After former Virginia Tech defensive end Melvin Keihn was granted his release from Virginia Tech on July 30, he announced on Twitter on Tuesday that he will be joining the Terrapins football team.
The Terps recruited the two-time Baltimore Sun All-Metro recipient in high school at Gilman, but lost out to the Hokies. The 6-foot-1, 211-pound defensive end will likely have to sit out a year per NCAA transfer rules but will have three years of eligibility remaining.
Keihn was on the field for 127 special teams play as a freshman with Virginia Tech, but he saw just five snaps on the defense. In his final campaign at Gilman, he registered 85 tackles, 16 for a loss and nine sacks.
Coming out of high school, Keihn was rated the No. 16 outside linebacker in the country and No. 4 overall player in this state by recruiting website Rivals.com.
He will become the third Gilman player on the Terps roster, joining fullbacks Kenneth Goins Jr. and Shane Cockerille, who recently converted from quarterback. While coach Randy Edsall has had significant success luring in-state recruits in the 2016 class, the Terps didn’t land any of three top-20 247sports recruits.
