Brian Fonseca
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Rutgers beat reporter for NJ Advance Media/The Star-Ledger. Long-suffering @SportingCP supporter. Send tips/comments/questions to [email protected].
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2 weeks ago |
nj.com | Brian Fonseca
Kyle Monangai is making an impression in Chicago. Months after being selected in the seventh round of the 2025 NFL Draft by the Bears, the former Rutgers football star has “really stepped up” during his first offseason in the league, according to his head coach Ben Johnson. “In the running back room, Kyle Monangai has really stepped up,” Johnson said Friday, the final day of the Bears’ mandatory minicamp.
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2 weeks ago |
nj.com | Brian Fonseca
Rutgers football added a record number of transfers this offseason, and for the second straight season, the most impactful of the group will come from the same position. That is Tom Fornelli’s opinion, anyway. The CBS analyst recently predicted an impact transfer for each Big Ten team, and for the Scarlet Knights, he chose North Texas wide receiver DT Sheffield. Rutgers will hope Fornelli’s crystal ball is right once again.
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2 weeks ago |
nj.com | Brian Fonseca
CJ Onyechi is back in the Big Ten. The former Rutgers football defensive end, who played 43 games across four season as a Scarlet Knight, was named an assistant defensive line coach at Northwestern, he announced. The West Orange native was a graduate assistant at Coastal Carolina last season. A three-star prospect in the class of 2017, Onyechi committed to the Scarlet Knights during Chris Ash’s tenure as head coach.
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2 weeks ago |
nj.com | Brian Fonseca
For Gus Zilinskas and Jai Patel, making the trek down to Ewing on a Friday night in early June has become an annual tradition. The Rutgers football players have volunteered at New Jersey’s Special Olympic Summer Games throughout their college careers, spending time with competitors and playing their part in the event’s opening ceremony. This year was no exception.
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3 weeks ago |
nj.com | Brian Fonseca
A year after owning one of the easiest schedules in the country on paper, Rutgers football enters this fall with a more daunting path. The Scarlet Knights will face the second-hardest schedule in the Big Ten during the 2025 season, according to CBS analyst Brad Crawford, beat only by Wisconsin. Here is the Scarlet Knights’ slate: Ohio, Miami of Ohio, Norfolk State, Iowa, at Minnesota, at Washington, Oregon, at Purdue, at Illinois, Maryland, at Ohio State, Penn State.
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Portugal has won three of the last seven European tournaments, more than anyone else. Kings of Europe.
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I sold Nuno Mendes short. He is the best full back in the world.
One note: Nuno Mendes was IMMENSE today. One of the best talents in the sport right now and seems to get better every match. I have no doubt he will be a top 5 left back in the world within the next four years.
