NSD has officially kicked off: Maryland inks WR Josiah Teasley, who flips his pledge from UVA after previously committing to Virginia
Now teams up with WR Jayden Kitchens in College Park
Virginia's No. 1 ranked @TheStJames Academy football thriving in inaugural season 🔥
“I know with any sport, the foundation is the work that you have put in. We’ve been doing that.” - The St. James Academy head coach @OvertonDarryl
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𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐉𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬, 𝐖𝐑 (𝟔-𝟑/𝟏𝟗𝟑) - 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭. 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 (𝐕𝐀), 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔.. 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥..
Kitchens is a Top 125 ranked WR prospect in the '26 class. He held 12 P4 offers and chose Maryland over finalists Virginia Tech, Cincinnati. As a junior, he caught 40 passes for 747 yards and 5 TD's on 18.7 yards per reception, for a Riverdale Baptist (MD) squad that went unbeaten.
𝘈 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘠 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥. 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘮-𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴. (via 247Sports)
Kitchens has a strong athletic profile that includes Football, Basketball and promising track and field sprint jump data. He is the 12th commitment in the Terps 2026 class and the 9th from the talent rich DMV.
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