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Bryan Felter got the start for Rutgers on Saturday n a home loss to Maryland, marking the former Bergen Catholic star’s return to the starting group.
Felter made eight appearances last year and 10 this year, but he lost the starting job he held for much of last year as a true freshman. Saturday against Maryland, Felter got the start with shuffling done along the offensive line.
Senior Nick Krimin got the start at center, shifting over from guard for the injured Gus Zilinskas.
Head coach Greg Schiano was asked about Felter getting the nod to start in the regular season finale. He provided an answer about the former Bergen Catholic three-star and the offensive line as a whole, a unit that has struggled this year.
“He has improved. He has shown some spark and some — it’s all relative, right? I said at the beginning of the year, we’ll go as far as the O-line can take us. I think it’s been a work in progress all season, and certainly by having another combination,” Schiano told reporters after the game.
“Gus [Zilinskas] got banged up this week in practice, so we didn’t really have him full go until this morning, and as a young player who doesn’t have a lot of logged experience, we’re not going to play him on one day’s practice, so he was there for depth, but we weren’t going to do that, so now we had a decision to make. Nick going back to center. What are we going to do at guard?
“Look, we make the decisions, as I do all the time. What gives us the best chance to win today? That’s every decision I make is based on that.”
Coming out of Bergen Catholic, Felter had offers from Boston College, Cincinnati and West Virginia among others.