The first early signing day of Greg Schiano’s tenure at Rutgers has yielded 17 new players joining the program. I wanted to look at the geographical makeup of the class. Schiano made the “State of Rutgers” a priority the first time he was leading the program and promises to do so again. While he ended up signing seven players who originally committed under former head coach Chris Ash, they all fit Schiano’s long term strategic plan regarding location.
Ten players who signed on Wednesday are from New Jersey. Tyreem Powell, Chris Long, Malachi “Max” Melton, are all from South Jersey.