#NFLKnights: 2023 Playoff Preview – Rutgers University Athletics

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – With the 2023 NFL playoffs set to begin this weekend, 12 Rutgers football players have qualified for the postseason. The list includes seven active players, four on practice squads and one on injured reserve.
 

Active (7)
FB Michael Burton (Kansas City)
LS Andrew DePaola (Minnesota)
RB Gus Edwards (Baltimore)
DL Sebastian Joseph-Day (Los Angeles Chargers)
TE Tyler Kroft (San Francisco)
RB Isiah Pacheco (Kansas City)
DB Logan Ryan (Tampa Bay)

Practice Squad (4)

DL Michael Dwumfour (San Francisco)

LB Tyreek Maddox-Williams (Los Angeles Chargers)

DL Willington Previlon (Tampa Bay)

DL Kemoko Turay (San Francisco)

Injured Reserve (1)

LS Clark Harris (Cincinnati)

 

Saturday, January 14
4:30 p.m. (FOX) – Seattle at San Francisco (Michael Dwumfour, Tyler Kroft, Kemoko Turay)
8:15 p.m. (NBC) – Los Angeles Chargers (Sebastian Joseph-Day, Tyreek Maddox-Williams) at Jacksonville
 
Sunday, January 15
4:30 p.m. (FOX) – New York Giants at Minnesota (Andrew DePaola)
8:15 p.m. (NBC) – Baltimore (Gus Edwards) at Cincinnati (Clark Harris)
 
Monday, January 16
8:15 p.m. (ABC/ESPN) – Dallas at Tampa Bay (Willington Previlon, Logan Ryan)
 
Bye
No. 1 Kansas City Chiefs (Michael Burton, Isiah Pacheco)
 

• Fourteen former Rutgers football players logged snaps during the 2022 season.
• Andrew DePaola (Minnesota) was named to the 2023 Pro Bowl.
• Three Scarlet Knights combined for nine touchdowns.

  • Isiah Pacheco (5)
  • Gus Edwards (3)
  • Duron Harmon (1)

• Four Scarlet Knights combined for eight interceptions.

  • Devin McCourty (4)
  • Duron Harmon (2)
  • Sebastian Joseph-Day (1)
  • Logan Ryan (1)

• Three rookies – Tre Avery (Tennessee), Olakunle Fatukasi (Tampa Bay/Denver) and Isiah Pacheco (Kansas City) logged regular-season snaps in their first seasons.

“I’d say he was probably the best of the group of corners. He did everything that he could do with the snaps that he got. He gets in there and does it the way that we coach – he challenges, plays square, he had a PBU.” – Titans HC Mike Vrabel on DB Tre Avery (@T21Avery). pic.twitter.com/8OKAXrWfyz

— Rutgers Football (@RFootball) November 30, 2022

DB Tre Avery (Tennessee)

• After making the Titans’…