The Maryland football team was stuck in a scoreless tie against Big Ten rival Rutgers Oct. 13. Neither team had scored nor had a play longer than 11 yards, but Terps senior running back Ty Johnson changed that in an instant.
Johnson took the handoff, ran to the right between his guard and tackle and cut upfield past the Scarlet Knights. On one 65-yard rush, Johnson gave the Terps the lead and also put himself in the Maryland record books by becoming just the fourth player in school history to post 4,000 career all-purpose yards.
The previous three Terps -- receivers Torrey Smith and Stefon Diggs and running back LaMont Jordan -- all played multiple seasons in the NFL after leaving College Park, Md. Johnson, though, was happier after the game about the 34-7 victory against Rutgers than joining that group.
