Rutgers is bringing back 11 starters on offense, but it will need to replace a pair of key players on defense — one up front and one in the backend. Here is a look at the projected pre-spring practice defensive and special teams depth chart (spring drills are on hold […]
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Rutgers pre-spring practice offensive depth chart projection: Starting QB, offensive line shuffle, more
Rutgers is still in a holding pattern on spring practice — the Scarlet Knights remain in COVID-19 pause — but when it does get onto the field, it will have almost every key offensive player back and a player with starting experience returning at every position. Yet plenty of important […]
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Here’s why 4-star RB commit Sam Brown should help Rutgers’ offense immediately | Scouting report
Rutgers landed a huge commitment Wednesday from Philadelphia four-star running back Sam Brown. A 6-2, 205-pound junior, Brown picked Rutgers over 20-plus schools including football factories like Texas A&M, Ole Miss and Wisconsin. But how exactly will he impact Rutgers’ run game and offense, overall? Let’s break down his style, […]
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March Madness 2021: ESPN’s Jay Bilas predicts how far Rutgers will go in NCAA Tournament
You won’t find a more respected or trusted college basketball analyst than ESPN’s Jay Bilas. And that’s why Rutgers fans should pay close attention to Bilas’ bracket projections for the 2021 NCAA Tournament. Rutgers, the No. 10 seed in the Midwest, faces No. 7 Clemson on Friday. Bilas’ pick? Rutgers. […]
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Rutgers vs. Indiana: 3 keys to the game, X-factor, why the Scarlet Knights will win
INDIANAPOLIS — Will three times be the charm for Rutgers? That depends on whether the Scarlet Knights can build on the momentum from the regular-season finale — a win at Minnesota that, according to the near-consensus of bracketologists, punched their ticket to the NCAA Tournament. “There’s going to be obstacles,’’ […]
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Stats don’t lie: Rutgers’ Myles Johnson ranks among best in Big Ten’s loaded group of big men
The Big Ten is the best league in college basketball season, and among the many things that make it such a gauntlet is the assortment of talented big men across its 14 teams. From Iowa’s Luka Garza to Michigan’s Hunter Dickinson to Illinois’ Kofi Cockburn to Purdue’s Trevion Williams … […]
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Rutgers defensive, special teams depth chart early projection: Mohamed Toure moves into lineup, d-line changes
With Rutgers football’s offseason program underway, it’s never too early to look ahead to the fall — and what we hope will be a normal season with fans in the stands. Here is NJ.com’s early projected defensive and special teams depth chart. We broke down the offensive two-deep previously; you […]
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Rutgers offensive depth chart early projection: Noah Vedral still QB1; offensive line shaken up
Rutgers football is back. Well, sort of. The Scarlet Knights’ early enrollees and mid-year transfers reported to campus this weekend prior to the start of the program’s offseason training this week. We still do not know when spring practice will begin, or what it will look like, amid the coronavirus […]
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What impact will Rutgers football’s 4 new transfers make in 2021?
Rutgers’ incoming class of transfers has not made as many headlines as the much-ballyhooed wave of veteran additions during Greg Schiano’s first offseason back. But the quartet of 2021 FBS arrivals out of the NCAA transfer portal may still prove to have an impact. How big an impact? Here’s how […]
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Rutgers snags 4-star UNC DB transfer Patrice Rene thanks to longstanding ties with Scarlet Knights
The Scarlet Knights have added more length, speed and depth to its defensive secondary in Patrice Rene — a six-two-and-a-half, 200-pound graduate transfer from UNC. A four-star recruit coming out of Episcocpal high (Alexandria, Va.) in 2016, Rene has longstanding ties to Rutgers linebackers coach Bob Fraser, who helped forge […]
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Rutgers wrestling takeaways: Sebastian Rivera’s fiery leadership on full display; Sammy Alvarez update
Sebastian Rivera has brought a leadership presence to the Rutgers wrestling room the Scarlet Knights have not felt in some time. That impact seeped out into public view for the first time on Friday night. The Jackson native and Christian Brothers state champion made it clear: Rutgers’ season-opening 26-10 loss […]
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Rutgers basketball misses its fans — and, with ‘Aunt Kathy,’ one more than the rest | Politi
No matter how loud it got inside the Rutgers Athletic Center, no matter how intense the action became on the court, Kathy McAdam never flinched. She would sit in her seat — in the third row right along the metal barrier where the players made their entrance and exit — […]
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A baby and a win: Inside Sean Gleeson’s wild weekend for Rutgers football | Politi
It was 8:30 p.m. on Friday night, and offensive coordinator Sean Gleeson had to make the most important play call of the 2020 Rutgers season — and, truth be told, probably his marriage. Run or pass? Not here, in a hospital delivery room. This was different. This was not a […]
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Indiana vs. Rutgers: 3 keys to the game | Stopping Hoosiers’ Stevie Scott is top priority
On Aug. 8, 2017, Stevie Scott made a non-binding commitment to play for Chris Ash’s Rutgers football program. Four months later, Scott reneged following a weekend visit to Piscataway, telling NJ Advance Media’s Todderick Hunt he “wasn’t feeling (his Rutgers commitment) anymore.’’ The 6-foot-2, 231-pound bruising running back out of […]
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Rutgers film review: Why Noah Vedral won QB job; How Julius Turner was best player on field vs. Michigan State
Rutgers played its first game in 11 months on Saturday. It has been even longer since NJ.com produced a Rutgers film review. The Scarlet Knights’ infamous passing performance at Indiana last fall – one yard! – was a bridge too far. We have chronicled plenty of bad football with this […]
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They believe: How Rutgers’ inspirational Eric LeGrand has changed lives, 10 years after his injury
Greg Schiano did not want to get on the plane. The Rutgers football team was on the tarmac in Tampa hours after blowing a fourth-quarter lead in a crushing loss to South Florida, two weeks after Eric LeGrand had suffered a spinal-cord injury covering a kickoff late in a win […]
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Meet Rutgers’ building blocks under Greg Schiano: Scouting the 2020 recruiting class, Part 3
This is the third of a three-part series on Rutgers recruiting. Part 1: Rebuilding the defensive line Part 2: Who will be the impact players? *** Most of them would normally spend their first year at Rutgers lifting weights and learning how to balance college courses and athletics, appearing in […]
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Will Rutgers QB Noah Vedral make the biggest instant impact? Scouting the 2020 recruiting class, Part 2
This is the second of a three-part series. Part 1: Can Rutgers rebuild its defensive line? *** Rutgers has gone to the graduate transfer quarterback well several times in recent seasons without much success. Ditto for bringing in junior college linemen or a veteran tight end. Immediate production from heralded […]
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Rutgers offensive line preview: This position is Scarlet Knights’ biggest preseason concern
The Big Ten is a line of scrimmage league, and Rutgers has struggled to measure up for some time. Greg Schiano and his staff will need to change that stark reality before the Scarlet Knights can begin to climb out of the conference basement. The process has started, but it […]