When a program can retain the talents of a true-freshman quarterback like Malik Washington, its other quarterbacks often run for the hills. Thus, the Maryland quarterback room has nearly emptied with the transfers
of Justyn Martin and Roman Jensen.
This comes just after news of Malik Washington electing to stay at Maryland for his sophomore season began circulating on Saturday. Redshirt freshman Khristian Martin also departed for the portal this week.
This will mark Justyn Martin’s second bout in the transfer portal, transferring from UCLA following the 2024 season. Martin — a former four-star recruit — was injured in garbage time in the season opener and did not play after that in 2025. He did complete 24 passes for 179 yards for UCLA in 2024.
Jensen experienced minimal play over the last two seasons, sitting out all of 2024 and playing minimal snaps against Towson. Jensen’s only stat is a lone rushing attempt resulting in a one yard loss.
Despite their departures, Maryland’s quarterback room won’t be completely empty. Along with the retention of Washington and Jackson Hamilton, head coach Michael Locksley also locked up the commitment of 2026 three-star Nathan Bernhard.
In other news
Nolan Rogalski profiled Maryland men’s basketball freshman guard Guillermo Del Pino’s journey from Spain to College Park.
Dylan Schmidt dolled out his end-of-season awards for Maryland men’s soccer.
Maryland men’s soccer held the highest attendance figure in all of college soccer.
On3 and The Athletic have named Zahir Mathis and Sydney Stewart as Freshman All-Americans.
