Maryland looks to be Full(er) of Good Counsel players

Kendal Fuller, Rivals.com No. 4 player in the 2013 class announced his top eight Tuesday and Maryland was included. Michigan, Tennessee, Florida State, Alabama, Virginia Tech, and South Carolina round out his top eight. While we are far from a commitment for him just being in his top eight is a achievement in itself. 

Maryland was one of the first schools to offer him last year and has been recruiting the cornerback from Olney very hard. With Locksley on board as well as four other Good Counsel alums, (Brown, Diggs, Madaras, and Dancel) getting him would arguably be bigger than the recent commitment from Diggs. The last player this highly ranked to commit to the Terps was Melvin Alaeze, who never ended up suiting up for the Terps. 

Quick rant about Melvin Alaeze who at one point attended my alma mater Calvert Hall. Alaeze committed to Maryland twice in 2005 and later 2006 after attending Hargrave Military Academy. He is now in prison on assault charges. 

Oh what could have been. Credit: justice4melvinalaeze.com

Back to the positive things though. Fuller is one of five Good Counsel players considering the Terps according to ESPN.com from the 2013 class. Four of these players are already listed as a Top 150 recruit for 2013 by ESPN.com. Getting two or three of these players would be huge to continuing the pipeline that we may have opened up with Good Counsel. Having back to back five star recruits is also something that would build quite a bit of momentum for both recruiting as well as raising the level of play on the field.

The Fuller recruitment is just starting, but being named in the final eight for a top five recruit is a great step. Even if it happened the same week that Maryland lost the face of its football program in Danny O’Brien.