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12/04/22 - Aron Cruickshank, rSr/2023, Rutgers + More +

2022 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL THIRD TEAM (COACHES): KR Aron Cruickshank, Rutgers,...Often kicked away from by opponents, Cruickshank averaged 20.6 yards on 18 kickoff returns this past season. He ripped off a season-long 66-yard return to help set up a touchdown versus Penn State. This marks his third time earning All-Big Ten honors, claiming First Team in 2020 and Second Team in 2019. - Rutgers Football

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WR Aron Cruickshank, Rutgers
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12/04/22 - Aaron Lewis, rSr/2025, Rutgers + More +

2022 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL THIRD TEAM (COACHES): DL Aaron Lewis, Rutgers,...Lewis emerged on the defensive line with 55 tackles with eight for loss in 2022. He posted a career high with 11 tackles, two in the backfield, and a forced fumble in the road win over Temple, adding sacks versus Nebraska and Penn State. - Rutgers Football

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DE Aaron Lewis, Rutgers
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12/04/22 - Christian Izien, rSr/2023, Rutgers + More +

2022 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Christian Izien,...Izien garners All-Big Ten recognition for the third-straight season after totaling 84 tackles with five for loss, four pass breakups and a blocked punt. Starting all 12 games, he had two games recording double-digit stops with a high of 15 versus Iowa and became the 14th player in program history to reach 300 career tackles (303). - Rutgers Football

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SS Christian Izien, Rutgers
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12/04/22 - Avery Young, rSr/2023, Rutgers + More +

2022 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Avery Young,...Young collects postseason recognition for the second time after registering 84 tackles at safety. He added an interception, four pass breakups and a forced fumble as a starter in all 12 games. The defensive back finishes his career with 326 tackles, 10th-most in program history. - Rutgers Football

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SS Avery Young, Rutgers
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12/04/22 - Max Melton, rJr/2024, Rutgers + More +

2022 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Max Melton,...Melton contributed on both defense and special teams, posting 10 pass breakups, two interceptions, 33 tackles and a nation-leading three blocked punts. The blocked punt versus Michigan led to a touchdown. He also recovered a fumble on punt coverage in playing all 12 games. - Rutgers Football

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CB Max Melton, Rutgers
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11/30/22 - Naseim Brantley, rSr/2025, Rutgers + More +

2022 ALL-MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM: WR Naseim Brantley, Western Illinois, Jr.,...A big season came with big honors for Western Illinois wide receiver Naseim Brantley, who was named Newcomer of the Year in the Missouri Valley Football Conference as well as being named First-Team All-Conference at wide receiver on Monday. In 10 games, Brantley had 53 catches, ranking him third-best in the MVFC. He had a conference-best 893 receiving yards and 89.3 yards per game. His nine receiving touchdowns was second in the MVFC and his 16.85 yards per catch was third-best in the MVFC. - Western Illinois Football

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WR Naseim Brantley, Rutgers
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11/28/22 - Naseim Brantley, rSr/2025, Rutgers + More +

2022 MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR: WR Naseim Brantley, Western Illinois , 6-4, 200, Jr., Farmingdale, N.J. (Howell High/Sacred Heart),...In 10 games, Brantley had 53 catches, which ranked third-best in the MVFC, for a league-best 893 yards and nine touchdowns, which ranked 2nd in MVFC. The junior transfer from Sacred Heart averaged 89.3 yards per game to lead the Conference, and he averaged 16.85 yards per catch, which was third-best in the MVFC. Brantley had three touchdowns in the season-opening game against UT Martin and was named MVFC Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 4. - Missouri Valley Football

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WR Naseim Brantley, Rutgers
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11/28/22 - Athan Kaliakmanis, rJr/2026, Rutgers + More +

NOV 28 BIG TEN CO-FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Athan Kaliakmanis, Minnesota, QB - Antioch, Ill. - Antioch,...Had career highs of 19 completions on 29 attempts for 319 yards and two touchdowns while rushing seven times for 14 yards, including a career-long carry of 23 yards, in the Golden Gophers' 23-16 win over Wisconsin on Nov. 26...Completed nine passes of 15-plus yards and averaged 16.8 yards per completion...His 319 passing yards marked Minnesota's second-highest total this season and the second-most against Wisconsin since 2000...Earns the first Freshman of the Week honor of his career...Last Minnesota Freshman of the Week: Justin Walley (Nov. 29, 2021). - Big Ten Football

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QB Athan Kaliakmanis, Rutgers
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11/26/22 - Athan Kaliakmanis, rJr/2026, Rutgers + More +

Athan Kaliakmanis connected with Le'Meke Brockington on a tiebreaking 45-yard touchdown with 3:40 remaining and Minnesota barely hung on in the final minute to beat Wisconsin 23-16 on Saturday. After an injury knocked Wisconsin quarterback Graham Mertz out of the game on the Badgers' final series, backup Chase Wolf drove the Badgers into position for a tying touchdown. A pass interference penalty in the end zone gave Wisconsin first-and-goal from the 5 with 26 seconds left. But a holding penalty and a false start pushed Wisconsin back to the 20. After Wolf threw an incompletion, two more false starts created second-and-goal from the 30. The game ended with Wolf throwing an incompletion into a crowd of players in the end zone on fourth-and-goal from the 25.

Minnesota (8-4, 5-4 Big Ten) retained possession of Paul Bunyan's Axe, which goes to the winner of this annual matchup. The Gophers also tied the most-played Football Bowl Subdivision rivalry — these two Big Ten foes have been facing each other since 1890 - at 62-62-8. Wisconsin (6-6, 4-5) fell to 4-3 under interim head coach Jim Leonhard, who was promoted from defensive coordinator after the firing of Paul Chryst. Minnesota, which defeated Wisconsin 23-13 last year, has beaten the Badgers in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1993-94. Minnesota was facing second-and-11 when Brockington ran a slant route, caught Kaliakmanis' pass in stride inside the 35 and outran Wisconsin's defense to the end zone for his first career touchdown. Kalikamanis ended up 19 of 29 for 319 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions in his third game filling in for Tanner Morgan, who is out with an upper-body injury. Brevyn Spann-Ford, Dylan Wright and Daniel Jackson combined to catch 17 passes for 267 yards. Wisconsin, which had come back from a 13-6 deficit to take a 16-13 lead late in the third quarter, couldn't rally a second time. Minnesota's Justin Walley picked off a Mertz pass and had a 28-yard interception return to put the Gophers in position for a game-clinching score, but Matthew Trickett's 48-yard field-goal attempt bounced off the right upright with 1:48 left. - Minnesota/AP College Football

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QB Athan Kaliakmanis, Rutgers
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11/23/22 - Shawn Bowman, rSr/2024, Rutgers + More +

2022 ALL-CAA FOOTBALL THIRD TEAM: Shawn Bowman, Maine, TE, Sr.,...Prior to his season-ending injury, Bowman ranked at the top of Maine's receiving list in numerous categories including touchdown receptions, receiving yards, and receptions. In eight games this season, Bowman produced 31 receptions for 377 yards and ranked second on the team with five touchdown receptions. Bowman ranked 17th in the CAA with 3.9 receptions per game and 18th at 47.1 receiving yards per game while his five touchdown receptions placed him tied for 10th best among CAA leaders. - Maine Football

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TE Shawn Bowman, Rutgers
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10/29/22 - Samuel Brown V, Jr/2026, Rutgers + More +

Rutgers running back Samuel Brown V will have season-ending surgery on an injured foot, cutting short a promising freshman year. Brown was hurt late in his breakout game last week, when his 28 carries were the most by a Scarlet Knights player since 2014. The native of Philadelphia had 101 yards in the win over Indiana. Kyle Monangai returned to the lead role in the backfield and had just 29 yards on seven attempts in a 31-0 loss at Minnesota on Saturday afternoon. NJ Advance Media reported before kickoff that Brown will miss the rest of the season, and Rutgers coach Greg Schiano announced after the game that he will have a procedure done next week. - AP College Football

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RB Samuel Brown V, Rutgers
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10/25/22 - Naseim Brantley, rSr/2025, Rutgers + More +

OCT 24 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: WR Naseim Brantley, Western Illinois - Brantley found his way into the endzone two more times this season for the Leathernecks, catching touchdown passes of 25 and five yards. Brantley had five receptions for 66 yards. - Missouri Valley Football

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WR Naseim Brantley, Rutgers
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10/22/22 - Samuel Brown V, Jr/2026, Rutgers + More +

Samuel Brown V had a career-high 101 yards rushing and a touchdown and Noah Vedral threw for 113 yards and a touchdown as Rutgers rallied past Indiana 24-17 on Saturday. Rutgers (4-3, 1-3 Big Ten) snapped a 21-game conference home losing streak, last winning a conference home game in 2017 against Maryland. It was the longest home conference game losing streak in Big Ten history. Indiana (3-5, 1-4 Big Ten) opened the game with a 93-yard touchdown return on the kickoff as Jaylin Lucas went untouched to put the Hoosiers up 7-0. The fast-paced Indiana offense moved right down the field on its first drive of the game. Quarterback Connor Bazelak capped off the 11-play, 91-yard drive with a 7-yard touchdown run to give Indiana the 14-0 lead midway through the first quarter. He was 23 of 41 for 210 yards and a late interception.

Rutgers responded with a 11-play, 86-yard drive. Vedral's pitch and catch to Sean Ryan cut the Indiana lead to 14-7 with 9:53 left in the first half. The transfer from West Virginia had three catches on the drive after just nine on the season. Rutgers offense was operating under Nunzio Campanile, who is serving as interim offensive coordinator after Sean Gleeason was fired following Rutgers' loss to Nebraska. With the change and the bye week, the offense responded despite being put in an early hole. Rutgers defense, which came into the game ranked eight nationally in rushing defense (91.7 yards per game) and 10th in overall defense (285.8 yards per game), tightened up to keep the game in reach at half. After giving up 143 yards in the first quarter, Rutgers only gave up 129 yards in the remaining three quarters. - Rutgers/AP College Football

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RB Samuel Brown V, Rutgers
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10/18/22 - Naseim Brantley, rSr/2025, Rutgers + More +

SEPT 5 MISSOURI VALLEY NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK: WR Naseim Brantley, Western Illinois, 6-4, 200, Gr. (Farmingdale, N.J./Sacred Heart/Howell H.S.),...Making his Leatherneck debut, Brantley had a big night for Western Illinois in the season opener at UT Martin. He had six catches for 171 yards as well as touchdown catches of 51, 44 and 32 yard. Brantley also became the first Leatherneck with at least three receiving touchdowns in a game since Jaelon Acklin had three against South Dakota in 2017. His 171 yards receiving made him the first WIU receiver to have over 150 receiving yards since Dennis Houston had 175 against Eastern Washington last year. - Missouri Valley Conference Football

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WR Naseim Brantley, Rutgers
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10/09/22 - Aron Cruickshank, rSr/2023, Rutgers + More +

Rutgers fired offensive coordinator Sean Gleeson on Sunday, two days after the team's third straight Big Ten loss. Head coach Greg Schiano announced the move, which comes following the sixth game of Gleeson's third season with the Scarlet Knights (3-3, 0-3 Big Ten). The Rutgers offense has struggled this season. The team ranks No. 108 in total offense (334 yards per game), No. 104 in scoring offense (22.8 PPG) and No. 118 in team passing efficiency.

Rutgers lost to Nebraska (3-3, 2-1) 14-13 on Friday night, mustering 85 total yards and no points in the second half. "This was a difficult decision, but I believe it is in the best interest of our program to make a change at offensive coordinator," Schiano said in a statement. "I want to thank Sean for his hard work and wish him and his family all the best in their future endeavors." Schiano was scheduled to address the media later Sunday. "We are going to have to really examine everything we are doing, why we are doing it and who is doing it and when they are doing it," Schiano said after Friday's loss. "That's going to take some time, but we have the bye week to do it. We have a lot of football ahead of us." Tight ends coach Nunzio Campanile will serve as the interim offensive coordinator. Campanile served as the interim head coach at Rutgers between Schiano's hire and his predecessor Chris Ash's firing. Schiano hired Gleeson as his first offensive coordinator in his second stint at the school. Rutgers has the week off before hosting Indiana (3-3, 1-2 Big Ten) on Saturday, Oct. 22. - AP College Football

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