Former Terps defensive tackle commitment Teddy Dargan is headed west.

The Milford Mill graduate and four-star prospect will begin his college football career at Arizona Western College, Millers head coach Reggie White said yesterday.

“When he didn’t qualify and didn’t sign with Maryland on Signing Day, my phone blew up,” White said. “I got calls from everywhere. I’m talking about California, Kansas, Texas, New York, Mississippi. I got calls from everywhere. [Arizona Western’s] just the one he felt comfortable with.”

AWC, a junior college located in Yuma, Ariz., had 16 players sign with four-year schools last year, including Arizona State, Hawaii, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico State, Oregon State and Temple.

Dargan will leave Baltimore for Yuma in early August. White said the goal is for Dargan to get his academics in order and sign with a school out west after his two years of junior college.

“My goal was to get him away -- as far away as we could,” White said. “He’s actually comfortable with it. He’s excited about it. He’s going out there with a clean slate. Nobody really knows him so he can go and get some work done. He’s anxious about it and they’re excited about him.”