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[BSLZackKiesel]

Eli Lederman (ESPN) reporting that Zion Elee is fully secure in his commitment, and will sign with Maryland when the Early Signing Period opens on Wednesday. Uncertainty about Locksley’s job status prompted his visit to South Carolina in October, but with that resolved he’s expected to become the Terps’ highest-ranked recruit in program history.

[Mackus]

Gotta believe that they got pretty encouraging signs from all the best guys that they'd be back if Locksley were back. I mean, without that, how do you bring him back?

[BSLMikeLowe]

Basing coaching decisions off recruits and transfers is putting the cart before the horse. But having talent assures you are at least a bottom-tier power conference team vs a program that struggles to compete with FCS teams. And for any of the decision makers out there who somehow still aren’t sure, it’s yet another data point that shows getting talented players to come to MD is not the problem.

[BSLZackKiesel]

3-star WR Josiah Teasley (Springfield, VA) has flipped his commitment from Virginia to Maryland. He’s ranked as the 120th-best WR in the country, and the 23rd-best player from the state of Virginia. He had additional offers from Nebraska, Penn State, Syracuse, and Vanderbilt, among others.

[BSLMikeLowe]

Looks like all but three of their commitments have signed their NLI as of now. One of those three is Elee. Hope this doesn't end up being a dragged out affair with him.

[BSLZackKiesel]

Looks like all but three of their commitments have signed their NLI as of now. One of those three is Elee. Hope this doesn't end up being a dragged out affair with him.

He's signing as part of a 16-player event at St. Frances Academy at 1:00 PM ET.

[BSLZackKiesel]

5-star EDGE Zion Elee has officially signed with Maryland, and becomes the program’s highest-rated recruit in the rankings era.

[BSLZackKiesel]

3-star DL Jamarcus Whyce (Dayton, OH) has flipped his commitment from Purdue to Maryland. He's currently ranked as the 58th-best defensive lineman in the country, and the 27th-best player from the state of Ohio. He had additional offers from Indiana, Missouri, Notre Dame, and Tennessee, among others.

[BSLZackKiesel]

Maryland announces that 11 members of its 2026 class will be enrolling early in January:

• QB Nathan Bernhard
• WR Jayden Kitchens
• WR Josiah Teasley
• TE Javonte Williams
• OL Day'jon Moore
• DL Cam Brickle II
• DL Zion Elee
• DL Jamarcus Whyce
• LB Kayden Carter
• DB Darrell Carey
• DB Hakim Satterwhite

[BSLZackKiesel]

Maryland finished the first day of the Early Signing Period with the #41 class in the country, which comes in at #10 in the conference just behind Indiana.

[BSLZackKiesel]

IBG: Inside how Maryland football finished strong in the sprint to finalize 2026 recruiting class

https://www.insideth...ecruiting-class

[glenn__davis]

The Testudo Times guys who follow this way more closely than I do seem to think it's a pretty good class.  Overall ranking is a bit low only because it's a relatively small class.

 

There is certainly talent in CP.

[BSLMikeLowe]

The Testudo Times guys who follow this way more closely than I do seem to think it's a pretty good class.  Overall ranking is a bit low only because it's a relatively small class.

 

There is certainly talent in CP.

 

If you base the ranking on the average rating for each player, which doesn’t weight the rankings for number of guys signed, MD ranks #27 overall.

 

They also had 13 players on this year’s team that made some sort of All-Big Ten team. Talent, or lack thereof, ain’t the problem.

[BSLZackKiesel]

Unranked LS Rory Knipp (Pittsburgh, PA) has committed to Maryland. He's ranked as a 5-star snapper by Kohl's Kicking, who rank him as the 14th-best snapper in the country. He held additional offers from Buffalo and Temple.

[BSLZackKiesel]

Unranked K Eli Fulcher (Winston-Salem, NC) has committed to Maryland. He'll likely compete for kickoff specialist duties next season.

[BSLZackKiesel]

Unranked OL Teagan Cox (Lusby, MD) has committed to Maryland. He's a late addition to the incoming freshman class, and played his high school football at Patuxent.