When Maryland running backs coach Anthony Tucker watches Lorenzo Harrison play, he thinks about video games. Tucker wants to hold the controller and direct Harrison through the holes in the offensive line, and he has an idea of where the freshman is going to go. But suddenly — as if Harrison snatched the controller away from Tucker — the running back quickly changes direction and turns the run into something else completely unexpected yet successful.
“He’s just going so fast,” Tucker said Tuesday at Maryland’s media day. “Can’t keep up with him.”
For the first time as a college player, Harrison had the opportunity to showcase his talent and skill for the public in Maryland’s open practice on Saturday, and while he was working with second and third team and the practice was “thud” — players hit each other but didn’t go to the ground — Harrison was able to make an impression in a crowded backfield.