Maryland football two-deep depth chart released

With Saturday's season opener against James Madison just days away, Maryland football released their two-deep depth chart Monday -- their first update of the depth chart since early August.

Only four true freshmen managed to make the list, all second-stringers: right tackle Derwin Gray, center Brendan Moore, punter Lee Shrader and long-snapper Nate Adams. Among the notably omitted are WILL linebacker Jesse Aniebonam (who has two experienced players in front of him), wide receiver Juwann Winfree (who has like 20) and Damian Prince (more on him later).

James Madison, of course, has two former Maryland players on their two-deep. They're both in the secondary, as well: safety Titus Till and cornerback Jeremiah Wilson.

Let's break down the units, one-by-one.

Backs

No surprises here of any sort. Ross, Reid and Wes Brown had been battling for time at running back, but it sounded like there was some clear separation between the three nearing the end of camp. Expect Brown to still receive carries and push Reid for that spot (especially in garbage time against James Madison).

Receivers

Man oh man oh man this unit looks good. Levern Jacobs wins the third starting job, putting 2013's leading receiver alongside two of the best receivers in the conference in what is one of the best receiving units in the nation. Th two-deep is fierce, as well. Taivon Jacobs was step-for-step with his brother throughout camp (if not even better) and should be a tremendous weapon to bring in, while Leak showed what he could do two years ago. We haven't seen much of Veii at wide receiver, but he brought some explosive ability to the running back position.

Offensive line

This is the first legitimate surprise. The starting five is exactly what was expected, but Damian Prince was beat out by walk-on Mike Minter for the back-up left guard spot. In fact, two walk-ons (Minter and Shelton) are on the two deep at guard, with Prince nowhere to be found. He'll still likely play against James Madison and could push for that job in the future, but right now he doesn't even get an "or" mention.

Defensive line

There's a lot of talk about the receivers, but this unit might be just as deep. You've got five proven college contributors and Myers, a former wrestler who was one of the more impressive players in camp.

Linebackers

Speaking of units with depth, Maryland has four seniors starting and some talented players behind them. Twine officially makes the move to the inside after playing a lot there next year, and the inside linebacker situation looks considerably more able to handle the losses of Shawn Petty (transfer) and Abner Logan (suspension).

Secondary

No surprises here, either, except for those who expected Jeremiah Johnson to win a starting job by the start of the year.

Specialists

The returner questions get answered! Diggs will be taking kick-offs (with Taivon Jacobs as support), while Will Likely will run back punts. That'll be a fun duo.