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On a conference call Tuesday before May 8's first round of the NFL Draft, ESPN analyst Jon Gruden said he's unsure of Pittsburgh's Tom Savage's rapid rise up draft boards is legitimate or agent hype.
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A few scattered plays Saturday during Rutgers' Scarlet-White Game defined the education of Janarion Grant.
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The only one that remained was the 5-foot-8 sophomore with six career carries.
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PISCATAWAY — In Rutgers' final tune-up of the spring, its top play caller was out of commission. 
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Rutgers' Kyle Flood made his first appearance on the Big Ten Network on Thursday night with host Gerry DiNardo.

Here are some highlights of the four-minute interview, taped earlier this spring in Rutgers' Hale Center:
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Along the back left corner of Rutgers' F3 practice field, linebackers coach Bob Fraser takes TJ Taylor and Myles Nash — two young players he might have to rely on — aside, motioning intently with his hands as others look on.
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By Tyler Barto
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Keith Lumpkin has to be exhausted. 

Rutgers' 6-foot-8, 315-pound left tackle has spent 12 spring practices — a month's worth of time — going up against new defensive coordinator Joe Rossi's exotic pressures.
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Sophomore Quanzell Lambert was 18 years old the last time his playing weight topped 250 pounds.
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After missing a total of 10 games last year — nine with a triceps injury — Kenneth Kirksey says he's having the best spring of his Rutgers career.
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PISCATAWAY — Less than a few hours after Rutgers' 10th spring practice ends Tuesday, the team's coaching staff is already making its rounds to New Jersey High schools for the start of the spring evaluation period.

Head coach Kyle Flood says he's excited for the 90-day window to get in touch with local recruits.
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Wearing a black non-contact jersey Friday in his second practice since suffering a lower-body injury, Anthony Cioffi isn't looking at the ball.
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For insight into Ralph Friedgen's impact on college football, look no further than the Big Ten dynamic he's about to join as Rutgers' offensive coordinator.
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Despite starting 16 career games — a handful in the Big Ten — Minnesota transfer Philip Nelson isn't worried about dropping hints about Rutgers' new conference just yet as he sits out the 2014 season.
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— Tyler Barto

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The hard numbers — 1-for-6, a botched snap and a misplayed hold — couldn't have been pleasing for head coach Kyle Flood, but it's part of a transition he will have to deal with in the kicking game.
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Dwindling numbers at running back have coerced Desmon Peoples's progression this spring. (AP file photo)

By Tyler Barto
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Another one bites the dust.

Rutgers' injury report, released Tuesday, lists Justin Goodwin as out with a lower-body injury after he left Saturday's scrimmage prematurely.
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 FIRST SCRIMMAGE STATS

Mike Bimonte: 6-for-8, 103 yards, TD (first/second team)
Gary Nova: 5-for-10, 40 yards (first team)
Chris Laviano: 2-for-6, 12 yards, INT (first/second team)
Blake Rankin: 0-for-3 (second team)
Devin Ray: 0-for-2, INT

Devan Carter: 19 rushes, 52 yards (second team)
Desmon Peoples: seven rushes, 51 yards, long 38 (first team)
Justin Goodwin: four rushes, 17 yards (first team)
Nova: one rush 9 yards, fumble lost
Bimonte: three rushes, 8 yards, TD
Sam Bergen: two rushes, 0 yards
Laviano: fumble lost

Carlton Agudosi: one reception, 40 yards, TD, two targets
Andre Patton: two receptions, 27 yards, four targets
Janarion Grant: three receptions, 22 yards, three target
John Tsimis: one reception, 20 yards, two targets
Michael Burton: one reception, 20 yards, one reception
Justin Goodwin: one reception, 9 yards, one target
Matt Flanagan: one reception, 8 yards, one target
Taylor Marini: one reception, 5 yards, one target
Vance Matthews: one reception, 4 yards, three targets
Nick Arcidiacono: one reception, 0 yards, two targets
Ntwademela Perry: one target
Carter: one target

RED ZONE

Nova: 1-for-3, 20 yards
Bimonte: 1-for-3, 13 yards

Nova:  one rush, 10 yards
Carter: two rushes, 6 yards
Peoples: one rush, -1 yards
Goodwin: three rushes, -2 yards
Bergen: two rushes, -3 yards

Agudosi: one reception, 20 yards, two targets (drop)

Carter: one reception, 13 yards
Matthews: one target

Michael Burton: one target
Perry: one target

Kyle Federico: missed 27-yarder, botched hold, missed 36-yarder
Nick Borgese: missed 22-yarder, bad snap, made 35-yarder

— Tyler Barto

By Tyler Barto
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PISCATAWAY — Darius Hamilton said Thursday he aimed a series of tweets he posted on Twitter the night before at fans skeptical about Rutgers, especially as it enters the Big Ten.
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PISCATAWAY — Nadir Barnwell was surprised as anyone when he found Ian Thomas in Rutgers' Hale Center facility, but he  didn't mind his fellow corner's return.
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