While many students enjoy their summer breaks away from College Park, the Maryland football team’s coaching staff remains focused on building the program for the future. Coach DJ Durkin and his staff have been recruiting along the East Coast and made a pit stop Monday at one of the satellite camps led by Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, Durkin’s former boss.

St. Frances Academy hosted the camp, but Durkin’s staff, along with representatives from at least 15 other colleges, ran drills and worked with nearly 100 local athletes in Patterson Park. Hall of Fame NFL coach Joe Gibbs and current Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh also attended the event.

Durkin turned his attention to another satellite camp Wednesday in Upper Marlboro, and he is expected to attend another Michigan-led camp at Paramus Catholic in New Jersey this weekend.

While Durkin won’t be joined by his entire staff for that event, he had plenty of company in Baltimore. By the end of the camp, Durkin’s staff had all arrived to Utz Twardowicz Field, giving the Terps at least 18 sets of eyes on potential future recruits.

“It’s our backyard,” Durkin told The Baltimore Sun. “We’re really proud of this area. I know these guys and their families are very proud of this area, so it only makes sense. … This is important. It’s the DMV, and Baltimore is a huge part of that.”

MJ JARRELL COMMITS

Late last week, three-star wide receiver MJ Jarrell of Orlando announced his verbal commitment to Maryland via Twitter, choosing the Terps over 24 other programs. Jarrell is ranked No. 157 at his position and No. 186 in the state, according to 247Sports.

The commitment from the 6-foot-2 wideout from Timber Creek High boosted the Terps’ class of 2017 ranking to 11th in the country, according to Rivals. With Sean Nelson and Carlos Carriere of Georgia in the class, Jarrell is the third wide receiver commit who is 6 feet or taller. Plus, tight end Andrew Park is 6-foot-5, providing future Terps quarterbacks with a big target.

Jarrell is also the third recruit in the class to hail from Florida, the state where Durkin spent four seasons as an assistant coach with the Gators from 2010 to 2014.

IMG ACADEMY STUDS

Rivals and 247Sports rank the Terps’ 2017 recruiting class 11th and 13th, respectively, both of which would qualify as the best-regarded in program history. Leading the charge are five-star defensive end Joshua Kaindoh and four-star defensive tackle Camaron Spence of IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.

While each had offers from national powerhouses, including Alabama, Florida State and Ohio State, they committed to play in their home state. Spence grew up in Baltimore, while Kaindoh hails from Essex, giving Durkin two concrete examples in which he kept homegrown talent in the state.

And Durkin will not be alone as he continues his pursuit of attracting the nation’s top prospects.

In an interview with SB Nation’s Bud Elliot in late May, Kaindoh and Spence said they would be helping out the Terps staff in recruiting.

They said they’re specifically targeting local products Chase Young and Anthony McFarland, who both attend DeMatha Catholic High School and are the top two recruits in the state, according to 247Sports.

“The DMV has some talent there,” Kaindoh said to Elliot, “and I want to be the guy, I committed, high recruit, saying, okay, ‘It’s OK to go to Maryland.’ We can all team up, go to Maryland, turn it into something great.”