A number of Rutgers players ripped off the redshirt band-aid last weekend. The most prominent Scarlet Knight among the group: true freshman running back Samuel Brown. The Philadelphia native made his fifth appearance of the season in Saturday’s loss to No. 3 Ohio State, a game where he led the running back room in rushing (79 yards on 15 carries) for the third consecutive contest. After enrolling in the summer — months after the majority of his 2022 classmates — Brown has emerged as one of Rutgers’ top backfield options. BUY RUTGERS FOOTBALL TICKETS: STUBHUB, VIVID SEATS, TICKETSMARTER, TICKETMASTER “Sam is a very talented young man and he works extremely hard,” head coach Greg Schiano said of Brown on Monday. “From the day he set foot on this campus, he was not an early enrollee, and he stepped foot on our campus in early June and has just been attacking…
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