Rutgers football transfers earning praise from Greg Schiano
Rutgers football coach Greg Schiano said two transfers made a strong impression during spring practice.
Rutgers football hit the transfer portal hard this offseason to bolster its defense, and two of the additions in particular stood out to Greg Schiano during spring practices. Defensive end Malachi Davis and linebacker Ty Morris both made a strong impression on their new head coach, an encouraging sign for a defense that needs to take a major jump under new defensive coordinator Travis Johansen. The 6-foot-4, 250-pound Davis transferred to Rutgers after four seasons with Toledo.
He had 36 tackles (9. 5 for loss) last season with 5. 5 sacks, earning him third-team All-MAC.
“He showed us that we made a great decision in going after him,” Schiano said during an interview with Big Ten Network. That’s important since Rutgers lost defensive ends Bradley Weaver and Eric O’Neill to graduation following last season, while Jordan Walker transferred to Georgia Tech. The Scarlet Knights ’ pass rush also needed a boost – the defense had only 11 sacks last season, second-to-last in the Big Ten ahead of only UCLA.
Rutgers also addressed a position of need by brining in the 6-foot-2, 235-pound Morris, who spent the previous three seasons at Rice. Morris started all 13 games last season, finishing with 88 tackles (9. 5 for loss) with 2.