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Podcast: Rutgers Athletic Director Finalists Deep Dive + Latest Rivals300 rankings

Richie O'Leary, The Knight Reportby: Richard O'Leary07/17/25On3Richie

The Knight Report Podcast is back and despite it currently being a dead period in recruiting, we have plenty of Rutgers content for you today.

TKR has an update on the Athletic Director search that now has some names attached to it, also several updates to the recruiting rankings for Rutgers Football commits in 2026 and their top targets in 2027.

As stated previously, it’s been almost a full year since Pat Hobbs stepped down from his position as Athletic Director and for the first time during the year long search, we finally have some names to monitor for not only the Athletic Director job, but also for the No. 2 spot as well (0:35)

Rivals300 reveals updates to Rutgers commits / targets

Earlier this week, Rivals revealed a new set of rankings for both the class of 2026 and 2027, as the On3 and Rivals rankings combined to form one ranking, which will be under the Rivals name. The On3 industry rankings also changed up a bit, as they will now be referred to as the Rivals Industry ranking.

With that being said, here’s the latest on where all the 2026 Rutgers Football commits landed in the latest update () and also where they stand with several top 2027 targets ().

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