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Rutgers defensive line wins battle in trenches during second spring football scrimmage

PISCATAWAY – Out of other options, Rutgers coach Kyle Flood finally yanked Kemoko Turay from the lineup and kept his burgeoning star on the bench during passing situations for the rest of the day.

The problem? Turay, who had a team-high 7.5 sacks and was named a Freshman All-American playing as a specialist last season, was just wrecking the flow of the offense during the second spring scrimmage.

“We just couldn’t block him today,” Flood said. “Kemoko had three sacks and we took him out of the third-down situations just because we couldn’t get a play off with him out there.