BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY — The patient, pragmatic and at times painful rebuild of Rutgers football is once again on the verge of a dramatic step forward. And as the calendar turns to July, it is clear that Rutgers and head coach Greg Schiano have this program pointed up.
An incredible month of June for Rutgers football saw a staggering 20 commits during the month. There was a buzz about Rutgers, almost palatable at times, with the Big Ten program now ranked top-15 nationally.
As he did at Rutgers during his first tenure as head coach, Schiano has built – or rather rebuilt – this program from the bottom up. No shortcuts, no quick and easy fixes.
Following the program’s first winning season and bowl win since 2014, Rutgers clearly has the pieces to be competitive in the Big Ten. Now this summer has proven that Rutgers can be competitive in the toughest conference in college football.
And what is perhaps most impressive about it all is that Schiano and his staff did it differently than most of the other rebuilds around college football. They didn’t go crazy with the transfer portal. They don’t park luxury vehicles inside their stadium for flashy photo shoots.
Relationships and hard work, Schiano said, have paid off in piecing together a recruiting class that is likely to be the best in program history.
“It’s no secret. We need to be different. We can’t we’re not going to do it the same way that the ‘blue bloods’ do it and just do it better than them and go flying by them,” Schiano said prior to his charity golf classic at Fiddler’s Elbow.
“We got to be different. We got to do it our way and our way is different. So it’s pretty clear like usually players know they want to be part of it, or they know they don’t.”
Consider this class of 2025, which now has eight commits who are ranked as four-star recruits. While the class is star-heavy and talented, not every player in this class has been a high-profile recruit.
Chase Linton, who…
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