This is not a flashback, but yet another commitment for the Rutgers football program, its fifth in four days and seventh in less than two weeks. On Saturday, it was first reported by The Chop Nation of 247 Sports that Zamir Mickens, a 3-star safety from St. Peters Prep, pledged to the program.
While the tweet names Mickens as a 2019 recruit, that isn’t correct. 247 Sports ranks Mickens as the 31st recruit in New Jersey for the class of 2018 and his other offers from Central Michigan and Liberty. He played last season with incoming freshman and quarterback of the future, Johnathan Lewis, at St.