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After a season where their rebuild took another step forward, Rutgers football heads into the offseason with several glaring needs. The kind of needs that must be fixed if this team is going to continue its progress in its second year under Greg Schiano.
While there was disappointment over the team’s 5-7 record to close out the regular season, it is still clear that the Scarlet Knights are in a far better position than they were this time two years ago. They are closer to a bowl bid than not, and given the status of the roster at the end of the 2019 season, that says a lot.
Schiano’s focus in building the team will still be centered on traditional recruiting, but the need to plug-in talent from the transfer portal is apparent. Just look at the strides made by Michigan State and Maryland this past year as they hit the transfer portal hard.
Both teams, coincidentally, that Rutgers beat in 2019.