How about that? Three sacks! And Sio wasn’t even the best defensive player against UConn. That was instead Yamin Smallwood, who had 14 tackles and 3 1/2 tackles for a loss and was named the Nagurski national player of the week for his work against Maryland.

Look, Maryland’s protection, be it for the run or the pass, has been lacking this season. Only six teams have allowed more than the 10 sacks the Terrapins have surrendered — and those 10 are in the past two games. Five sacks per game would be the worst in the country.

This is a chance for WVU’s improved blitz package to heat up Maryland’s freshman quarterback Perry Hills.

It’s led to a lot of early action for Hills. Removing sacks, he ran 11 times against Temple and 12 times against UConn.

“He’s been hit a lot,” WVU Coach Dana Holgorsen said. “That’s something that’s going to be important for us.”

The Terrapins don’t call plays for Hills to run the ball, but he is willing to scramble and he’s tough enough to do it. Hills is a 6-foot-3, 205-pound freshman playing only because presumed starter C.J. Brown suffered a season-ending knee injury in August. Hills was the state wrestling champion at 195 pounds in the PIAA’s Class AAA in May and is Maryland’s first freshman starter since Latrez Harrison in 1999.

“Defensively, we want to be aggressive,” Holgorsen said. “We want to attack him in a variety of ways, like you would any young kid. You want to give him specific looks and confuse him.”