THIS WEEKEND'S STORYLINES

1. With a WR DJ Turner 40-yard punt return touchdown in Week One vs. Howard and two RB Javon Leake kickoff return touchdowns (100 yards at Rutgers & 97 yards vs. #14 Michigan), Maryland is one of only two power five teams (UCLA) with both a kickoff and punt return touchdown this season. Maryland leads the Big Ten in punt return average (13.50) and is third in kick return average (24.94), standing top-20 in the country in both categories. 

2. RB Javon Leake has starred on special teams in his career, currently standing tied with WR Torrey Smith ('10) for the most kick return touchdowns in Maryland history with three. This season, Leake has two kickoff return touchdowns, a 100-yard spurt at Rutgers and a 97-yard house call vs. #14 Michigan, tying the Maryland single-season record with four other players (Torrey Smith ('09), Richard Jennings ('75), Dennis Condie ('60) & Stefon Diggs ('12)) and giving him a hold of the FBS lead with three other players. After a career-best 164 kick return yards in Maryland's last game at #1 Ohio State, Leake now has 1,442 kick return yards in his career, the sixth-most in program history, only 30 yards behind Stefon Diggs to move into the top-five. The junior's 759 kick return yards are the second most in the country and his 28.4 yards per return is the second best in the Big Ten and 11th highest total in the country. 

3. Maryland RBs Javon Leake and Anthony McFarland Jr. both have seven rushing touchdowns this season, making the Terps one of only 10 teams in the country (Army, Boston College, Central Michigan, FAU, FIU, Fresno State, Louisiana, Navy & Ohio) and one of only two power five teams (Boston College) to have two running backs with seven TDs this season. It is the first time the Terps have had a RB pair both have seven touchdowns in a season since Keon Lattimore had 13 and Lance Ball had 12 in 2007. 

4. This Saturday will be Senior Day for the Terps, with Maryland honoring its 16 seniors that will be playing their final game in College Park. Noah Barnes, Antoine Brooks Jr., Sean Christie, Wyatt Cook, Isaiah Davis, Tino Ellis, Kieron Howard, Chris Jones, Keandre Jones, Brett Kulka, Marcus Lewis, Tyler Mabry, Ellis McKennie, Bruce Miller, Kareem Montgomery and Mike Shinsky will all be recognized at midfield prior to the game. 

5. The Terps have been explosive on offense this season, tallying 12 rushes of over 30 yards, tied for the 13th-highest total in the country and second most in the Big Ten, trailing only Ohio State. In addition, five of those 12 explosive plays have gone for 50-plus yards, the sixth-most in the nation. Maryland has scored on five of these big play rushes, three from RB Javon Leake (64 vs. Syracuse, 42 at Rutgers & 60 vs. Indiana), one from RB Anthony McFarland Jr. (80 at Rutgers ) and one from QB Tyrrell Pigrome (61 at Purdue). 

6. S Antoine Brooks Jr. has totaled 59 solo tackles this year, the most per game in the Big Ten and the ninth highest total in the country. Brooks has at least five solo tackles in eight of 10 games this season and tallied a career-best 13, all solo, at Temple (9/14). Last week at #1 Ohio State, Brooks led the Terps with 10 tackles (seven solo).