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Yahoo’s Pete Thamel has high praise for Rutgers QB Artur Sitkowski
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Rutgers football is Rutgers football.
When most people think of the program, they think of a lower-tiered Big Ten school. That’s just the perception.
The reality is that last season, Rutgers finished with the same overall record as Nebraska (4-8). And the same record in conference (3-6).
The Scarlet Knights also got a 3-star QB from Florida’s IMG Academy to commit for 2018 in Artur Sitkowski. As a true freshman in his first ever game, started for Rutgers Week 1 against Texas State. Sitkowski led the team to a 35-7 victory to open the season.
Rutgers’ top-ranked recruit completed 66% of his passes while throwing for 205 yards. It was Texas State, but Sitkowski got valuable experience. And now with the 6-foot-5 signal caller getting all of this experience as a true freshman, the program now has an identity according to Yahoo’s Pete Thamel.
"For the next three or four years, you know when you think of @RFootball, you're gonna think of @artursitkowski4."
– Yahoo's @PeteThamel says the Scarlet Knights' freshman QB gives the program a new identity: pic.twitter.com/mrZk5vKeEo
— Rutgers On BTN (@RutgersOnBTN) September 5, 2018
If there is anything for a casual fan to take away about Sitkowski, it’s that he decomitted from Miami (FL) and chose to go to Rutgers.
That says something.
Kevin covers Big Ten football for Saturday Tradition.