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'Big Brother 18': Why ex-Rutgers soccer player Paulie Calafiore could win $500K

In his quest to bolster the Rutgers men's soccer coaching staff, Dan Donigan was set to offer a job to a former team captain who he described as "fearless, relentless, an extremely hard worker and an incredibly loyal person.''

As it turned out, Paulie Calafiore was set to go on "Big Brother 18'' instead.

A Howell native who started in 49 of the 54 games he played in from 2007 through 2011, Calafiore is one of 16 contestants living in a house outfitted with dozens of cameras and microphones recording their every move, 24 hours a day, for a popular reality TV show.