In a season the place Rutgers soccer is off to their finest begin since they joined the Large Ten in 2014, there may be one more first coming this Saturday for this system. Rutgers will set a recruiting document for this system this weekend of their sport in opposition to No. 1 Ohio State.
Rutgers Wire has realized that over 300 recruits are anticipated for Saturday’s Large Ten conflict, which might nicely be a measuring stick sport for a rebuilding Rutgers program. Towards an Ohio State crew that this week was named the highest crew within the Faculty Soccer Rankings, it’s straightforward to see why recruits have an interest within the match-up.
Rutgers, in spite of everything, is having a really sturdy season. Two weeks in the past, a robust win at Indiana has the Scarlet Knights at 6-2 (3-2 Large Ten) and bowl eligible. Head coach Greg Schiano’s imaginative and prescient of a developmental program has definitely come alongside properly this yr.
For an indication of this system’s progress underneath Schiano, Rutgers has 4 wins over Energy 5 opposition. In addition they mission to have a number of gamers taken in subsequent spring’s NFL draft. The variety of draft picks is prone to be probably the most that Rutgers has had in a decade.
Due to the in depth guests record, Rutgers is capping the anticipated variety of tickets for recruits at 300. By no means earlier than in program historical past has Rutgers needed to restrict the variety of tickets given out to recruits.
Kickoff is at 12:00 PM from SHI Stadium. The sport shall be broadcast nationally on CBS.