Rutgers University Football schedule for 2025
Rutgers University Football schedule for 2025
LAS VEGAS – One of the big questions facing Rutgers football with the Scarlet Knights set to kick off training camp is just how good its offense can be.
Rutgers has continuity at quarterback with Athan Kaliakmanis returning. It has an offensive line that’s continued to make progress, though it’ll be missing a major piece. It has solid wide receivers, and added another via the transfer portal. And it has high-quality running backs, though it has to replace one of the most prolific backs in program history.
Coach Greg Schiano is optimistic about the unit’s potential, but he’s also not glossing over the loss of talent it needs to account for.
“This could be a good offense,” Schiano said in a meeting with local reporters at Big Ten Media Days. “But everything’s got to go just right to be really good. We’ve got to stay healthy, guys have got to develop at the rate we expect them to.”
The Scarlet Knights made substantial progress last season in Kirk Ciarrocca’s second year as offensive coordinator. Rutgers averaged 28.9 points per game, the most since 2008.
Kaliakmanis was at the middle of that, throwing for 2,696 yards and 18 touchdowns. But so was Kyle Monangai, who rushed for 1,279 yards and 13 touchdowns.
Rutgers will undoubtedly miss the standard and example that Monangai, a seventh-round draft pick by the Chicago Bears, on and off the field.
“We lost one of the best players to have played here in Kyle Monangai,” Schiano said. “Not just his on-field performance – I spoke to some people out in Chicago and they’re saying, ‘This guy is unbelievable. His preparation, his professionalism.’ So we lost a very important player there.”
The Scarlet Knights return Antwan Raymond, Ja’shon Benjamin and Sam…
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Publish date : 2025-07-23 08:03:00
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