

KICKER: Travis Baltz (35)
HOLDER: Ted Townsley (37)
SNAPPER: Tim Downs (92)

BLOCKERS: 63-67-74-78-81-88-89-96

Bennett Fulper, Pete White, Nick Klemm, Justin Lewis, Ryan Schlothauer, Will Yeatman, Matt Furstenburg, A.J. Francis

Looks like White might be taking over a spot here for Gonnella. Noticed R.J. Dill and not Lewis a week earlier on this unit. Otherwise, no changes.

FIELD GOAL BLOCK

This group was on the field for Will Snyderwine's first field goal attempt of the game:

2-6-9-15-21-22-33-52-56-72-96

Antwine Perez, Kenny Tate, Demetrius Hartsfield, Drew Gloster, Trenton Hughes, Cameron Chism, Alex Wujciak, Darin Drakeford, Isaiah Ross, Joe Vellano, A.J. Francis

This came just after Adrian Moten's ankle injury, which explains why Drakeford would be in. Otherwise, no changes from a week earlier.