Takeaways from Maryland football’s 2026 Spring Showcase

But outside of his targets to Durr, Washington’s accuracy was shaky during his reps. He sailed a potential touchdown pass over the head of Kaleb Webb and spiked another checkdown.

Kent State transfer Devin Kargman appears to have beaten out freshman Nathan Bernhard for the backup quarterback role — he led the second offensive group and only missed a single pass. Bernhard struggled to connect with his weapons on downfield passes over ten yards.

With a new offensive coordinator, Maryland’s run game is expected to see more involvement. While the new setup didn’t showcase any rush attempts, the Terps’ running backs still ran routes out of the backfield.

DeJuan Williams made three excellent grabs on wheel concepts — he had 426 receiving yards last season, which was the team’s fourth-highest mark. USC transfer Harry Dalton III struggled in the passing game during the showcase, fumbling multiple checkdowns.

Multiple freshmen stood out on the field in their limited reps Saturday. Wide receiver Josiah Teasley ran crisp routes and caught every ball headed his way, and cornerback Hakim Satterwhite more than held his own during his snaps with the second-string defense.

Those new pieces, combined with Maryland’s returning talent, give the Terps reasons for optimism heading into the 2026 season.

“I definitely see that we have the team to be great this year,” Gladding said. “We’re stacked in all areas of the team. It’s a great feeling knowing that, you know, we could put things out there and be the team that we want to be.”

More notes from today:

• Locksley cited Proverbs 14:23 — “All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty” — as a summation of the team’s attitude headed into 2026.

  “For the last two years, I’ve had to do a lot of talking, because we’ve had a young team that really is inexperienced, that didn’t have any body of work. So as the leader, I had to sell them. Well, this team is no longer freshmen and sophomores, they’re now sophomores and juniors, and that means it’s about them …  I’m just gonna let the story play out, and I’ll let them do the talking.”

• During position group introductions, Bryce McFerson showcased a front round-off into a backflip, demonstrating unprecedented athleticism from the punting position.

• Ricardo Cooper Jr. jogged an unofficial 4.53 in a player-on-fan 40-yard dash exhibition, albeit with a possible false start. Redshirt freshman Justin DeVaughn, a wide receiver who also competes for the Terps’ track team, was close behind.

• First-team offense reps in the 7-on-7:

  • QB Malik Washington, RB DeJuan Williams, WR Chris Durr Jr., WR Na’eem Abdul-Rahim Gladding, WR Kaleb Webb, TEs Trevor Szymanski/Preston Howard

• Second-team offensive reps:

  • QB Devin Kargman, RB Harry Dalton III, WR Ejani Shakir, WR Josiah Teasley, WR Jordan Scott, TE JT Taggart

• First-team defensive reps:

  • LB Daniel Wingate, LB CJ Smith, LB Trey Reddick, DB Jamare Glasker, DB Dontay Joyner, DB Amari Jackson, DB Messiah Delhomme