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January 3, 2008

Meet Matt Furstenburg

Name: Matt Furstenburg
Birthdate: 6/19/89
Birthplace: Somerset, N.J.
Hometown: Whitehouse Station, N.J.
Nicknames: Furst
Height: 6-4
Weight: 230
Position: Tight end
High School: Hunterdon (N.J.) Central
Prep School: The Hun School (Princeton, N.J.)
Senior statistics: 28 catches, 350 yards, 4 touchdowns
Bench max: 365
40-yard dash: 4.58
Runner-up: North Carolina
Other schools considered: Pittsburgh, Vanderbilt
Favorite NFL player: Jeremy Shockey
Favorite NFL team: New York Giants
Favorite all-time Terp: Vernon Davis
Favorite music: Lil Wayne
Favorite book: Lords of Discipline by Pat Conroy
Favorite movie: The Matrix
Favorite TV show: Home Improvement
Favorite food: Buffalo wings
Favorite high school class: Math
Favorite thing about College Park: “The number of people there.”
Other high school sports: Lacrosse
Hobbies: “I like to hunt and fish.”
Intended major: Business
Something that not many people know about you: “I like chilling out and watching movies.”
Best football moment: “I intercepted a pass for a touchdown my senior year of high school against Ridge.”
Role model: “My dad. He’s just given me great opportunities and taught me so much.”
Why Maryland? “The coaching staff, the team, the overall school and the student life.”

Posted by Matt Bracken at 10:09 AM | | Comments (3)
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Comments

Do you expect any further changes to the football coaching staff (read, recruiting
coordinator!). It seems that the Terps suffer with from lack of fundementals (tackling and catching the ball?!).It seems that in the past few years the program has taken several steps backward and now it
would appear that at best, the
program will be a middle of the pack program for the near and long term.

I was pleased to hear that Franklin is back, as well as, Shaun Hill's success with my Niners. I don't feel so bad about the bowl loss; O.S. seemed to be the better team and we put up a good fight.

Randy -- I wouldn't expect any other Terps coaches to be asked to leave. Stranger things have happened, but I'd be surprised.

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About Matt Bracken

Matt Bracken was a lightly recruited football and tennis prospect out of East Lansing (Mich.) High School in 2001, but spurned all (nonexistent) scholarship offers to attend the University of Michigan. Matt graduated from UM in 2005, earned a master's degree in new media journalism from Northwestern University in 2006, and spent the first 11 months of his career as an online producer / videographer / blogger at the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson. He has worked at The Baltimore Sun since July 2007, where he currently serves as the deputy sports editor for digital.

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