BIG TEN FOOTBALL COMPANION GUIDE • ALPHABETICAL 4 OF 18
2026 Season Snapshot • College Park, Maryland
4-8 (1-8 Big Ten)
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HEAD COACH
Mike Locksley — 8th season at Maryland
LIFETIME COACHING RECORD
39–75 overall (37–49 at Maryland)
Won the 2018 Broyles Award as Alabama's offensive coordinator before returning home to Maryland, his alma mater program. Delivered three straight winning seasons and bowl wins from 2021-23, but the Terps have fallen to consecutive 4-8 seasons since. Retained for 2026 despite a 2-14 two-year Big Ten record, with the administration publicly committing new resources rather than a change.
MARYLAND ATS RECORD
No single published career ATS figure
2025 finished 4-8 (1-8 Big Ten) despite a 4-0 start; Maryland lost three straight one-score games in the middle of the season, including squandering a 20-0 third-quarter lead against Washington. A pattern of close-game losses is the defining storyline of Locksley's recent tenure.
HEAD COACH SALARY (2026)
$6.4M
TEAM NIL VALUATION (EST.)
Not disclosed
PRIMARY NIL COLLECTIVE
Not publicly named
Coach salary per 2023 contract extension schedule (Wikipedia/CollegeNetWorth). Maryland has not disclosed a team NIL figure or a named primary collective; AD Jim Smith told ESPN in Nov. 2025 the school is "working to strengthen NIL support for 2026 and beyond."
OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR
Clint Trickett — 1st season • Air raid
Replaces Pep Hamilton after one season. Inherits Washington plus a retooled receiving corps (transfers Jalil Farooq from Oklahoma, Kaleb Webb from Tennessee, Jordan Scott from FSU) after Maryland's top two 2025 receivers, Tai Felton and Kaden Prather, both left for the NFL.
DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR
Ted Monachino — 2nd season • Base 3-4
Co-DC Aazaar Abdul-Rahim enters his third season, providing rare continuity on a defense that has struggled overall but developed two standout true- freshman edge rushers (Sidney Stewart, Zahir Mathis) in 2025.
2025 RECORD
4–8 (1–8 Big Ten)
Opened 4-0, including a road win at Wisconsin, before losing eight of the final nine games. Maryland's offensive line ranked 133rd of 134 FBS teams in PFF run-blocking grades — the single biggest structural issue on the roster.
HOME FIELD
SECU Stadium
Artificial turf (FieldTurf), College Park. Located minutes from Washington, D.C., giving Maryland a recruiting foothold in one of the sport's most talent- rich metro areas — a big part of Locksley's pitch in landing homegrown stars like Washington.
| SLOT | PLAYER | YEAR | HS Stars | NOTES / NFL OUTLOOK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QB1 | Malik Washington | Soph | ★★★★★ | NFL WATCH Consensus four-star signee (2025, No. 50 overall, No. 5 QB nationally); ESPN's No. 1 freshman in the country in 2025 (2,963 yds, 17 TD passing; 303 yds, 4 TD rushing). Turned down transfer interest to stay home. |
| RB1 | DeJuan Williams | RS-Soph | ★★★★★ | Four-star signee (2024, No. 33 RB nationally) who battled back from a high school ACL tear; led Maryland with 927 all-purpose yards in 2025 and is positioned as the offense's focal point for 2026. |
| WR1 | Jalil Farooq | — | ★★★★★ | TOP TRANSFER Oklahoma transfer projected as the Big Ten's No. 13 WR entering the season; brings proven production (nearly 700 yards in 2023) after an injury- shortened 2025. |
| WR2 | Kaleb Webb | — | ★★★★★ | Tennessee transfer, one of three portal receivers brought in to replace departed NFL talent Tai Felton and Kaden Prather. |
Consensus four-star signee (2025, No. 50 overall, No. 5 QB nationally); ESPN's No. 1 freshman in the country in 2025 (2,963 yds, 17 TD passing; 303 yds, 4 TD rushing). Turned down transfer interest to stay home.
Four-star signee (2024, No. 33 RB nationally) who battled back from a high school ACL tear; led Maryland with 927 all-purpose yards in 2025 and is positioned as the offense's focal point for 2026.
Oklahoma transfer projected as the Big Ten's No. 13 WR entering the season; brings proven production (nearly 700 yards in 2023) after an injury- shortened 2025.
Tennessee transfer, one of three portal receivers brought in to replace departed NFL talent Tai Felton and Kaden Prather.
| PLAYER | POS | YEAR | HS Stars | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Hershey | C | — | ★★★★★ | 2026 Rimington Trophy watch list honoree; the clear anchor of a line looking to rebound from a historically poor 2025 run-blocking season (133rd of 134 FBS teams per PFF). |
| Returning core | OL | — | ★★★★★ | 3 starters back (1 with significant multi-game experience); Maryland added no proven portal starters up front for 2026, a real continuity gap. |
2026 Rimington Trophy watch list honoree; the clear anchor of a line looking to rebound from a historically poor 2025 run-blocking season (133rd of 134 FBS teams per PFF).
3 starters back (1 with significant multi-game experience); Maryland added no proven portal starters up front for 2026, a real continuity gap.
| PLAYER | POS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| Sidney Stewart | Edge | ESPN Top-5 true freshman in 2025 (8.5 TFL) despite nearly two years away from football due to high school eligibility issues; a real breakout building block. |
| Zahir Mathis | Edge | Four-star signee (2025) who chose Maryland over Ohio State and Alabama; paired with Stewart as one of the top true-freshman edge duos in the country (7.0 TFL). |
ESPN Top-5 true freshman in 2025 (8.5 TFL) despite nearly two years away from football due to high school eligibility issues; a real breakout building block.
Four-star signee (2025) who chose Maryland over Ohio State and Alabama; paired with Stewart as one of the top true-freshman edge duos in the country (7.0 TFL).
| PLAYER | POS | HS Stars | NOTES / NFL OUTLOOK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Huskey | S | ★★★★★ | Returning starter leading a new-look secondary that added multiple transfers; 61% overall DB experience/continuity per roster metrics, a real question mark after Big Ten play exposed coverage issues in 2025. |
Returning starter leading a new-look secondary that added multiple transfers; 61% overall DB experience/continuity per roster metrics, a real question mark after Big Ten play exposed coverage issues in 2025.
2025 ATS
5-7
41.7% cover rate — 50th of 82
2025 Straight up
4-8
Point differential -36
Scoring environment
50
Combined points per game — 56th highest of 82
Home / road ATS
3-4 · 2-2
Totals 5-7 O/U (4-3 home, 0-4 road)
Points scored / allowed
23.5 per game scored (60th) · 26.5 allowed (52nd)
Margin & schedule
Margin of victory -3 (60th) · Strength of schedule -4.2
SRS power rating
-6.6
65th of 82 — projected points vs. a league-average team on a neutral field
Offensive SRS
-3
59th of 82
Defensive SRS
-1.8
54th of 82
Points (margin of victory)
-3 · 60th of 82
Against the spread
5-7 (41.7%) · 50th of 82
Totals (combined PPG)
50 · 56th of 82
Computed from CollegeFootballData 2025 results and closing consensus lines.
Saved Just J research for Maryland.
Maryland kept a coach who has lost 14 of 16 Big Ten games over two seasons, explicitly trading patience for a promise of new NIL investment — a real bet that better-funded continuity beats another rebuild.
Malik Washington set Maryland freshman passing records (2,963 yds, 17 TD) and turned down transfer interest to stay home — ESPN's Todd McShay has floated a future NIL value near $7M if he builds on 2025.
Three straight one-score losses in the middle of 2025, including blowing a 20-0 lead vs. Washington — worth tracking whether that trend persists into 2026 in a live "bad beats" narrative.
This was the worst run-blocking line in the Power 4 last season by a wide margin — until that shows real in-game improvement, discount Maryland's run-game upside regardless of the backfield talent.
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