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Maryland's Loh gets support from McNair's father, but alum Esiason calls for president's, athletic director's exit

Embattled Maryland president Wallace D. Loh received support from an unexpected source Monday night — Jordan McNair’s father.

The statement came a little less than a week after Loh said that the university would accept all “legal and moral responsibility” for the death of the 19-year-old offensive lineman from Randallstown. Jordan McNair died June 13, a little over two weeks after suffering from heatstroke during a team conditioning test in College Park.

In a statement given to ESPN and released by Hassan Murphy, managing partner for the law firm of Murphy, Falcon and Murphy, Martin McNair said: "We have heard rumblings that Dr.