# Rutgers Scarlet Knights

Big Ten · SHI Stadium, Piscataway, NJ
Head coach: Greg Schiano · year 7 · 99-108 career over 18 seasons, all at RUTG
Offense: Spread · Defense: 4-2-5

## 2026 outlook

- 2025 record: 5-7 (2-7 in conference)
- National title odds: +125000 (#125 on the futures board)
- Season win total: 5.5 (over priced +138)
- Returning starter games: 39%
- Schedule difficulty: 61st-hardest of 138 FBS teams

## Returning production by unit

| Unit | Returning games | Games back | Depth back |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Skill offense | 50% | 34/68 | 4/11 |
| Offensive line | 41% | 24/59 | 11/18 |
| Defensive front | 42% | 35/83 | 8/18 |
| Secondary | 20% | 12/60 | 9/16 |

## Roster movement

- Key returning: Antwan Raymond (RB), KJ Duff (WR), Tyler Needham (OL), Kwabena Asamoah (OL), Moses Walker (LB)
- Key departures (with destination): Jett Elad (DB), Athan Kaliakmanis (QB), Bo Mascoe (DB) – TEX, Cam Miller (DB), Bradley Weaver (DL)
- Key arrivals (with previous school): Dylan Lonergan (QB) – BC, Clay Thevenin (RB) – LT, Kam Anthony (TE) – BALL, J'Dan Burnett (DL) – TLSA, Malachi Davis (DL) – TOL

## Depth chart

### Offense

- WR-X: KJ Duff, Michael Thomas III, Sah'nye Degraffenreidt
- WR-Z: Ben Black, Vernon Allen III, Famah Toure
- WR-SL: Jourdin Houston, Dyzier Carter
- LT: Moshood Giwa, Ryder Langsdale, Kenny Jones
- LG: Dantae Chin, Nick Oliveira
- C: Terrence Salami, Hank Zilinskas
- RG: Kwabena Asamoah, Isaiah Cook
- RT: Tyler Needham, Everett Small, Chris Vigna
- TE: Logan Blake, Kam Anthony
- QB: AJ Surace, Dylan Lonergan, Sean Ashenfelder
- RB: Antwan Raymond, Clay Thevenin, Ja'shon Benjamin

### Defense

- LDE: Malachi Davis, Farell Gnago, RJ Johnson Jr.
- NT: Doug Blue-Eli, Rondo Porter, Keshon Griffin
- DT: Zaire Angoy, Jaedin Lee, Henry Hughes Jr.
- RDE: J'Dan Burnett, DJ Allen, Wydeek Collier-Johnson
- WLB: Sean Allison, Abram Wright, DJ McClary
- MLB: Ty Morris, Moses Walker, Kamar Archie
- STUD: DK Gilley, Jesse Ofurie, Sebastian Jusma
- LCB: Mikey Munn, Kevyn Humes, Zahmir Dawud
- SS: Kaj Sanders, Davoun Fuse
- FS: Chris Joines, Tariq Hayer
- RCB: Kevin Levy, Bradlee Jones, Sage Clawges

### Special Teams

- PT: Jakob Anderson
- PK: Jai Patel, Dane Pizzaro
- KO: Jack Scullion, Dane Pizzaro
- LS: Michael O'Connor, Sammy El Hadidi, Matthew Murri
- H: Jakob Anderson
- PR: KJ Duff
- KR: Ben Black, Ja'shon Benjamin

## 2026 schedule

| Week | Opponent | Site | TV | Spread |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | UMass | Home | BTN | RUTG -29.5 |
| 2 | Boston College | Away | ESPN2 | – |
| 3 | USC | Home | CBS | – |
| 4 | Howard Bison (FCS) | Home | BTN | – |
| 5 | Indiana | Home | – | – |
| 7 | Maryland | Away | – | – |
| 8 | Northwestern | Away | – | – |
| 9 | Michigan | Home | – | – |
| 10 | Wisconsin | Away | – | – |
| 11 | Nebraska | Home | – | – |
| 12 | Penn State | Away | – | – |
| 13 | Michigan State | Home | – | – |

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Source: SharpData OS – https://www.sharpdataos.com/cfb/teams/rutgers
Depth chart updated 2026-08-11. Odds shown are point-in-time snapshots.