This is part of a series of 2008 Maryland football commitment Q&As leading up to Signing Day on Feb. 6. All answers are provided by the featured player. Click here for previous entries in the series.

Name: Demetrius Hartsfield
Birthdate: 11/22/89
Birthplace: Raleigh, N.C.
Hometown: Raleigh, N.C.
Nicknames: None
Height: 6’2
Weight: 220
Position: Inside linebacker
High School: Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School
Senior statistics: 124 tackles, 10 sacks, two fumble recoveries; four catches, one touchdown
Bench max: 305
40-yard dash: 4.67
Runner-up: Wake Forest or Georgia
Other schools considered: East Carolina, North Carolina
Favorite NFL player: Brian Urlacher and Ray Lewis
Favorite NFL team: San Diego Chargers
Favorite all-time Terp: Shawne Merriman
Favorite music: Jay-Z
Favorite book: None
Favorite movie: Friday Night Lights
Favorite TV show: Fresh Prince of Bel Air
Favorite food: French fries
Favorite high school class: Science
Favorite thing about College Park: “The community and how it’s all enclosed. It’s like Maryland, the college, is its own town.”
Other high school sports: Basketball and track
Hobbies: “Playing video games and lifting weights.”
Intended major: Psychology
Something that not many people know about you: “I’m laid back; kind of shy at first, when you first meet me.”
Best football moment: “I think my favorite memory is just experiencing all the camps I went to over the summer -- the experience of meeting all the other players. To be specific, probably the Nike camp in Georgia [was my best football memory].”
Role model: “My mom because she helped me in everything -- provided me with everything. She’s never missed any of my games. She came with me everywhere I went this summer and she will continue to be at all my games. She’s very supportive.”
Why Maryland? “One, because of the environment and how I was treated and another thing, I knew they had my major and I looked at the psychology facilities and they were pretty nice. Also, the history of linebackers that have been there in the last five or six years.”