Maryland suffered one of its seemingly inevitable spring injuries today, as redshirt freshman offensive lineman Maurice Hampton suffered a meniscus injury.

Hampton was injured during sled work ("He didn't even get hurt in contact," lamented coach Ralph Friedgen in one of his frequent laments) and is expected to undergo an MRI exam today to determine the severity of the injury.

Friedgen said Hampton might be able to return within two weeks, but sounded more or less resigned to losing Hampton for the rest of the spring. Hampton shifted over from guard this spring, and is the second redshirt freshman lineman to miss time because of injury. Tyler Bowen, out with a foot injury, is the other.

"He was doing OK," Friedgen said of Hampton. "He's a young kid and we moved him to center and he showed some promise there. This definitely won't help his development."

--- Patrick Stevens