(For The Trentonian — John Blaine)

By Tyler Barto
Twitter: @Tyler_Barto
tbarto@trentonian.com

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second in a six-part entry series each day in which Rutgers players reflect on their first season in the Big Ten. 

Each post will cover a different topic of the season. Today, six make their case for the player who best maximized his ability. See Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 here.
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(AP photo)

Saturday's scrimmage, which kicks off at 7 p.m. inside High Point Solutions Stadium, will be Rutgers' closest simulation — outside of an actual crowd — of a game-like environment. Its season opener is less than two weeks away.
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(Tyler Barto)

With a starting offensive line teetering on 100 combined starters, Rutgers realizes it has to noticeably upgrade its production. Today's practice at 12:45 p.m. is the first of training camp in shells.
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By Tyler Barto
Twitter: @Tyler_Barto
tbarto@trentonian.com

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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SMU's Traylon Shead in a Texas Class 1A state title game at Cayuga High School. Shead will likely appear against Rutgers on Saturday, his first game since the season opener. (AP Photo)

By Tyler Barto
Twitter: @Tyler_Barto
tbarto@trentonian.com

When Rutgers lines up against SMU's offense Saturday, the Mustangs' primary rusher could be someone the Scarlet Knights' have few highlights of.

Junior Traylon Shead was cleared Tuesday after suffering knee and ankle injuries in SMU's season opener, according to The Dallas Morning News.
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By Tyler Barto
Twitter: Tyler_Barto
tbarto@trentonian.com

Keith Lumpkin is 6-foot-8, weighs 315 pounds and has a seven-foot wingspan.

And yet, as Rutgers adds more movement-centric zone-blocking schemes, could Lumpkin's size be a liability? Lumpkin, pegged as Rutgers' starting left tackle, doesn't think so.
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