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Greg Jones staking claim as 'most competitive' at Rutgers entering emotional home opener

(John Munson | NJ Advance Media)

PISCATAWAY -- If Greg Jones had his choice, he would probably want today's Rutgers-Howard game played in slow motion as to allow the redshirt senior to savor every moment of his long-awaited first start at High Point Solutions Stadium.

That's just not how it works.

The former East Stroudsburg, Middlesex Community College and Monroe College student probably knows that better than anyone.

"The game is fast," Jones said. "I mean, I played in a whole bunch of other college schemes and a lot of teams that are pretty fast, but this game is so much faster at this level and you got to be ready for everything.