Previously: Quarterback, Running Back, Receivers, Offensive Line, Defensive Line Five down, two to go on this year's The Enemy, Ranked. We've covered both lines and all the skill position players on offense, which means it's time to hit linebacker before concluding later this week with secondary. For linebackers in this piece, we will mostly be looking at two starters for each team, MIKE and WILL, only including SAM in the table for teams that actually use a SAM consistently, while others may have a player occupying that job quickly shouted out in the write-up. 12. East Carolina WLB MLB SLB Mike Edwards III Treylor Jackson RaRa Dillworth BJ Davis TyQuan King Kingston McKinstry Funny enough, the first team we cover in today's piece is one of the few where I'm listing a SLB in the chart, due to ECU's 3-3-5 defense. Sometimes one of those LBs is an EDGE (which were covered last time), sometimes it's a standard LB, hence the inclusion of a thir
Previously: Rutgers Offense After studying the rough display that is the Rutgers offense, we get a much more respectable unit today in the Rutgers defense. Greg Schiano has consistently been able to coordinate solid defenses in his career, and the Rutgers defense looks in line with that. They rank 29th in SP+ defense and are allowing fewer than 300 yards per game (22.5 points per game against this season). At the very least, it's watchable football. The Film: I will delve more into this later on in the piece, but the list of opposing offenses that Rutgers has faced is lacking in quality. The only top 50 SP+ offense that they have played happens to be our bitter rivals down in Columbus and while I'd prefer not to pick the Ohio State buzzsaw offense and have something between "terrible" and "the best in the country", I have little to offer. The only other option was possibly Minnesota, but after the hassle that it was to get footage of that game for t
Rutgers early signing day nears: Which soon-to-be Knights could help immediately?
Updated Dec 11, 2020;
Posted Dec 11, 2020
Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano leads the Scarlet Knights onto the field to play the Illinois Fighting Illini Saturday, November 14, 2020 in Piscataway, N.J. Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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Twenty-one players are committed to Rutgers’ 2021 recruiting class heading into the early signing period next week (Dec. 16 to Dec. 18). All of them are expected to sign Wednesday and catapult the program into the new year. But which ones can help right away?
Rutgers has received big contributions from freshmen
Bryan Felter, a four-game starter at right guard, and defensive back