Sampson Onuoha was offered by Rutgers football on Thursday, putting the Big Ten program in the mix for a player who is among the top edge rushers in the Northeast.
Onuoha is a defensive end from Belmont Hill School (Belmont, Massachusetts). His offer list includes Power Five programs: Boston College, Duke, Pittsburgh and Wake Forest along with Rutgers. He also holds a host of Ivy League offers including Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton and Yale.
A class of 2025 recruit, Onuoha is a solid 6-foot-3 and 240 pounds.
Last year, he had 35 total tackles and nine tackles for a loss. He had four sacks as well.
Onuoha posted about the Rutgers offer on X, the social media platform that was formerly known as X:
Honored to have received an offer from Rutgers University! Thank you @GregSchiano! @CoachCampenni @Coach_Ferrell55 @C_NoonanRU @RFootball @CoachFucillo @CoachLaLib @BelmontHillFB #CHOP pic.twitter.com/vAQ8Riemfr
— Sampson Onuoha (@SampsonOnuoha2) February 1, 2024
His most recent offers came from Boston College (January 12) and UConn (January 18).
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Rutgers is coming off a strong season where they finished 7-6 (3-6 Big Ten) and won the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl, beating Miami.