When Scott McBrien walked out to the practice field as Maryland's quarterback in the early 2000s, he was surrounded by one of the top crops of talent in recent Terps history. There were 12 future NFL draft picks on that team, including first-round selections Shawne Merriman and Vernon Davis, second-rounders D'Qwell Jackson and Madieu Williams, and third-rounders Dominique Foxworth and Randy Starks.
Those were the players who helped form the core of a three-year run in which Maryland notched 31 victories, won the Peach Bowl and Gator Bowl, and reached the Orange Bowl in Ralph Friedgen's first three years as coach.