One of the "blight spots" for the Maryland football team in its first scrimmage Saturday night was the the struggle of punt returner Ronnie Tyler.

With Ralph Friedgen looking to add more speed back there, and the threat of a big return to a team that finished 10th in the Atlantic Coast Conference last season, he turned to Tyler.

But the redshirt freshman from Wagener, S.C., continued to have the same problems he demonstrated in the spring: He has trouble catching the ball.

On at least two occasions, Tyler dropped a punt. In fact, one time he dropped the ball and then kicked it, giving new meaning to the term "dropkick."

Friedgen went back to Danny Oquendo. The senior wide receiver is certainly reliable, but he is not going to bring back visions of Steve Suter, the best Maryland return man in modern history.

For now, Oquendo is the punt returner until Friedgen can find other options.

Asked about the Tyler experiment, Friedgen said, "I don't know how much longer I'll go there. We'll talk about it. We have a guy back there (Oquendo) that can catch punts. That's why I do it live. Right now it's not close. Danny Oquendo will be back there because he can catch the ball and we'll see if we have somebody else."

Friedgen mentioned both Anthony Wiseman and Quinton McCree (who caught a 41-yard touchdown pass from Josh Portis in the scrimmage) as possibilities. Here's another one: Davin Meggett. The true freshman showed some speed with a 50-yard touchdown run down the sideline that included a neat cutback at about the 10-yard line.

The Terps began two-a-days this morning in College Park and I'm sure the punt return situation will be addressed.