The Washington Post broke the story last night. Sophomore burner Caleb Porzel has announced he will transfer from Maryland to another, yet-to-be-named school.
He was kind of buried on the depth chart — splitting time behind Da’rel Scott alongside Davin Meggett and D.J. Adams — but Terp fans knew him mainly because, well, the dude was FAST. He ran a 4.2 40…good God! He was the rare local recruit who went to Maryland (he attended Good Counsel high), so this departure, fairly or not, might exacerbate concerns over the paucity of homegrown talent on the Terps roster.
Plus, he had a head that was fairly large in proportion to the rest of his body. And that doesn’t just “happen.” Does that make him the next Chris Johnson? Probably…perhaps definitely. But now we’ll never see it in a Maryland uniform.
According to the Post story, Porzel was missing practice time to focus on improving his academics, and apparently academic issues were behind the departure.
The dude didn’t get more time mainly because he’s pretty small. But in a backfield that was not exceptionally fast outside of Porzel, Caleb’s departure will be a blow. Porzel generated a lot of buzz among Maryland fans when he stepped on the field, and that’s in short supply for the Terps right now. Oh well.
At least we’ve still got Travis Baltz!
