Maryland walk-on looks for his chance after serving in Afghanistan

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Other than the extra years of maturity he wears on his face, Tehuti Miles does his best to blend seamlessly into the Maryland football locker room. He has learned not to make any noise and how to hide the panic on his face when an unexpected noise or a random train of thought takes him on a wrong turn down memory lane.

Miles, a senior walk-on running back for the Terps, was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder when he returned from a yearlong tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2011. He is one of a handful of recent U.S. military veterans who has returned home and found a degree of normalcy by playing college football. Miles does his best to keep those two worlds from colliding.

He answers his younger teammates’ questions about life in the military and war when they get curious, but doesn’t raise the topic himself very often. He wasn’t aware of other players like Northwestern’s Tom Hruby, a former Navy SEAL, who have also fought in the Middle East. He doesn’t volunteer much information about the 11 medals he won in the year he spent overseas. When the flashbacks come, no one knows but him.

“It’s a random thing. I can’t say how many times a week,” Miles said. …

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