​Maryland didn’t leave much room for suspense in its season opener.The Terps overwhelmed Hampton, 62-0, piling up 646 yards of offense while holding the Pirates to just 85. The running game looked rejuvenated, the defense looked fast and deep, and Maryland finally ended an eight-game losing streak with its most complete performance in a long time.Still, blowouts can hide as much as they reveal. Malik Washington was uneven, DeJuan Williams offered an early jolt and a rebuilt defense made a strong first impression.Here are three takeaways from Maryland’s season-opening rout.Williams gave the running game something it lackedThe Terps seemingly made a glaring indictment of how they viewed the redshirt sophomore running back in January.They brought in Old Dominion running back Trequan Jones, who appeared set for a starting role after ranking second nationally with 7.5 yards per carry in 2025.Then, less than a month later, Jones decommitted. So Maryland turned back to Williams.Locksley spent the offseason saying Williams had finally regained the speed that once made him a target for schools like Ohio State and Michigan. Williams tore his ACL during his senior year at St. Frances, and Locksley has repeatedly said it takes “a true 18 months to get healthy enough off an ACL.”Saturday, Williams looked healthy.On his first carry, he burst through a crease for a 94-yard touchdown, the second-longest rushing score in program history. One carry gave him a career high in rushing yards.“He got his burst back,” Washington said. “I think this is the first time the country kind of gets to see who DeJuan Williams really is.”Williams added an 8-yard touchdown on Maryland’s next possession before leaving in the second quarter. He finished with three carries for 116 yards and two catches for 35 yards.“Everything OK,” Williams said afterward, who finished 2025 with 927 scrimmage yards and four touchdowns. “I just got a little clicking going on in my knee.”Maryland’s rushing success didn’t stop there. Sophomore Iverson Howard added 66 yards and two touchdowns on 12 carries, while USC transfer Harry Dalton III rushed for 39 yards and a score on seven attempts.That matters for an offense that ran for the fewest yards in the Big Ten last season, nearly 100 behind second-lowest Minnesota.Maryland won big, but Washington was unevenIt’s fair to say that Washington didn’t immediately offer much evidence that the sophomore breakout season teased all offseason is about to arrive.Washington finished 19-for-31 for 186 yards and a touchdown, but he looked out of sync early and didn’t throw his first touchdown pass until late in the first half. He completed just one of six passes 20 or more yards downfield and only three between 10 and 20, with most of Maryland’s passing attack living underneath rather than threatening Hampton vertically.Locksley saw it, too.“I thought he forced some things and was pressing a little bit early,” Locksley said,