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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: Rutgers
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  08/10/21 - Noah Vedral, rSr/2024, Rutgers, 6-1, 200 (DS#999 QB) + More +

  Noah Vedral is not going anywhere. Rutgers' incumbent, no-doubt starting quarterback -- boy, is that strange to write -- made that very clear. He is back at full health to lead the Scarlet Knights' offense again this fall, he intends to return in 2022 for his final year of eligibility and he wants to keep playing after that if someone will pay him to do so. But when his cleats are finally hung up, he wants to be a coach. And he is dipping his toe in those waters this summer.

Vedral's focus during training camp is preparing for his second season at Rutgers, but he is also doing everything he can to bring along his young understudies, Evan Simon and Cole Snyder, as they battle for the backup job. "It's weird to say it's my fifth camp, but I have a lot of tips I've learned along the way. How to prepare, the time you should go to sleep, and to pass that stuff along is a lot of fun," Vedral said. "That's kind of why I realized I wanted to be a coach. I like doing that stuff. I like to share and see them use it and benefit. See them rise as a little tip here and there make their life easier, free them up to play faster. It's a lot of fun right now to be a mentor to them." - Star Ledger

(DS#999 QB) rSr/2024 QB Noah Vedral, Rutgers
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  08/06/21 - Robin Jutwreten, rJr/2023, Rutgers, 6-4, 265 (DS#999 DE) + More +

  Peyton Powell's Rutgers career may be over without a single regular season snap. The defensive back is not currently a member of the program, coach Greg Schiano said Wednesday after the first practice of training camp at the Marco Battaglia Complex in Piscataway. But Schiano did not rule out the possibility the Texas native could return at some point. Powell, who signed with Rutgers as a splashy transfer in Dec. 2019, did not appear in any games last fall. The former four-star athlete recruit from famed Permian High did see time at safety in May's spring game.

"Right now, he's not part of the team," Schiano said. "We'll see if he does become part of the team. But as we speak, he isn't on the roster." Schiano also announced nose guard Robin Jutwreten, who played in eight games last fall, has medically retired. He will remain with the team as a student assistant. And Temple defensive back Christian Braswell will not play this season after undergoing knee surgery. "It's a shame, because [Jutwreten] is a great person, a great hard worker," Schiano said. "He's going to help us as a coach and still be an important part of what we do." - Star Ledger

(DS#999 DE) rJr/2023 DE Robin Jutwreten, Rutgers
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  08/06/21 - Johnny Langan, rSr/2024, Rutgers, 6-3, 232 (DS#5 FB) + More +

  Johnny Langan is still listed as a quarterback on the training-camp roster distributed by Rutgers officials Wednesday. But the junior out of Bergen Catholic could've been listed the way some recruits are pegged when they arrive without a clearly defined position: as an athlete. "He's a quarterback but he's also a multi-positional player," Schiano said. "So he can line up at wideout, he can line up at tight end, he can line up at running back. In different packages he'll line up in different spots. That's a good weapon to have."

Take the opening day of Rutgers' camp for example: Langan took repetitions with the tight ends and, unlike the five other quarterbacks on the roster, he didn't wear a green (non-contact) jersey. "He's 'Johnny Offense," Scarlet Knights quarterback Noah Vedral said. "He's a really big tool for us so we want to use him. His role is as diverse as ever." After starting the final eight games at quarterback for Rutgers in 2019, Langan emerged as a jack-of-all-trades performer last season in offensive coordinator Sean Gleeson's scheme. In addition to throwing for 92 yards and two touchdowns on 10-for-13 passing, Langan rushed for a team-high four touchdowns and his 201 rushing yards were second-best on the team. And he tallied 10 receiving yards on two receptions. - Star Ledger

(DS#5 FB) rSr/2024 FB Johnny Langan, Rutgers
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  08/05/21 - Olakunle Fatukasi, rSr/2022, Rutgers, 6-1, 234 (DS#19 ILB) + More +

  Not long after he took the Rutgers job in December 2019, Greg Schiano went to the film room for a scouting expedition. The purpose, the Scarlet Knights coach said, was to take a deep dive into his team's top players in order to figure out what his program needed longterm on the recruiting trail. One of the first players he studied was a weak-linebacker who finished second on the team in tackles in 2019. "I thought he closed the ground to the ball carrier very quickly. He had a good accelerator. There were some things we wanted to correct, some fundamentals, but overall we saw a very talented player," Schiano said. This was Schiano's first impression of Olakunle Fatukasi, who would end up leading the Big Ten in tackles last season. "He led the Big Ten in tackles but more than that he's a student of the game," said Schiano, whose Scarlet Knights held their first preseason-camp practice Tuesday in preparation for the 2021 season. "He's going to be a really, really fine professional football player because he loves it, he studies it, he lives the game, and takes care of himself the way that a pro football player takes care of himself. So he's a great example, not only his production on the field, but he's a great example for our younger players and for our newcomers that are just starting with us."

Schiano brought in more than two dozen newcomers as part of Rutgers' recruiting class this offseason. But he said "the biggest recruit we signed this year" was Fatukasi, who opted to return for his fifth-year senior campaign rather than enter the 2021 NFL Draft. "It wasn't a tough decision at all," Fatukasi said, reiterating the tweet he sent out to announced his return following his All-Big Ten campaign. "Unfinished business. I wanted to get better as a football player, I wanted to be a better leader, a better teammate, and know the playbook better. Still not done yet," the Scarlet Knight nicknamed "O3?" said. - Star Ledger

(DS#19 ILB) rSr/2022 ILB Olakunle Fatukasi, Rutgers
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  08/02/21 - Isaih Pacheco, Sr/2022, Rutgers, 5-10, 222 (DS#35 RB) + More +

  There are two numbers to keep in mind when it comes to the Scarlet Knights' star running back: 1,000 and 461. The latter number is how many yards Pacheco needs to move into the top 10 of Rutgers' all-time rushing leaders. As for 1,000, keep in mind that no Rutgers running back has eclipsed the grand plateau since Jawan Jamison accomplished the feat in 2012. Pacheco, who enters his fourth year with 1,795 yards and 13 touchdowns, is looking to build on a campaign in which he ranked eighth in the Big Ten with 515 rushing yards. - Star Ledger

(DS#35 RB) Sr/2022 RB Isaih Pacheco, Rutgers
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  08/02/21 - Mike Tverdov, rSr/2022, Rutgers, 6-4, 266 (DS#50 DE) + More +

  A 6-4, 275-pound senior defensive end from Union, Tverdov enjoyed the best season of his career last fall, recording 10.5 tackles-for-loss. Included in that total was a three-sack performance in a win at Maryland, which made him the fourth player in program history to record three sacks in a game and the first since 2008. - Star Ledger

(DS#50 DE) rSr/2022 DE Mike Tverdov, Rutgers
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  07/30/21 - Jovani Haskins, rSr/2022, Rutgers, 6-5, 252 (DS#27 TE) + More +

  Greg Schiano believes Jovani Haskins could be on the verge of becoming an elite tight end. And Haksins is one of several tight ends who could help that position group improve considerably this season and potentially become an area of strength. Schiano said last week at Big Ten Media Days in Indianapolis that the position group has "really developed." That could be a boon for the offense. "That's important because a tight end in an offense is always a quarterback's security blanket," Schiano said. "When you have a good one it becomes more than that: It becomes a weapon." Haskins, a Bergenfield product, leads that group as the veteran.

The 6-foot-6, 250-pound Haskins had six catches for 58 yards and two touchdowns last season, his first at Rutgers after transferring from West Virginia. He's also impressed Schiano with his blocking ability, a skill that he's continued to develop. Schiano believes he's "worked himself into what I think is going to be a big-time tight end." "He's in an offense now that can utilize all of his abilities," Schiano said. "He just needed to hone those abilities a little because he really hadn't accumulated cumulative repetitions at blocking. I think he's really a strong guy and he's really learned how to block. So he can be a valuable asset in all phases for us." - Asbury Park Press

(DS#27 TE) rSr/2022 TE Jovani Haskins, Rutgers
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  07/28/21 - Noah Vedral, rSr/2024, Rutgers, 6-1, 200 (DS#999 QB) + More +

  Noah Vedral's arrival to Rutgers came during a challenging situation. The ongoing pandemic limited how much the transfer quarterback from Nebraska could do with his new team over the summer. Then a condensed training camp before an arduous 2020 season added to the difficulty. Despite all of that, Vedral still managed to have a productive campaign, providing the type of stability at quarterback that Rutgers hadn't enjoyed in a while. Now Vedral is back as the starter and he's looking to build on what he accomplished in his inaugural season in Piscataway. That's meant ample film work and studying, spending a lot of time in the weight room and getting in plenty of work with the returning playmakers he has around him.

"Continue to further my knowledge of the offense is one," Vedral said Friday at Big Ten Media Days when asked what he's been focusing on over the offseason. "Anytime a quarterback knows more, I think a quarterback is more dangerous. "Continue in the classroom and understanding defenses in the Big Ten. Defenses are always shifting in football, so each year you're not going to see the same thing. So continue to stay current, stay up to date on what we're going to see each year, taking on film study work, film study projects throughout this whole summer, working our way up and down game tape, opponent tape, self scout and stuff like that." Vedral was solid in 2020, completing 136 of 221 pass attempts (61.5 percent) for 1,253 yards and nine touchdowns. He also rushed 68 times for 193 yards and one score. - Asbury Park Press

(DS#999 QB) rSr/2024 QB Noah Vedral, Rutgers
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  07/28/21 - Taj Harris, rSr/2024, Rutgers, 6-1, 180 (DS#999 WR) + More +

  Syracuse football was picked to finish last in its ACC division by conference media members. The dreary outlook is not a huge surprise. The Orange is coming off a 1-10 season, and oddsmakers' preseason win totals have been set around three wins. Syracuse was last picked to finish at the bottom of the division in 2018 when the team finished 10-3 and ended the year second in the Atlantic Division behind conference champion Clemson. - The Post-Standard

(DS#999 WR) rSr/2024 WR Taj Harris, Rutgers
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  07/27/21 - Noah Vedral, rSr/2024, Rutgers, 6-1, 200 (DS#999 QB) + More +

  Rutgers coach Greg Schiano was sitting in his Columbus, Ohio, home in late April 2020 when one of his recruiting coordinators sent him a text. It was a video showing a 6-foot-1, 200-pound quarterback from the University of Nebraska who had submitted his name into the NCAA's transfer portal minutes before. It only took Schiano a few minutes to respond. "I watched it, I don't know, 180 snaps (and) I said, 'This is the guy. We have to get him. He's going to be perfect for what we do offensively,' '' Schiano said Friday at Big Ten Media Day. Of course, Rutgers did get Noah Vedral following a two-week courtship. And after watching the Nebraska native lead Rutgers to its best offensive showing in six years last fall, Schiano expressed no regrets to the decision. "Noah was a tremendous addition,'' he said. "He's been everything that we were looking for. He's a tremendous student of the game, No. 1. He can run our offense, can run the whole operation. We're a no-huddle outfit and he runs it seamlessly and I think having been in the system for a year it's going to be even better going forward."

It's why Schiano has all-but-anointed Vedral as his starting quarterback for the Scarlet Knights' season opener Sept. 2. Rutgers begins training camp Aug. 2, but Vedral is being prepped to engineer offensive coordinator Sean Gleeson's fast-paced spread attack for a second straight season. "There's a lot of responsibility with (being the No. 1 QB) but it makes you excited,'' Vedral said. "The preparation is the same. You treat everything like a competition. Every fall camp every job is open whether you're the favorite, the underdog, third-string or whatever. I think having been the guy who was the backup early in my career it's a really healthy mentality to take into camp - that I'm competing with everybody regardless of where I stand on the depth chart. That mindset of thinking every job is on the line really helps you elevate your game so you get the most out of your fall camp." - Star Ledger

(DS#999 QB) rSr/2024 QB Noah Vedral, Rutgers
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  07/26/21 - Taj Harris, rSr/2024, Rutgers, 6-1, 180 (DS#999 WR) + More +

  The night before Syracuse's football contingent strided all over the Westin hotel here at the ACC's annual football media days, the small traveling party dined at a steakhouse down the road. A seafood tower acted as an appropriate centerpiece with two linemen at the table. Food is never a chore for Josh Black and Airon Servais. The third player at the table got a playful ribbing the next day from his head coach when asked if he finished his steak. "I finished the spinach," Taj Harris quipped. Dino Babers picked Harris to come down here and represent the Orange at the conference's marquee preseason event. The decision to leave the quarterbacks home made for good fodder on talk radio, but the coach said his wide receiver earned the opportunity to bathe in the spotlight after three productive seasons.

He thinks Harris is a star worthy of a seat at the table of the great SU receivers to come through the program. If Harris can get through a full season this fall without leaving much meat on the bone, he could end the year atop the record book. He enters the season 1,124 yards shy of Steve Ishmael's school mark for career receiving yardage and is within earshot of other records. "I expect him to break the records," Babers told syracuse.com. "I expect him to have a really good year. A really good year." - The Post-Standard

(DS#999 WR) rSr/2024 WR Taj Harris, Rutgers
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  07/13/21 - Taj Harris, rSr/2024, Rutgers, 6-1, 180 (DS#999 WR) + More +

  Syracuse football announced that it will send defensive lineman Josh Black, wide receiver Taj Harris and offensive lineman Airon Servais to represent the program at this year's ACC Football Kickoff in Charlotte. The event will be held over two days on July 21 and 22. Portions of the event will be televised on ACC Network. Black and Servais are veteran leaders who chose to return to Syracuse for extra seasons this year. Both will be playing their sixth year of football for the Orange in 2021, an option provided to them because of the coronavirus pandemic's impact on last year's season.

Both were among last year's public leaders and were often called on to verbalize the team's struggles as the Orange won just one game. Despite the difficult experience, they were among many seniors who opted to return to try to end their careers on a positive note. Harris is a fourth-year player who has put up the customary gaudy numbers that Syracuse's top receiving options have produced since head coach Dino Babers took over the program. With more than 500 yards in each of his three seasons, Harris already ranks among the 10 leaders in school history in both receptions and receiving yardage. He caught 58 passes for 733 yards last season, both career-highs. - The Post-Standard

(DS#999 WR) rSr/2024 WR Taj Harris, Rutgers
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  07/04/21 - Isaih Pacheco, Sr/2022, Rutgers, 5-10, 222 (DS#35 RB) + More +

  Isaih Pacheco is the first known Rutgers athlete to the name, image and likeness market. The star running back has signed an appearance deal with The Scarlet Spotlight podcast on Thursday, hours after the NCAA suspended amateurism rules that prevented athletes from profiting with their NIL rights. Pacheco will appear on the podcast -- hosted by well-known Rutgers donor Jon Newman and former Rutgers broadcaster Danny Breslauer -- three times, Newman told NJ Advance Media. Pacheco will make his first appearance on the podcast next week, then make two in-season appearances. Terms of Pacheco's agreement were not disclosed. Gianna Mancini, a member of the Scarlet Knights' field hockey team, has also reached an unspecified agreement with Barstool Sports. - Star Ledger

(DS#35 RB) Sr/2022 RB Isaih Pacheco, Rutgers
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  05/23/21 - Isaiah Washington, rSr/2024, Rutgers, 6-2, 206 (DS#120 WR) + More +

  Isaiah Washington is back on track. The junior wideout was one of the stars of Rutgers' spring game, hauling in four catches for 76 yards, including a one-handed 65-yard touchdown grab that made Sportscenter's Top 10 at No. 2. It was an eye-opening finish to a strong spring for a player who looked like a future star as a true freshman two years ago, only to all but fall off the radar last fall. "He came in with a chip on his shoulder and he worked very hard," coach Greg Schiano said. "I think he got a little low at one point, and then fought his way out. I was glad to see him end spring on that note. He's a good player. I think that he will bring production to the offense come fall."

It was as if Shameen Jones' unexpected ascent in 2020 required a relegation down the depth chart the other way, and Washington was the unlucky party. Washington was one of the bright spots of Rutgers' ugly 2019 season, starting 11 games as a true freshman. His numbers were nothing spectacular - 18 catches for 272 yards and a touchdown - but what stat line on that team was? The important part was Washington, a Jacksonville native, looked the part and projected to have a bright future for a program that at the time desperately needed playmakers. - Star Ledger

(DS#120 WR) rSr/2024 WR Isaiah Washington, Rutgers
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  05/17/21 - Jovani Haskins, rSr/2022, Rutgers, 6-5, 252 (DS#27 TE) + More +

  Noah Vedral and the rest of Rutgers' offense are trying to take the next step and build on a mostly solid 2020 season, and for Vedral part of that means improving his connection with tight end Jovani Haskins. Vedral likes what Haskins does for the offense. The Rutgers quarterback wants even more of it this upcoming season. "That's been a big focus of ours," Vedral said of working with the tight ends. "One of mine personally with Jovani is just building that relationship, making that a little more consistent and building that trust between he and I. So he knows I'm looking out for him and going to put the ball in a good spot, and that I know he's going to go get it for me."

6-foot-6, 250 pounds, a solid blocker Haskins, a Bergenfield product, started all nine games last season after transferring from West Virginia. He finished with six catches for 58 yards and two touchdowns (including one against Ohio State) and was a solid blocker. The 6-foot-6, 250-pound Haskins impressed his coaches in the process. "Jovani is a guy who played a ton of football for us and was a mainstay on the field at all times and really performed well," offensive coordinator Sean Gleeson said in February. "We asked him to put his hand in the ground a little bit more than he had in other parts of his career, but he flourished and he's going to continue to because he's really coachable." - Asbury Park Press

(DS#27 TE) rSr/2022 TE Jovani Haskins, Rutgers
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