Category: Rutgers recruiting

Rutgers football lands a commitment from three-star Sah’nye Degraffenreidt

Sah’nye Degraffenreidt commits to Rutgers football.

What’s colder than ice? Ice Cup. And while some might like it hot, Rutgers football likes it cold with the Friday commitment of Sah’Nye Degraffenreidt.

The commitment of Degraffenreidt is the third commitment in the span of two weeks for Rutgers football as they continue to impress on the recruiting trail.

A three-star wide receiver, Degraffenreidt picked Rutgers over a stacked offer list that included Duke, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Penn State, South Carolina, Syracuse, Vanderbilt and West Virginia among others.

He is a 6-foot-1, 185-pound wide receiver from Atlantic City High School (Atlantic City, New Jersey). He is ranked the No. 20 player in New Jersey’s 2025 class according to Rivals.

A true playmaker, he is a threat on special teams returns. But as a wide receiver, he has explosive speed and can take a part a secondary by going over the top or over the middle.

 

Degraffenreidt posted a commitment video on Friday.

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As his offer list would suggest, Degraffenreidt has a very unique skill set. Rutgers landed a wide receiver who has the potential to be an impact player in Degraffenreidt.

 

Did Bill Belichick just promote ‘The Battle at the Beach’ during the NFL Draft on ESPN?

Bill Belichick touts the ‘Battle at the Beach’ on ESPN.

Bill Belichick appears to be a high school football nerd. Speaking on the Pat McAfee Show on an ESPN platform, Belichick promoted the ‘Battle at the Beach’ which will feature Bergen Catholic this August.

A guest speaker at least year’s Rutgers football coaching clinic, the remarks from Belichick on ESPN were certainly surprising. His son, Stephen Belichick, is a former Rutgers long snapper who is now a defensive coordinator with the Washington Huskies.

The annual showcase event, featuring some of the top high school programs in the region but also the country, has quickly gained traction as an elite set-up. The ‘Battle at the Beach’ traditionally takes place in late August in Ocean City, New Jersey.

This year, the marquee game at ‘The Battle at the Beach’ will be IMG Academy (Bradenton, Florida) against Bergen Catholic (Ramsey, New Jersey).

To hear Belichick, a six-time Super Bowl winner as a head coach, speak about the game was certainly surreal.

IMG Academy finished as the fifth-best team in the nation in the USA TODAY Sports Super 25.

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Bergen Catholic, after another state title, ended the year at No. 23 in the rankings.

Watch as Rutgers football recruit Isaiah Deloatch runs a blistering 100 meters

Rutgers football recruit Isaiah Deloatch produced a tremendous showing in the 100 meters this week. #Rutgers

Isaiah Deloatch continues to be outstanding this spring on the track and field. The Rutgers football recruit has been showcasing his elite-level athleticism, a skillset that has him with several Power Five offers.

Deloatch ran a 10.54 in the 100 meters on Wednesday. He recently announced that he will be taking an official visit to Rutgers football.

A linebacker (and sprinter) for Hillside (Durham, North Carolina), Deloatch also has official visits scheduled for Duke and South Florida. He also holds offers from Indiana and Syracuse.

Rutgers football fans will well remember when Jonathan Taylor ran a 10.49 time in the 100 meters in 2017 for Salem High School (Salem, New Jersey. Taylor did so at 5-foot-10 and 201 pounds. Taylor is now an All-Pro running back with the Indianapolis Colts.

Deloatch ran his 100 meters at 6-foot and 216  pounds.

The fastest 100-meter time run in NCAA history was a 9.82 by Christian Coleman of Tennessee in 2017.

 

In the high jump today, which Deloatch has never competed in at the high school level, he cleared 5-foot-10 inches.

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Chase Enlow on his new four-star ranking, Rutgers football spring game visit

Chase Enlow, a Rutgers football recruit, was named a four-star this week.

Chase Enlow became a four-star recruit this week, the Rutgers football recruit now among the top running back prospects in the nation.

Also on tap for Enlow this week is a visit to Rutgers football for a spring game. It is part of a spring where Enlow has taken visits to Boston College, Maryland, Notre Dame, Penn State, Syracuse and Virginia.

Enlow is a class of 2026 recruit from The Hun School (Princeton, New Jersey).

The visit to Rutgers this weekend is the first time that Enlow has been on campus since late December. Fresh off this week’s news that he is a four-star recruit, Enlow is looking forward to checking in with the in-state program as they look to build on a solid 2023 season.

“I feel good about Rutgers,” Enlow told Rutgers Wire on Wednesday evening.

“I’m just excited to get up for the spring game and build relationships with the staff.”

This week, Enlow was made a four-star by On3. He was ranked the No. 24 running back in the nation and the fifth-best overall prospect in the class of 2026.

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This gave him a bump in the 247Sports Composite, where Enlow is also a four-star and the No. 277 player in the nation.

“Really exciting, my teammates told me at first. I told my family and they were very excited and happy for me,” Enlow said.

“It means a lot. I’ve been working and dreaming of this since I was a little kid so it feels good to know the work I’m putting in is being rewarded.”

 

Rutgers football recruit Derek Zammit is now a four-star quarterback

DePaul Catholic quarterback Derek Zammit, offered by Rutgers football last summer, is now a four-star recruit.

Derek Zammit is now a four-star quarterback, following a recent recruiting update from 247Sports. A long-time Rutgers football recruit, Zammit is now ranked as one of the top quarterback prospects in the nation.

Offered by Rutgers football last summer during an event for underclassmen, Zammit is a class of 2026 prospect from DePaul Catholic (Wayne, New Jersey). The 247Sports update has him as the fourth-best player in New Jersey in his class.

He is the No. 221 overall recruit in the nation and the No. 16 quarterback in the class.

In addition to Rutgers, Zammit has been offered by Boston College, Cincinnati, Duke, Illinois, Mississippi State, South Florida and Syracuse among others.

 

At a listed 6-foot-1 and 195 pounds, Zammit is a good presence in the pocket. He has quick feet and steps up well, buying him time when pressure comes in off the edge.

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His arm strength is impressive. So to is his ability to improvise in the pocket.

He will be attending the Under Armour camp on May 5 when it comes to New Jersey.

Watch the moment where Jyon Simon fake picks USC, commits to Rutgers football

Jyon Simon pulled off quite the joke during his commitment ceremony.

For a collective moment, Rutgers football fans watching Jyon Simon’s commitment last week held their breath. Simon seemed to be heading elsewhere.

In fact, it appeared for a brief, fleeting few moments that Simon was committing to Big Ten rival USC. But then Simon revealed the joke and made his commitment to Rutgers.

Last week during his commitment ceremony, Simon initially declared for USC, holding up a playing card with the Trojans helmet. He then shook his head and threw the card to the side.

Then holding up a playing card emblazoned with the word ‘Joker’ on it, Simon committed to Rutgers. On the card – the second one – Simon was wearing a Rutgers jersey.

“So some schools I just talked to either the person that recruited me or the position coach,” Simon told Rutgers Wire this week.

“At Rutgers, I talked to their whole staff not daily but weekly. Like there was not a week where Rutgers did not check on me (and) ask me what I’m doing, ask me how I’m feeling.

“So that that love that they had for me – it was just off the charts. It was amazing. So when I went out to Rutgers, it was a done deal.”

His finalists were Texas, Tennessee, USC (University of Southern California), Pittsburgh, Jacksonville State. NC State and Colorado.

Simon is a three-star defensive lineman. He is a 6-foot-1, 260-pound defensive lineman from Raines High School (Jacksonville, Florida).

As a junior, he had 77 total tackles, 15 tackles for a loss and nine sacks.

Trent Oiler is set to take a June official visit to Rutgers football

Trent Oiler is planning an official visit to Rutgers.

Wisconsin tight end Trent Oiler is locked in for an official visit to Rutgers football in June.

Oiler was offered by Rutgers football in January. He currently holds offers from Boston College, Central Michigan, Coastal Carolina, and Missouri in addition to Rutgers.

In the class of 2024, Rutgers landed two players from Wisconsin in Sam Pilof and Carter Kadow. A three-star linebacker who had offers from Penn State and Wisconsin, Pilof was among the first commits in the Rutgers class  a season ago.

The 6-foot-5, 225-pound Oiler plays his high school football for Brookfield East (Brookfield, Wisconsin). He is the No. 25 tight end in the country according to On3, where is also ranked as the fifth-best recruit in the state.

Oiler is also a standout sprinter, He recently ran an impressive 6.67 time in the 55 meters.

It is an especially impressive performance given that Oiler is a solid 225 pounds.

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In addition to being a standout tight end, Oiler also lines up as a defensive end.

Rutgers football commit Jyon Simon sets official visit date

Jyon Simon sets up a Rutgers football official visit.

Just days after he committed to Rutgers football, Jyon Simon announced an official visit date to the Big Ten program.

The defensive lineman from Florida will be on campus the weekend of June 14-16 for his official visit. But wait, there is more.

Simon told Rutgers Wire over the weekend that he is trying to schedule another visit to Rutgers soon (an unofficial one).

A three-star recruit, Rutgers was the pick from among eight finalists (Texas, Tennessee, USC (University of Southern California), Pittsburgh, Jacksonville State. NC State and Colorado.

An interior defensive lineman, he checks in at 6-foot-1, 260-pound defensive lineman from Raines High School (Jacksonville, Florida). Last season, he had 77 total tackles, 15 tackles for a loss and nine sacks.

He is one of two players from Florida to commit to Rutgers last week, the other being four-star running back Antwan Raymond.

As for Simon, he took an unofficial visit to Rutgers earlier in April which prompted his commitment.

“So actually after I went on my visit with Rutgers, it was just ‘Man, I got to be there.’ I just felt at home,” Simon told Rutgers Wire.

“So I was like, ‘Why not shut it down?’ So I called coach Schiano and asked him if I could commit but still go on visits to other schools. He told me how he felt about it. So that was it – it was just a done deal after that.”

Following his commitment on Wednesday, Raymond then re-classified to the class of 2024.

Weekend offer from Rutgers football goes out to Eddie Bowen

Eddie Bowen was given a Rutgers football offer over the weekend.

Pennsylvania athlete Eddie Bowen was offered by Rutgers football on Saturday.

A class of 2025 recruit, the Preferred Walk On (PWO) offer was sent out to Bowen while he was at Rutgers for an unofficial visit. Bowen plays his high school football for Central Bucks South (Warrington, Pennsylvania).

He is 6-foot-2 and currently checks in at 240 pounds. As a defensive end who had 49 total tackles last year with 9.5 tackles for a loss and 3.5 sacks. In addition to football, he also plays varsity lacrosse.

This month, Bowen has taken visits to Bucknell, Colgate, New Hampshire, Princeton and Villanova among others. Last month, he visited Delaware and Temple among other programs.

On Saturday, Bowen watched Rutgers as they went through their second scrimmage of spring. Their final scrimmage takes place on Saturday in the annual Scarlet-White Game.

 

Recently, Bowen ran a 4.46 laser time during one of his workouts.

 

 

Hardy Watts recaps his weekend visit to Rutgers football

Hardy Watts talks about his recent Rutgers football visit.

Four-star offensive lineman Hardy Watts took a productive visit to Rutgers football this past weekend.

From the Dexter School (Brookline, Massachusetts), Watts is a 6-foot-6, 290-pound offensive lineman who is the No. 229 player in the nation in the 247Sports Composite and also the No. 13 interior offensive lineman. His visit to Rutgers over the weekend was another chance to further his relationship with the program.

Watts has an offer list that includes Alabama, Boston College, Clemson, Kentucky, Miami, South Carolina, Wake Forest and Virginia Tech among others.

The visit left a good, positive impression on Watts, who is a class of 2025 recruit.

“It was great, it was awesome for me to get down and check it out,” Watts told Rutgers Wire on Sunday before diving into what stood out.

“How one the same page everyone was. Coach Schiano has done a great job building what a team is.”

During the visit, Watts spent significant time with offensive line coach Pat Flaherty, one of the most accomplished position coaches in college football.

 

Entering his second year back at Rutgers, Flaherty spent nearly two decades in the NFL as an offensive line coach. It was in this role that he won two Super Bowls with the New York Giants.

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What stood out about the time spent with Flaherty? That was a simple answer for Watts.

“How good at developing a lineman he is. He is a vault of football knowledge,” Watts said.

“We talked about football and him as a coach.

“He truly can develop a lineman and his experience in both college and the NFL proves that.”