Rutgers won its first Big Ten game of the season in a 20-14 victory over Illinois on Saturday. They improved to 4-4, which is the latest the program has been .500 or better this late in a season since the 2014 campaign. There were plenty of reasons why and here are five takeaways following a season saving victory.
Gavin Wimsatt’s poise is beyond his years
The highest rated quarterback prospect in Rutgers history made an unprecedented jump by foregoing his senior year of high school three games into the season to join the program a year early.