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PISCATAWAY – Rutgers football on Saturday held its first scrimmage of the spring, the first opportunity for coach Greg Schiano and his staff to gauge the Scarlet Knights’ progress in a game-like scenario.
Here are Schiano’s thoughts on what he saw:
Quarterback play
The quarterback battle between incumbent starter Gavin Wimsatt and Minnesota transfer Athan Kaliakmanis will continue to garner plenty of attention, but Schiano felt all of the quarterbacks, including backups Ajani Sheppard and AJ Surace, did some good things on Saturday.
“I thought overall it was pretty clean,” Schiano said. “A couple missed throws that could’ve been interceptions that were dropped. Defensively I thought we had a few opportunities that we didn’t take advantage of. But overall it was positive and we got all four of them good work, which was good.”
Offense showing progress
Nov 11, 2023; Iowa City, Iowa, USA; Rutgers Scarlet Knights head coach Greg Schiano reacts with an official during the second quarter against the Iowa Hawkeyes at Kinnick Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports
Most encouraging?
Schiano says he believes the offense has taken strides overall in the second year of coordinator Kirk Ciarrocca’s system.
That’s good news for an offense that ranked 94th in the country last season with 23.2 points per game.
“Certainly the second go-round, anything you do something for a second cycle you’re going to improve,” Schiano said. “Plus it’s a second cycle with (Pat Flaherty) and the O-line, so when you look at those two things – second cycle with (Dave) Brock and (John Perry) with the wideouts, Coach (Damiere) Shaw now, second cycle with the running backs. I’m excited that we can be better on offense. And we need to be. We weren’t good enough. We have to be better. But better’s a relative…
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Publish date : 2024-04-13 19:00:16
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