Maryland football's Will Likely named to Jim Thorpe award watch list

We're deep into award watch list season, and Maryland cornerback Will Likely's name is now on a third list. After being named to the Bednarik and Nagurski award watch lists last week, he was named to the Jim Thorpe award watch list on Monday.

The Thorpe award is presented to the best defensive back in college football. He's one of four Big Ten defensive backs on the list, joining Michigan's Jourdan Lewis, Iowa's Desmond King and Nebraska's Nate Gerry. The list contains 39 players in all, and can be found here.

In other news

Penn State will be Maryland football’s stiffest early test of 2016 - Testudo Times
It will be fairly easy for the Terps to go 4-0, but it’ll be considerably harder for them to go 5-0.

Watch 4-star Maryland football ATH target Anthony McFarland’s 70-yard touchdown at The Opening - Testudo Times
An explosive new highlight from a top Maryland target.

Levern Jacobs is Maryland football’s veteran receiver for 2016 - Testudo Times
He's the team's best option in the passing game.

The opening

The All-Opening Team: Which 2017 recruits impressed the most at the year's biggest event? - SBNation.com
Top performers from college football’s marquee recruiting showcase, The Opening. Alex has been in Oregon covering it for almost a week, and is now back home.

A visual Maryland fans might enjoy, coming tomorrow: pic.twitter.com/oEez9WgV5B

— Alex Kirshner (@alex_kirshner) July 11, 2016

More to come on this...