Maryland is sporting a strong contingency in the NFL these days with around a dozen players on active rosters. TSR will be tracking the success of Terps in the pros this fall.
Here’s a look at their performances in Week 10:
DJ Moore (WR - Carolina Panthers)
Moore bounced back from back-to-back disappointing weeks by leading the Panthers in receiving in Sunday’s 46-23 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Moore finished the game with four receptions for 96 yards and a touchdown against Carolina’s division foe. Perhaps even more encouraging, Moore saw a team-high seven targets after seeing his target share cut into by Robby Anderson and Curtis Samuel for most of the season. Moore’s touchdown was an impressive one, in which he took a short pass 38 yards to the house.
Jermaine Carter (LB - Carolina Panthers)
Playing a season-high 30 defensive snaps (48%) Carter picked up four tackles in Carolina’s 23-point loss to Tampa Bay, matching his season-high that he set a week ago. To put things in perspective, Carter played just four defensive snaps the week prior and hasn’t played more than six defensive snaps in a game all year prior to Sunday. The drastic increase in snaps is a good sign of things to come for Carter.
Stefon Diggs (WR - Buffalo Bills)
If it weren’t for an uncharacteristic 11-reception, 109-yard day for Buffalo’s Cole Beasley, Diggs would have easily led the Bills in receiving with an impressive 10 receptions and 93 yards. Like Beasley, Diggs also found the end zone once in a shootout with the Arizona Cardinals.
Diggs’ late touchdown with under a minute to go in the game gave Buffalo a 30-26 lead, but the game ended with a heroic, game-winning Hail Mary from Kyler Murray to DeAndre Hopkins as the Cardinals stole a 32-30 win.
Quinton Jefferson (DT - Buffalo Bills)
Jefferson played his normal complement of snaps in Buffalo’s heartbreaking loss — 41 to be exact (he had 42 the week before). But he did not record enter stats that would put him in the box score.
J.C. Jackson (CB - New England Patriots)
Jackson made history on Sunday, becoming the first New England Patriots player ever with an interception in five consecutive games. Jackson now has six picks through the first 10 weeks of the season, which is a torrid pace. He is leading the league in interceptions in the midst of a breakout year.
Byron Cowart (DT - New England Patriots)
Cowart recorded two tackles in New England’s 23-17 upset win over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday Night Football. He also added a tackle for loss to his totals while playing 29 snaps for the Pats.
Yannick Ngakoue (DE - Baltimore Ravens)
Ngakoue hasn’t been much of a factor since joining Baltimore’s defense mid-season. He did enter the box score Sunday night with two tackles and a quarterback hit in the six-point road loss to the Patriots.
Darnell Savage (S - Green Bay Packers)
Savage had himself a nice day in pass coverage as the Packers escaped an upset with a 24-20 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars. The second-year safety finished the game with five tackles, including 0.5 tackles for a loss. Savage also added two pass defenses to his totals. The two defended passes were a single-game career-high for Savage.
Sean Davis (S - Pittsburgh Steelers)
Davis picked up his first two tackles of the season in Pittsburgh’s 26-point blowout of the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 10. Both were solo tackles for the fourth-year safety
Antoine Brooks Jr. (S - Pittsburgh Steelers)
Like Davis, Brooks recorded his first two tackles of the season against the Bengals on Sunday. But unlike Davis, Sunday was the first game of the season in which Brooks was a member of the active roster on game day.
Anthony McFarland (RB - Pittsburgh Steelers)
While not COVID-19-related, McFarland was inactive for Pittsburgh’s 36-10 Week 10 over the Cincinnati Bengals because of an illness.
Josh Woods (LB - Chicago Bears)
Woods did not enter the box score in Chicago’s 19-13 loss on Monday Night Football against the Minnesota Vikings.