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

GLASSBORO — Rutgers commit Ronnie James made his signing official Wednesday, along with teammate Juwan Johnson, who's committed to Penn State.

Chances are, James could've given Rutgers a verbal commit much earlier when he met with head coach Kyle Flood last summer.
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(AP)

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

Wednesday's National Signing Day becomes the first official marker for college football's new calendar year. Rutgers' current haul sits at 25 commits, five of whom will enroll early.

I talked to Bobby Deren, a Rutgers recruiting analyst for scarletnation.com, for his list of committed prospects for 2015 with the highest ceilings.

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(AP)

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

Wednesday's National Signing Day becomes the first official marker for college football's new calendar year. Rutgers' current haul sits at 24 commits, five of whom will enroll early.

I reached out to Sam Hellman, a Rutgers recruiting analyst for scarletreport.com, for his list of committed prospects most likely to play right away. Listed in alphabetical order.
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(AP)

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

Rutgers athletics' scarletknights.com will provide coverage for National Signing Day beginning at 8 a.m. on Feb. 4 when faxes reach its Hale Center facility.

RVision will host the early morning show from inside the coaches' offices wing, near where head coach Kyle Flood will address the media at 1:30 p.m.
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Nebraska's Irving Fryar, a Mount Holly 
native. (AP photo)

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

A question posed to Nebraska coach Bo Pelini during Tuesday's Big Ten teleconference puzzled me, and also got me to thinking.

"Coach, does Nebraska really extend its recruiting footprint now that a Big Ten team (Rutgers) is in that region of the country?"
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By Tyler Barto
Twitter: @Tyler_Barto
tbarto@trentonian.com

Former LSU quarterback Hayden Rettig will take an official visit to Rutgers on Tuesday, FOX national recruiting analyst Greg Biggins tweeted Monday.
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(AP photo)

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

Despite a nearly 1,200-mile distance, Greg Schiano used to court hundreds of South Florida recruits through his one-day sponsored football camps while head coach at Rutgers.

It was part of his plan to fertilize a program whose only bowl appearance came more than two decades before his arrival.
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(AP photo)

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

When Rutgers enters the Big Ten in less than two months, it will officially open up recruiting streams previously untapped.

But Florida, the state Rutgers has recruited second-most to New Jersey since 2002, could be most affected.
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By Tyler Barto
Twitter: @Tyler_Barto
tbarto@trentonian.com

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
Twitter: @Tyler_Barto
tbarto@trentonian.com

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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By Tyler Barto

Twitter: @Tyler_Barto

tbarto@trentonian.com

PISCATAWAY — Logan Lister calls Texas "everybody territory", but until his commitment any idea of a recruiting footprint for Rutgers in the Lone Star State was foreign.

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Allegations involving defensive coordinator Dave Cohen, pictured, could be potentially troubling, but Rutgers' on-field performance could caution recruits more. (AP photo)

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

PISCATAWAY — At 3:29 p.m. Saturday, Rutgers defensive coordinator Dave Cohen quietly jogged off the field at High Point Solutions Stadium escorted by the team's director of athletic relations.

The first into the tunnel, Cohen made his way under the veil of cover.
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By Tyler Barto

Twitter: @Tyler_Barto

tbarto@trentonian.com

HAMILTON — The initial purpose of Joe Rossi's visit to Nottingham High School may not have led him to  Saquan Hampton, but the 6-foot-1, 180-pound cornerback earned an offer at his head coach's prompting.

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