Jared Keyte has joined Rutgers football as a defensive line assistant, a move that the coach announced via his social media this week.
Keyte will work with defensive line coach [autotag]Marquise Watson[/autotag], who is now in his second year with the Scarlet Knights.
This is a not insignificant move as last season, Keyte was the defensive coordinator at Maine, one of the powerhouse programs in the FCS. At Maine, he was a special teams coordinator who then progressed into different assistant roles coaching safeties, linebackers before eventually becoming defensive coordinator.
He joins the growing Maine connection on the Rutgers staff. Defensive coordinator [autotag]Joe Harasymiak[/autotag] was a head coach at Maine prior to his move to Minnesota. And Cory Hetherman, the linebackers coach at Rutgers, was an assistant at Maine from 2015-18.
This is Keyte’s second stint with Rutgers. In 2015, he was a quality control coach. From New York, he was a former college quarterback at Utica.
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While at Maine, he was primarily responsible for recruiting south Jersey.
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