PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Samuel Brown has had to endure a tremendous amount this past year, but the Rutgers football running back is getting himself back into a good place in the Rutgers backfield.
On Saturday in a 27-6 loss at No. 11 Penn State, Brown had six carries for 24 yards, a sign of the progress he is making from a difficult end to his freshman season a year ago.
Brown suffered an injury last October that required season-ending surgery. He wasn’t fully able to go in training camp for Rutgers and missed the first game of the season, a win over Northwestern.
Since then, Brown has slowly progressed and seen his impact grow out of the Rutgers backfield.
“He’s starting to get his flow back. He’s running violently again. You know, I thought at the beginning – he didn’t quite have that. same ‘vrooom.’ But it’s back,” Schiano said, using his hand to simulate a takeoff. “We’ll continue to get more work.”
Last season as a true freshman, Brown had 374 rushing yards and a healthy 4.3 yards per carry. He also had three rushing touchdowns.
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He is a former four-star running back out of Philadelphia.