Maryland's defense will be tested in its opener against FAU and QB transfer Caden Veltkamp

Florida Atlantic at Maryland, Saturday, noon EDT.

BetMGM College Football Odds: Maryland by 14 1/2.

How to watch: BTN

FAU (2024)

Overall offense: 397.6 yards per game (57th in FBS)

Passing: 208.6 yards per game (91st)

Rushing: 189 yards per game (30th)

Scoring: 25.9 points per game (T-83rd)

Overall defense: 416.7 yards allowed per game (112th in FBS)

Passing: 233.2 yards allowed per game (92nd)

Rushing: 183.5 yards allowed per game (106th)

Scoring: 30.3 points allowed per game (104th)

Maryland (2024)

Overall offense: 386.1 yards per game (67th in FBS)

Passing: 275.7 yards per game (17th)

Rushing: 110.4 yards per game (116th)

Scoring: 23.7 points per game (T-100th)

Overall defense: 378.1 yards allowed per game (79th in FBS)

Passing: 241.3 yards allowed per game (106th)

Rushing: 136.8 yards allowed per game (46th)

Scoring: 30.4 points allowed per game (105th)

Passing: Caden Veltkamp, 3,108 yards, 25 TDs, 10 INTs, 66.3 completion percentage (at Western Kentucky)

Rushing: Xavier Terrell, 261 yards on 14 carries, 3 TDs

Receiving: Easton Messer, 793 yards on 55 catches, 4 TDs (at Western Kentucky)

Maryland (2024)

Passing: Justyn Martin, 179 yards, 1 TD, 0 INTs, 68.6 completion percentage (at UCLA)

Rushing: Nolan Ray, 374 yards on 75 carries, 2 TDs

Receiving: Dorian Fleming, 558 yards on 49 catches, 6 TDs (at Georgia State)

FAU won at Tulsa 63-16 to end the season 3-9 without a bowl bid.

Maryland lost 44-7 at Penn State to end the season 4-8 without a bowl bid.

FAU hosts Florida A&M on Sept. 6. Maryland hosts Northern Illinois on Sept. 5.

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FILE - Maryland head coach Mike Locksley watches warmups before an NCAA college football game on Nov. 9, 2024, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Lydia Ely, File)

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Athletics hired former Colorado Rockies general manager Bill Schmidt as the club's special assistant to the scouting department, the team announced Friday.

Schmidt was appointed senior vice president and general manager of the Rockies in October 2021 and served four seasons in the role. He joined the Rockies in 1999 and served as vice president of scouting dating to 2007.

Before joining the Rockies, Schmidt served as a national crosschecker with Cleveland (1995-99) and as a supervisor of the Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada regions for the Yankees (1988-95).

He also worked for the MLB Scouting Bureau from 1987-88 and began his scouting career with the Cincinnati Reds in the early 1980s.

Schmidt was named the 2019 West Coast Scout of the Year and was bestowed the Legends in Scouting Award.

The A’s relocated to West Sacramento, California, last year to play the first of three planned seasons in the city’s Triple-A ballpark before moving into a new ballpark in Las Vegas.

A $2 billion, 33,000-capacity stadium on the Las Vegas Strip is under construction. Club officials told the Las Vegas Stadium Authority on Dec. 4 that the ballpark is on schedule to open in time for the 2028 season.

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FILE - Colorado Rockies general manager Bill Schmidt watches batting practice prior to a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Sept. 19, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/Geneva Heffernan, File)