Last year, Colin Ferrell spent the offseason studying Rutgers football. Now, he is their defensive line coach

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Last spring, Colin Ferrell took a deep dive into the Rutgers football defense, preparing a report on how the system works and operates. Fast forward a year later and Ferrell is in his second month as the Rutgers defensive line coach.

Ferrell, who played his high school football in New Jersey at Steinert High School (Hamilton), arrives at Rutgers having spent 11 seasons at Kent State. His deep dive into Rutgers began well before the interview process this offseason.

With Kent State switching last season to a defense that was similar to the Rutgers base Ferrell took time last offseason to deep dive into the Scarlet Knights unit.

He spent time talking with Marquise Watson, the Rutgers defensive line coach, to learn the ins and outs of the scheme.

“It was more so (that) we had a shift and we were going to a new defense. So we’re going to basically a similar scheme and we were studying different things,” Ferrell said on Thursday.

“So I actually reached out last year to ask some questions on why they do this and why they do that. So with that, you come – you just see kids that pop off the tape. You know what I’m going to click this, I’m going to click that. Next. I got four clips on 71. You got a couple more of 48 – you know what I mean? And you’re like ‘OK, these guys are good players’.”

“And so at the time, we don’t know what the future holds, right? So you’re just kind of like putting in plays to show your current players. And then you know, things happening like holy smokes! Like, there’s some familiarity with what they can do. There’s some understanding of what they do well, what we need to work on… opportunities for growth. So that part of it has made the transition a little more seamless, but few transitions are completely seamless.”

The uncertain “future”…

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Author : Rutgers Wire

Publish date : 2024-04-05 10:41:58

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