Maryland coach Mike Locksley said he anticipates the return of “probably 80 to 90%” of players who were previously unavailable because of a coronavirus outbreak. The Terps are scheduled to conclude their regular season against Rutgers on Saturday at noon at Maryland Stadium in College Park.
Twenty-three players tested positive for COVID-19 beginning Nov. 11, and those players sat out the Terps’ 27-11 loss at Indiana on Nov. 28. The group of absent players included four starters on offense and two more on defense.
“It’s great because as I’ve said, with every game that these guys are able to participate in, those are opportunities to learn and grow and it helps us through this phase of growth that we have to grow through,” he said Tuesday afternoon during his weekly media session.