After Maryland defeated Texas in its season opener on Saturday, Nicole Baran waited where the players would soon walk onto the team buses. Her son, Jeshaun Jones, had just become the star of his first college football game.
The freshman wide receiver finally emerged after accounting for three touchdowns on his first three college touches — one rushing, one receiving and one passing. The remarkable start to his college career prompted a look into record books and led to jokes about how his fourth and final touch of the game resulted in a mere eight-yard gain.