Recruiting is all about building connections, and the Terps have a solid one already with Sparta (N.J.) Pope John XXIII 2018 inside linebacker Nick DeNucci because of his relationship with former Maryland ballhawk Cole Farrand.

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DeNucci already held offers from Boston College, Rutgers and Syracuse before the Terps anted up Feb. 13, and the 6-foot-1, 220-pound New Jersey native has since added offers from Pitt and Temple. But he called his Maryland offer “huge” and couldn’t wait to tell his current position coach.

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