William & Mary Vs. Maryland: Perry Hills Named Starting QB In Terps' Season Opener

Randy Edsall will roll with a freshman quarterback in Maryland's season opener Sept 1 against William & Mary.

Former Maryland QB Danny O'Brien Named Starter At Wisconsin

C.J. Brown Injury: Maryland Could Pursue Sixth Year Of Eligibility

The University of Maryland may inquire about the possibility of injured quarterback C.J. Brown receiving a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA.

After suffering a tear to his right ACL during practice on Tuesday evening, Brown is expected to miss the entirety of the 2012 season, which marks the second time during his attendance at Maryland that he has missed a full year due to injury.

Per NCAA rules, players are allowed five seasons to complete four years of eligibility unless the player misses two full seasons, which allows them to submit for a hardship waiver for a sixth year.

However, Brown played a handful of snaps during the 2010 season when he broke his collarbone, which may cause some issues in acquiring the potential extra year. With that dynamic in place, there is precedent for players receiving sixth years despite playing in some games.

Maryland defensive back Richard Taylor tore his ACL in 2007 forcing him to miss the entire year and then played in three games in 2008 prior to suffering another knee injury that once again ended his season.

The NCAA granted him six years of eligibility.

According to a report in the Washington Times, Brown, his father and Maryland head football coach Randy Edsall have already discussed this course of action but will wait to make a final decision following the completion of the quarterback's fifth season.

Stay with SB Nation DC for more as this story develops. For more on Maryland football and how this injury affects the Terps, visit Testudo Times.

C.J. Brown Injury: Maryland Blogger Reaction

Maryland Terrapins quarterback C.J. Brown went down for the season on Wednesday with a torn ACL diagnosis. Our SB Nation Maryland blog Testudo Times reacted to the news and weighed in on where the Terrapins will go from here at the quarterback position after the injury to Brown.

The main takeaway from all of this is how unfortunate it is for a young man who really had a chance to make his mark on a program. It's easy to dismiss athletes as just entertainment and a distraction, but it's important to remember that Brown is a fellow human being who just had his year destroyed. That being said, this is a Maryland blog, and we do have to talk about the football side of things, because the Terps will need a quarterback when they open up against William & Mary in just over two weeks.

Two freshmen will battle for the starting job now: Perry Hills and Caleb Rowe. Hills is the favorite to win the job and is more suited to play the dual-threat role which Brown was going to play. Testudo Times also points out that Devin Burns, who has been moved to wide receiver, has volunteered to help out. Burns was a high school quarterback and redshirted at quarterback behind Brown and Danny O'Brien two seasons ago.

Stay with SB Nation DC for more as this story develops. For more on Maryland football and how this injury affects the Terps, visit Testudo Times.

C.J. Brown Injury: Perry Hills Takes Over As Terps Starting Quarterback

The ideal situation for the Maryland Terrapins football team probably didn't feature a freshman quarterback behind center for its season opener, but that's just what's going to happen. After receiving news that starting quarterback C.J. Brown will miss the season with a torn ACL, head coach Randy Edsall announced Wednesday freshman Perry Hills will more than likely be the Terps' No. 1 guy.

Hills, a 6-foot-3, 205 pound, three-star prospect out of Pittsburgh, Pa., recently earned Maryland's No. 2 spot, as he has outperformed fellow freshman Caleb Rowel so far in training camp.

"We were able to get a great evaluation in, and right now Perry is the number two guy," Edsall said earlier in the week to Maryland reporters. "He’s a little ahead of Caleb right now. You probably saw today, there were some different combinations out there with the first, second and third teams based on the first eight practices. . . .

For those want to see tape on the Terps' new signal-caller, here's some tape for his high school season.

Stay with SB Nation DC for more as this story develops. For more on Maryland football and how this injury affects the Terps, visit Testudo Times.

C.J. Brown Injury: Randy Edsall Addresses Loss Of QB, Discusses Replacement

Maryland head football coach Randy Edsall certainly hasn't had the easiest go of things since he set down in College Park, and he had another rough day on Wednesday when he had to deliver the news that his starting quarterback C.J. Brown was out for the season with a torn ACL. The Terps coach held a conference call with the media to talk about the injury, which apparently occurred to the right knee. Previous announcements indicated that it happened during a non-contact drill, and Edsall added some further details (via The Washington Post):

Edsall said Brown broke through pocket on two-minute drill, made a cut "he's made a thousand of times...His knee didn't hold up."

— Terrapins Insider (@TerpsInsider) August 15, 2012

While the play happened on the turf field, Edsall was adamant that it "would have happened on any type of surface." Brown will try to have the surgery in the next few weeks before the season, and school, begin.

As for what comes next for the Terps, Edsall stated that in the battle between true freshman, Perry Hills is currently working with the first team while Caleb Rowe is taking snaps with the second team. As you'd expect, Edsall is trying to put a positive spin on the terrible news, saying that the season's expectations remain the same and that the playbook will not be scaled back to accommodate his new green QB (via The Washington Post):

Edsall: "we really don't have to do anything" in terms of scaling back playbook for freshman QBs. "We have not altered anything."

— Terrapins Insider (@TerpsInsider) August 15, 2012

In addition to the two freshman, Edsall also added that wide receiver Devin Burns, who played quarterback in high school, offered to help out and will work with the third team.

Stay with SB Nation DC for more as this story develops. For more on Maryland football and how this injury affects the Terps, visit Testudo Times.

C.J. Brown Injury Reaction: Starting QB's Loss 'Borderline Disastrous'

With a little more than two weeks until the start of the 2012 college football season, the Maryland Terrapins were dealt a huge injury blow on Wednesday. The Terps announced that starting quarterback C.J. Brown was lost for the season after he tore his ACL during a non-contact drill on Tuesday night.

Brown's backup was still to be determined, but it was almost certainly going to be one of two true freshman: Perry Mills or Caleb Rowe. Ben Broman of SB Nation's Maryland blog, Testudo Times, discussed the implications of Brown's injury and turning to a true freshman in College Park:

You can think C.J. was a pretty crappy QB, and maybe he was. I know I disagree with that, but hey, to each their own. But you can't say he wasn't a significantly better option than the unproven, relatively unknown and un-touted(?) freshmen on offer. Borderline disastrous.

I guess Perry Hills will be the starter for the moment, but it's about to be a full-on battle with he and Caleb Rowe. The good news, I guess, is that it doesn't change the paradigm for Maryland too much: still based on the running game, but now even more pulled in with the passing game.

Brown was part of a revolving door at quarterback last season, as Randy Edsall tried to get any momentum going on the offensive side of the ball during a disastrous first season in College Park. The other QB who was a part of that rotation, Danny O'Brien, went through a much-publicized transfer process and is now playing for Wisconsin.

Stay with SB Nation DC for more as this story develops. For more on Maryland football and how this injury affects the Terps, visit Testudo Times.

C.J. Brown Injury: Maryland Quarterback To Miss Season With Torn ACL

The Maryland football program received some terrible news on Wednesday when it was announced that starting quarterback C.J. Brown was lost for the season with a torn ACL.