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Rutgers Football Team Roster: Manalapan Player Ready for Season's Start
Mike Bimonte of Manalapan is prepared to start the season as a Scarlet Knight.
Written by Anthony Bellano.
College football season begins with Rutgers University.
The Scarlet Knights travel to Fresno State to open the season on Thursday night, Aug. 29. Kickoff is at 10:30 p.m. and the game will air live on ESPNU.
From there, the Scarlet Knights return home for a season that will see the retirement of Eric LeGrand's number 52 on Sept. 14; a rematch of last year’s big win over Arkansas, this year at home on Sept. 21; a trip to defending conference champion and preseason top 10 team, Louisville on Oct. 10; and the team’s only season in the American Athletic Conference, one Rutgers hopes ends in the program’s first outright conference championship and trip to BCS bowl.
Because we are Patch, we know you’re looking for a local connection to the state’s only NCAA Division I FBS program. Here's a list of the players on the team who hail from Monmouth County, according to the roster found on scarletknights.com:
- Mike Bimonte, sophomore quarterback (Manalapan)
- Ryan Brodie, freshman offensive lineman (Long Branch)
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