Maryland Football: 3 instant impact signees from 2020 class

Imagine you’re taking a walk through the woods one day and the trail takes a sharp turn around a corner that’s obscured by some really dense brush. You round the corner and stop dead in your tracks. In front of you sits a brand new space station the likes of which the world has never seen. You know this will change your life, but you just have no idea how to actually use the thing.

This is Rakim Jarrett, a generational talent from Maryland’s own backyard who flipped from reigning national champion LSU to the Terps at the last second.

Jarrett is a five-star wide out who was the top recruit in Washington, D.C., the fourth-highest rated receiver in the country and overall the No. 27 prospect in the nation. He is a program-changer through and through, not just because of his insane talent on the field but because of what his recruitment means to the Terps.

Getting local talent to stay local has always been a focus for Mike Locksley and he has had success in the past with Stefon Diggs (No. 1 recruit in Maryland, No. 8 in the nation) and Damian Prince (No. 1 recruit in MD, No. 28 in the nation), but getting such a blue chip recruit as a head coach from the grasp of the hottest program in the country will turn heads.

Unfortunately, just like that space station you stumbled into, there’s worry about using him to his full potential. Can the Terps trot out a quarterback next season that can reliably get the ball to him no matter where is his on the field? Or will it be a repeat of Diggs where the eighth-string quarterback just chucks it to him five yards down the field and you let him make magic happen.

Either way, this space station is yours now and you’re going to launch that baby into space or die trying. Godspeed, Rakim.