It was a busy day for the Rutgers football program, as they welcomed 17 new scholarship players as part of the early signing period for the 2019 class. After a tumultuous 1-11 season, it was fair to be skeptical that this recruiting class would be much of anything come signing day. To the coaching staff’s credit, in particular head coach Chris Ash, the class is comprised of some talented and intriguing prospects, as well as a former top recruit in Michigan Transfer Drew Singleton. While more recruits are needed to be added to this class during the regular signing period that begins in February, based on how the season ended, Rutgers did about as well as could be hoped on the first day of the early signing period on Wednesday.