Maryland football

By: Max Marcilla

Maryland freshman quarterback Kasim Hill suffered a torn ACL and will miss the remainder of the flavour, head motorbus DJ Durkin said during Tuesday'due south press conference.

Hill'due south injury occured in the first quarter of Maryland's 38-x loss to UCF on Saturday. The truthful freshman scrambled on a designed laissez passer play and attempted to spin effectually a defender, but was hitting hard and exited the game.

Information technology's the second season-ending injury a Maryland quarterback has suffered in the commencement calendar month of the season, after Week 1 starter Tyrrell Pigrome tore his ACL confronting Texas.

Durkin also revealed that Max Bortenschlager would start Maryland's Big Ten opener against Minnesota this week.

Bortenschlager, who replaced Colina on Saturday, struggled to pb the crime, which generated just x points in the defeat. The Indianapolis native completed 15-of-26 passes for 132 yards, ane touchdown and ii interceptions — although the second pick was due to a D.J. Moore drib. Maryland punted a season-high vi times and was just 2-for-thirteen on third downs.

The loss to UCF was the Terrapins first regular season nonconference loss since the Randy Edsall-led team lost to West Virginia in 2015.

Maryland's next test isn't easy, as the Gold Gophers received iii votes in the AP Top 25, the 11th-nearly for whatsoever unranked team. Minnesota will host Maryland for the commencement time in program history after it defeated the Terps in College Park last season.