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Former Rutgers assistant coach Damian Wroblewski joined Maryland’s coaching staff

Former Rutgers offensive line coach Damian Wroblewski is now part of Maryland’s staff.

On Monday, former Rutgers football assistant coach Damian Wroblewski officially joined the Maryland coaching staff. Wroblewski joins the Terrapins’ staff with 25 years of college football coaching experience.

The veteran coach will serve as Maryland’s assistant offensive line coach after five seasons as an offensive line coach at James Madison. He had previously spent time on the Rutgers staff under head coach Kyle Flood.

Before joining James Madison, Wroblewski’s coaching career includes stops at Elon (2014-18), Rutgers (2012-13), Delaware (2007-2011), Stony Brook (2006), Hofstra (2004-05), Penn (2002-03) and Bryant (1999-02).

While with the Scarlet Knights, Wroblewski served as the offensive line coach for two seasons. In 2012, Rutgers allowed just eight sacks all year, ranking eighth in the FBS.

 

Under Flood, Rutgers claimed a share of the Big East Conference championship and earned a trip to the Russell Sports Bowl in 2012. The following year, the Scarlet Knights reached the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium in Wroblewski’s last season with the program.

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Wroblewski coached three linemen to all-Big East conference honors in his two seasons in Piscataway. Antwan Lowery was a First Team All-Big East honoree and Kaleb Johnson earned a Second Team spot in 2012. Wroblewski coached Betim Bujari to a Second Team All-AAC honoree at the center position the following season.

 

 

Former Rutgers assistant joins a Big Ten rival

Damian Wroblewski, a former Rutgers assistant, joins a new program in the Big Ten.

Damian Wroblewski, a former Rutgers football assistant coach, has joined the staff of fellow Big Ten program Maryland.

Wroblewski spent two years at Rutgers as their offensive line coach from 2012-13. He is joining Maryland to serve in the same role.

After his time at Rutgers, Wroblewski went to Elon and then joined James Madison in 2019, where he was their offensive line coach and associate head coach.

With the departure of Curt Cignetti to take over Indiana, it was Wroblewski who served as the interim head coach for the Armed Services Bowl. Air Force won the bowl game, 31-21

Pete Thamel broke the news of Wroblewski joining Maryland this weekend:

 

Wroblewski did not follow Cignetti to Indiana. He decided to retain the current offensive line coach there, Bob Bostad.

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There is a Rutgers connection with Bostad. It was Bostad who was the offensive line coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when Greg Schiano was the NFL team’s head coach.

Schiano just completed his fourth season back with Rutgers, leading the Scarlet Knights to a 7-6 record and a win in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl.

Zion Elee, a 4-star edge from Maryland, talks Penn State and spring visits

Zion Elee updates his recruitment.

It will be a busy spring for Zion Elee, the Maryland prospect who boasts a strong national offer list. The class of 2026 recruit has generated significant offers, including from Penn State.

Elee, from Joppatowne (Joppa, Maryland) is a 6-foot-5, 225-pound edge rusher. He is currently an unranked recruit but has a strong Power Five offer list.

He has great length and a good burst off the edge. He shows high-level athleticism with his fluidity and also contributes to Joppatowne as a tight end.

This week, he spoke with USA TODAY High School Sports about his recruitment. He is planning on visiting Penn State on March 16 and Maryland two weeks later.

“Been communicating with all the schools that have offered me but Penn State the most,” Elee told USA TODAY High School Sports.

Penn State, he says, have been having “big discussions with him” and that includes with head coach James Franklin.

“We’re getting tight. Talked to the head coach for the first time last week,” Elee said.

“Just discussing about me getting down there and a little bit about the team itself.”

Elee has been offered by Minnesota, Penn State, South Carolina, Syracuse and Tennessee among others. An in-state offer from Maryland hasn’t happened yet, but that could be in the picture when he visits the Terrapins on March 30.

“I only communicated with them a little but were are going to have big conversations on the visit coming up,” Elee said.

Colorado commit (?) Jordan Seaton may not be committed to Deion Sanders anymore

Jordan Seaton remains un-signed and perhaps un-committed.

The recruitment of Jordan Seaton will continue, with the five-star offensive tackle not signing on Wednesday with Colorado and head coach Deion Sanders, as had been the plan.

The consensus top recruit offensive lineman in the nation, Seaton committed to Colorado two weeks ago in an appearance on FS1’s ‘Undisputed.’ Now, Seaton’s recruitment is very much up in the air, including a cryptic social media post on Tuesday night that now seems to be indicative of the offensive lineman’s decision being stretched out further.

He is the No. 11 prospect in the nation by 247Sports.

The landing of Seaton was an impressive and meaningful recruiting battle for Sanders as he went head-to-head with some of the best programs in the nation to land the offensive tackle. It will be fascinating – and perhaps telling – to see if Sanders can land Seaton now a second time in as many weeks.

Maryland and Oregon are reported to be involved now with Seaton. The Ducks have been impressive in the early signing period with a couple of high-profile flips on Wednesday.

Seaton has not posted on social media since Tuesday when he had his cryptic tweet:

 

At 6-foot-5 and 287 pounds, Seaton is coming off a strong season for IMG Academy (Bradenton, Florida). IMG finished fifth in the nation in the USA TODAY HSS Super 25.

 

Five takeaways from Rutgers football’s season finale against Maryland

Rutgers dropped their season finale to Maryland, 42-24, to finish the season with a .500 record. Here are five takeaways from Week 13.

On Saturday, Rutgers football (6-6, 3-6) dropped their season finale to Maryland (7-5, 4-5), 42-24, to finish out the regular season

Maryland quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa was too much for the Rutgers defense as he became the all-time passing leader in the Big Ten Conference in a winning effort.

Rutgers running back Kyle Monangai capped off a solid regular season, surpassing 1,000 yards on the ground in the season finale. The Roseland, New Jersey, native finished the game with 20 carries for 118 yards, becoming the eighth player in program history to register 1,000 yards and the only player in the Big Ten Conference to eclipse 1,000 yards.

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On the defensive side of the ball, the Scarlet Knights recorded another game with multiple turnovers, with defensive back Max Melton intercepting his third pass of the season and Flip Dixon forcing a fumble, with defensive lineman Isaiah Iton registering the recovery. Rutgers senior linebacker Mohamed Toure recorded a career-high 11 tackles with a sack.

Below are the five takeaways from Rutgers’ Week 13 loss to Maryland.

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Rutgers football limps to the end of the regular season, bowl-eligible but downtrodden

Rutgers football falls flat in a loss to Maryland.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — It was not the way that Rutgers football wanted to end their regular season, with the Scarlet Knights getting physically dominated in a 42-24 loss to Maryland.

With the loss, Rutgers is now 6-6 (3-6 Big Ten). For the Scarlet Knights, the game started off poorly, continued poorly and ended poorly. In the middle, there was a taste of hope for Rutgers fans in the second quarter, but that quickly faded away.

Rutgers was down 21-3 at the end of the first quarter but clawed back to make it a 28-17 deficit at halftime. Rutgers was boosted with two Maryland turnovers in the first half but still couldn’t close the gap.

On the surface, it didn’t seem all bad for Rutgers as they had 355 yards of total offense, the most they’ve had since a Week 5 win over Wagner. But they allowed 498 yards to a Maryland offense that came in top-four in the Big Ten in total offense.

But the offense struggled in key moments, with quarterback Gavin Wimsatt going 13-of-34 for 165 yards with a touchdown and an interception.

After a solid showing last week in a loss at No. 11 Penn State, Wimsatt took a step back against Maryland.

Scroll down and check out the photos from Saturday’s Rutgers football game at Maryland!

Rutgers football Senior Day: What time is the Scarlet Walk? When does SHI Stadium? When do the Rutgers seniors get honored?

A look at what is going on in and around SHi Stadium on Saturday.

There is one final regular season game for Rutgers football, and it is a Big Ten rivalry game against Maryland. After this game, Rutgers will await to hear its destination for a bowl game.

Kickoff for the regular season finale from SHI Stadium is scheduled for 3:30 PM ET and the game will be broadcast nationally on the Big Ten Network.

Rutgers football will honor its senior class, an important group of student-athletes who have been significant in this rebuild. This group has been the backbone of head coach Greg Schiano’s rebuilding of the program.

Here are the times for everything happening at Rutgers on Saturday ahead of the game against Maryland:

Game Day Timline: 2023 Maryland

For fans unable to attend the game and looking for where to find the Big Ten Network, there is a ‘Gamefinder‘ on the BTN website here.

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Rutgers (6-5, 3-5 Big Ten) is looking for its first guaranteed winning season since 2014 (their first season in the Big Ten). They face a Maryland team (6-5, 3-5 Big Ten) that has beaten them the last two seasons.

 

Rutgers football: Can the Scarlet Knights create history in Week 13?

Can the Scarlet Knights make history and capture their fourth Big Ten victory as they prepare to host Maryland (6-5, 3-5) in Week 13?

Heading into Week 13, Rutgers football (6-5, 3-5 Big Ten) has captured the most wins in a season since going 8-5 in 2014. Throughout the 2023 season, Rutgers owns three Big Ten wins, matching a program high that they’ve set in three other seasons.

Can the Scarlet Knights make history and capture their fourth Big Ten victory as they prepare to host Maryland (6-5, 3-5 Big Ten)?

Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano sets a goal to go 1-0 every week, something that has been drilled into the team this season. This game against Maryland is a tad different than any other week since it is the last Big Ten game of the season. Rutgers’ game on Saturday will be the last chance to set a program record for Big Ten wins (4).

During his game week press conference on Monday, Schiano explained the importance of this Week 13 game and how a victory will provide a milestone for the program.

 

“You’re right, 1-0, whatever that leads to, but nobody is naïve to what it leads to,” Schiano told reporters on Monday.

“It leads to a winning record. It leads to winning the most Big Ten games in Rutgers — I told these guys, you have a chance. It’s not national championship history but right now it’s history for Rutgers, and it’s part of the climb, right. It’s part of what we’re doing. And they are aware of it, yeah, so I think it would be great.”

The Scarlet Knights head into this week with a 5-1 home record and will look to give the Terapins their sixth loss on the season. It will also mark the tenth time Rutgers and Maryland are meeting in a Big Ten game and the 19th time overall.

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Since both programs joined the Big Ten in 2014, Maryland is 6-3 against Rutgers, averaging 35.8 points per game in those contests.

 

Rutgers football vs. Maryland: Prediction, point spread, odds, best bet

A lot is on the line in this one as both teams enter week 13 with 6-5 records.

Rutgers football will take on Maryland on Saturday afternoon in their regular-season finale. A lot is on the line in this one as both teams enter Week 13 with 6-5 records.

After an impressive start, Rutgers has hit a roadblock in the last few weeks. That is partly because they played three ranked teams in Iowa, Penn State and Ohio State during that span. While Rutgers held their own at times, the offense struggled to put points on the board.

 

For Maryland, this season has also been full of ups and downs. After starting 5-0, the Terrapins have gone 1-5 in their last six games. Their only win in that stretch came against Nebraska on November 11.

Additionally, this game should provide plenty of fireworks as both teams have much to prove. Rutgers is looking to end one of their most successful seasons in the last decade with a win. The Terrapins will try to play the role of spoiler. Regardless of the outcome, this should be an intriguing game from start to finish.

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Rutgers vs. Maryland: The five keys to a Rutgers’ victory in Week 13

Rutgers will return home for their final regular season game when they host Maryland in Week 13. Here are the five keys for a RU victory.

On Saturday, Rutgers football (6-5, 3-5) will return home for their final regular season game of the season when they host the Maryland Terps (6-5, 3-5). The Scarlet Knights head into Week 13 with a 5-1 home record and three Big Ten victories this season.

Saturday’s matchup will mark the tenth time Rutgers and Maryland are meeting in a Big Ten game and the 19th time overall. Since both programs joined the Big Ten in 2014, Maryland is 6-3 against Rutgers, averaging 35.8 points per game in those contests. The last time the Scarlet Knights defeated the Terps was in 2020 when Rutgers rallied in overtime to defeat Maryland 27-24.

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Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano and his Scarlet Knights head into their Week 13 Big Ten matchup ranked nationally No. 5 in passing defense (159.1), No. 9 in red zone defense (0.730), No. 11 in total defense (297 yards), No. 11 in fewest sacks allowed (1.09), and No. 33 in time of possession (31:19).

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The Scarlet Knights have held Big Ten opponents to an average of 23 points and 318 yards per game, the best marks in conference play in a season since joining the league. Rutgers will key in on Maryland’s senior quarterback, Taulia Tagovailoa, who has NFL talent and is recording a solid senior season. Heading into Week 13, Rutgers has held eight opponents under 200 passing yards and five under 150.

Below are the five keys for a Rutgers’ victory in their season finale against Maryland.

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