One of the top defensive backs in the state of Maryland is Pha’Terrell Washington, a 6-0, 185-pound prospect who plays either cornerback or free safety on defense for head coach Dominic Zaccarelli. With five interceptions last season (he had seven as a sophomore), he was a big part of a squad that went 9-3 and that is looking forward to an excellent 2005 campaign.

Washington is not only a force on defense, but he is a very good offensive player as well.

“We tend to move him around a lot,” Zaccarelli said. “On offense, he plays our wing position usually. We’ll do a lot of different things with him. He’ll get a chance to run a lot and we’ll throw to him a lot. We try to get him the ball in open space because of his speed and his ability to make people miss.

“And defensively it depends on what we need. Sometimes we face taller receivers who are pretty good athletes and we want to take one of our best athletes and put him on that person. When we don’t have that type of match-up, we usually play him at free safety.”

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