For Greg Schiano, the next two weeks are about recruiting

Rutgers football head coach Greg Schiano is eyeing a strong recruiting push to close out the 2022 class.

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There is a lot that happens for Rutgers football over the next two weeks, with or without a bowl game.

Rutgers has the No. 27 class in the nation according to Rivals, a group that features six players ranked with four stars. This season’s 5-7 record showed a team that is clearly making gains, but one that also still needs to add significant talent to be competitive in the most difficult division in college football.

Following Saturday’s home loss to Maryland to close out the regular season, head coach Greg Schiano detailed the importance of these next two weeks to get to signing day.

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“This is a critical time. We have literally two weeks plus a weekend next weekend and a weekend the following weekend, basically 14 days, and then the recruiting period goes dead, so it’s — a lot of people say, well, the season is through,” Schiano told reporters.

“Now you can — no. The season is through, and now you’ve got to sprint harder until you get to signing date on the 15th, and the signing date is — people call it the early signing date. It’s not. It’s the signing date. If they want to name something, they call the old one the late signing date. We’ve got a lot of work to do between now and the 15th.”

Rutgers likely is looking to add at least one more defensive back in this class, with four-star Davison Igbinosun the top priority. Wide receiver could be a spot of need as could adding one more pass rusher in the group.