By Mike Loveday

Looks like the Terrapins are gaining some traction in their recruiting. Edmondson's stud defensive end, David Mackall, committed to the University of Maryland today according to head coach Dante Jones.

The 6-foot-3, 240-pound rising senior was recruited as both an outside linebacker and defensive end.

Mackall recorded 140 tackles and 13 sacks for the Red Storm last year, helping the team to a 9-3 record and a North Region final berth.

This is the second commitment from a Maryland athlete this week for the Terrapins, who also received a verbal from Good Counsel's Caleb Porzel.

Overall, nine Maryland high school football players have committed to play for Maryland this year.

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The wealth of talent at the defensive back position in Maryland is not reserved to the class of 2009. Good Counsel's Louis Young, a 2010 defensive back prospect, received his second offer this weekend.

The 6-foot-1, 190-pound Young attended the Virginia Tech one-day camp on Saturday, July 12 and came away with an offer from the Hokies, according to Good Counsel head coach Bob Milloy.

"I impressed the coaches with the defensive back drills and especially when we did the one-on-ones against the wide receivers," Young said via e-mail. "After my sixth repetition out of my total of 16 reps during the one-on-ones, the defensive back coach told me that they want to go ahead an offer me a scholarship. After we were done with the day camp I went with the coaches and head coach Frank Beamer and they offered me my second football scholarship which adds to my list with the Maryland University offer."

The University of Maryland's Chris Cosh and Virginia Tech's Billy Hite are recruiting Young. In addition to the Terrapins and Hokies, Young is receiving recruiting interest from Pittsburgh, Boston College, Virginia and Penn State.

"This is overwhelming. With the interest from the schools, my football coaches and family are telling me the best is yet to come and to stay hungry, aggressive and to always be humble," Young said.

Young totaled 48 tackles, three interceptions and two sacks as a sophomore and is also a highly recruited basketball prospect.

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DeMatha's Pete DeSouza is a behemoth. At 6-foot-7 and 305 pounds, DeSouza is an offensive line coach's dream and several colleges came calling before the rising senior made his decision.

DeSouza helped anchor a Stags offensive line that paved the way for Ashby Christian to rush for more than 1,500 yards and 18 touchdowns while the team successfully defended their WCAC title.

DeSouza, despite his size, shows the ability to stay low on opponents and use his footwork well.

With his size, defensive lineman will likely try to use their speed to move around instead of through DeSouza, but the 300 pounder also shows good speed.

DeSouza held offers from Maryland, Syracuse and Delaware, but it was Maryland that eventually landed the lineman when he committed to the Terrapins.