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Taj White is all in, the Rutgers verbal offensive lineman getting ready for his upcoming transition to the Big Ten by already incorporating the ‘CHOP’ into his on-the-field celebrations.
In a recent game, White got up from blocking an opponent and the first thing he did was the ‘CHOP’ hand motion. The ‘CHOP’ became synonymous with Rutgers during Greg Schiano’s first tenure as Rutgers head coach, the concept being introduced to the program in 2005.
When Schiano returned to Rutgers after the 2019 season, he brought back ‘CHOP’ as well as the ‘F.A.M.I.L.Y’ mantra. A Rutgers superfan on Twitter who goes by @Bori_Blanco found this gem. White’s inclusion of the ‘CHOP’ is reminiscent of Rutgers legends such as Eric Foster and Eric LeGrand both doing the motion on the field after big plays:
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”><a href=”https://twitter.com/NelsonMonegro77?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@NelsonMonegro77</a> #76 check him out getting up after the pancake 🥞 & immediately doing the chop <a href=”https://twitter.com/Coach_Aurich?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@Coach_Aurich</a> <a href=”https://twitter.com/RFootball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@RFootball</a> 🪓💯🇺🇸 <a href=”https://t.co/SD7nsXV0nl”>pic.twitter.com/SD7nsXV0nl</a></p>— Bori_blanco (@ninaneddieanto) <a href=”https://twitter.com/ninaneddieanto/status/1455967827203084288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>November 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>
A three-star offensive lineman, White is the No. 14 player in the state according to Rivals.com. He held a number of ‘Power Five’ offers at the time of his commitment in February to Rutgers including Maryland, Nebraska, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech and West Virginia among others.