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The Clarksville product could be Maryland’s highest-drafted player in the 2024 draft.
Safety Beau Brade will forgo his remaining eligbility and enter the 2024 NFL Draft, he told The Baltimore Banner.
Brade’s decision caps his four-year stint with the Terps, one that ended with a 31-13 win over Auburn in the Music City Bowl, the team’s third consecutive bowl win. He finished his collegiate career with 177 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss and three interceptions.
“I felt like it was my time … had my four years at Maryland,” he said. “I feel like I did everything I could do to help this program and help build this program, and so I feel like my job here is done and I got to pass it off to the next guy.”
A native of Clarksville, Brade played high school football at River Hill. Brade, who will participate in the Senior Bowl, says the agents he’s talked to have projected him to go between the late second and fourth rounds of the draft.
He could’ve entered the draft after his junior year, his first as a full-time starter at safety, joining secondary-mates Deonte Banks and Jakorian Bennett and his roommate, kicker Chad Ryland. But Brade felt like he had more to prove.
He pointed to his disappointing performance in Maryland’s 2022 game against Michigan. Brade missed a season-high four tackles, per Pro Football Focus. He gave up four catches for 33 yards and a touchdown on four targets.
The Wolverines were among the opponents Brade circled this year and he flourished in a narrow Maryland loss. He made a season-high 11 tackles and allowed just two catches for 20 yards.
“I wanted to inflict pain,” he said postgame.
Brade will now go to Florida to train with teammates Tarheeb Still and Ja’Quan Sheppard, who are all hoping to join a long list of former Maryland defensive backs now in the NFL. A year ago, safety Nick Cross was a third-round pick for the Colts. In 2019, Darnell Savage went in the first round to the Green Bay Packers.
Brade wants to improve in a variety of areas, specifically his speed-related testing.
“I’ve never really been the best with running against the clock,” he said.
He also said he wants to learn from those who’ve been where he is trying to go, particularly at the Senior Bowl.
“[The] expertise and advice they have,” he said, “[that’s] something I can take in for myself to propel my game to the next level.”
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The Michigan State Spartans under head coach Jonathan Smith are 2-0 thanks to a road win against a tough Maryland team, 27-24.
Resilience might be the word to describe this squad so far. The Spartans made some big blunders against the Terrapins and still found a way to battle back. The gritty performance might have been enough to get the Spartans into a bowl game.
Here are three takeaways from the Spartans’ win.
Aidan Chiles: Very Young, Very Talented
Chiles looked vastly improved from the home opener against Florida Atlantic. Again, he looked like an 18-year-old quarterback.
Chiles got not just his first passing touchdown as a Spartan, but three passing touchdowns to go with 24 of 39 passing and 363 yards. He also had three interceptions, which very nearly cost the Spartans the game.
Chiles has about as strong an arm as any quarterback to wear the green and white in recent memory. He is dangerous when he is on the move.
Perhaps a critique is that he should try to make more plays with his legs, he has seemed cautious to these first two games. The first pass rusher to get to Chiles likely won’t bring him down — Chiles has a great feel for the pocket and he is quite slippery.
Chiles overcame some poor mistakes and throwing mechanics (his feet tend to get wide and it factors into his overthrows) to lead the Spartans in the most critical of situations against a sturdy Maryland defense.
Huge game for Chiles, who showed why the hype was so promising.
Can the Spartans Stay Healthy on Defense?
Already, this Spartans squad is beaten up. Dillon Tatum, a key defensive back, lost for the season. Wide receiver Alante Brown, whose injury allowed for Nick Marsh to announce himself to the world, lost for the foreseeable future. Kristian Phillips at guard was huge.
During the Maryland game, several Spartans were beat up. Few even had to go into the tent on the sideline. It will be crucial for the Spartans to remain healthy, especially on defense. Most especially in the defensive backfield.
The Spartans are very confident in their young defensive backs — Justin Denson Jr., Andrew Brinson IV, and Jaylen Thompson can all be very good players, but they need more time to develop.
If more Spartans fall to injury, the defensive backfield could get very young.
Nick Marsh is the Real Deal
Marsh was the recruiting gem of 2024, the best player in a class with plenty of good talent. A highly-rated four-star, Marsh was the No. 107-ranked player in the class by 247Sports. Marsh, of course, stood out in fall camp like the high-profile recruit he was.
6-foot-3, 208 pounds, Marsh already had a man’s body. At just 18 years old.
“Possesses the size, athleticism, and multi-sport profile that projects very well in the long term,” 247Sports’ Gabe Brooks wrote. “Traitsy mismatch wideout with high-major impact potential and the ceiling to develop into an NFL Draft candidate.”
With the loss of Brown, Marsh was asked to step up. Step up he did — eight receptions for 194 receiving yards and a touchdown. Wide receivers coach Courtney Hawkins might have his next in the line of Jalen Nailor, Jayden Reed and Keon Coleman.
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