PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Matt Alaimo has been through plenty during his college football career, which leads the Rutgers tight end to appreciate what he sees as an upward trajectory for the Scarlet Knights.
Alaimo, who transferred to Rutgers following a redshirt freshman season at UCLA, has played his college football at two different schools. He has had four different head coaches (including interim head coach Nunzio Campanile at Rutgers in 2019, four different head coaches and now four different offensive coordinators.
Campanile, of course, was promoted to interim offensive coordinator with the letting go of Sean Gleeson last week.
Oh, and let’s not forget that Alaimo has had three different tight end coaches as well with Joe Susan now sliding over to fill the role vacated by Campanile’s elevation in title.
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That is a lot of change packed into five years of college for Alaimo.
“I feel like our team in general has got so much better since I first got here,” Alaimo said on Wednesday.
“And it’s like close. So I mean, just take it every day, try and get better and see where this thing goes.”
Alaimo, who battled through an injury during training camp and the start of the season, made his debut three weeks ago in a loss to Iowa. He has two catches for 13 yards on the season.
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The elevation of Campanile to offensive coordinator is something that Alaimo said has made an impact on the offense so far.
“I think we just like have a lot of energy now; we’re more energetic in practice out here and we’re really coming together,” Alaimo said.
Last season, Alaimo had five catches for 50 yards for the Scarlet Knights.
