Maryland loses two starters for the season in win over Syracuse
Maryland brushed off last weekend’s last-second loss to West Virginia by thoroughly beating Syracuse on the road Saturday afternoon, but it lost two starters in the process.
Terps head coach Randy Edsall confirmed that both tight end Andrew Isaacs and defensive end Quinton Jefferson will both miss the rest of the season with knee injuries.
According to the Washington Post, Isaacs, a sophomore, dislocated his left knee during the third quarter against the Orange when quarterback C.J. Brown was “tackled into Isaac’s legs” on a run.
“I just made a cut inside, and I heard him yell when I got up and I saw his knee and started waving for the training staff to come over. Hopefully we can get him back as soon as we can,” Brown said.
Isaacs, a four-star recruit in Maryland’s 2013 class, won a three-way position battle in preseason camp to earn the starting role. In four games, he caught two passes for three yards.
In Jefferson’s case, Edsall said Sunday that the junior would have surgery on his right knee on Friday. Jefferson started all 13 games for the Terps last season and registered 47 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss and three sacks. Before his injury, Jefferson, a former three-star recruit, had eight tackles and one sack this year.
In another blow to the Terps’ defense, Edsall also announced that backup linebacker Cavon Walker had surgery on his foot last week and will not play again this season.
Now 3-1, Edsall’s team will make its Big Ten debut Saturday on the road at Indiana.
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