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SHELL · ADVANCE SCOUTING2026 SEASON · WEEK 7 · 2026
INTERNAL ADVANCE REPORT

Scout the
Scarlet Knights

INSIDE THIS ADVANCE
IOverview & The Read
IITendency Report
IIISituational Splits
IVDrive Efficiency
VPersonnel Profiles
VIStatistical Leaders
VIIThe Man Across the Field
VIIIMatchup Advantages
IXCoverage & Pressure
XPersonnel & Formation
XICharting Layer
SHELLRUTGERS ADVANCE · WEEK 7 · 2026
WEEK 7 · 2026 · INTERNAL ADVANCE
MARYLAND· VERSUS ·RUTGERS
Maryland 4-8 · Rutgers 5-7 · 2025 SEASON
Date
Saturday, October 17, 2026
Stadium
SECU Stadium
Location
Home
Kickoff
TBD · TBD
Prepared by SHELL · Maryland FootballConfidential · Internal use · Scheme / History / Evaluation / Lineup / Logistics
SHELLSHELL / Maryland Football
Advance Scouting / Rutgers / 2025 / Contents
I
Overview & The Read

Rutgers at a Glance

Rutgers · 5-7 · 2025

Rutgers runs it 50.4% of the time and converts 42.6% on third down, leaning run on early downs and throwing it 70.4% on third and long.

The ReadThree keys to defend Rutgers
01KEY 01
On 1st down they are 54.1% run. Win early downs to push them into 3rd and long, where they go 70.4% pass.
02KEY 02
Red zone is 56.4% run. Set the box accordingly and make them earn it the other way.
03KEY 03
Explosive rate 12.4%, PPA/play (CFBD) 0.24. Tackle and leverage, take away the chunk play and they stall.
★ Bottom Line
Rutgers runs it 50.4% of the time and converts 42.6% on 3rd down. Win first down, gang-tackle, and the script below over-reps exactly those situations.
SHELLSHELL / Maryland Football
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II
Tendency Report

Rutgers Run / Pass by Down

Heat-mapped · deeper red = higher rate

Every scrimmage snap split by down and distance. Run rate and pass rate are heat-shaded on a Maryland-red scale so the strong tendencies jump off the page. The top row is all downs combined.

DownDistance PlaysRunPassRun %Pass %
ALL All 856 431 425 50.4% 49.6%
1 10 379 205 174 54.1% 45.9%
2 All 279 135 144 48.4% 51.6%
2 1-2 31 26 5 83.9% 16.1%
2 3-6 75 53 22 70.7% 29.3%
2 7+ 173 56 117 32.4% 67.6%
3 All 162 76 86 46.9% 53.1%
3 1-2 39 30 9 76.9% 23.1%
3 3-6 52 25 27 48.1% 51.9%
3 7+ 71 21 50 29.6% 70.4%
LowerHigherRegular season only · shading scales with rate within each cell
Counts and rates are computed from charted play-by-play, regular season only (the CFBD pulls exclude postseason). Personnel groupings, formations, and concept tags are not in this table, they live in the Personnel & Formation charting layer (Section X) where film and Telemetry plug in.
SHELLSHELL / Maryland Football
Advance Scouting / Rutgers / 2025 / II
III
Situational Splits

Rutgers Run / Pass by Situation

Field zone · score · half

The same run/pass tendency, re-cut by where the ball sits, the score on the board, and which half it is. Counts are real charted snaps; thin splits are flagged honestly. Run % and pass % are heat-shaded on the same Maryland-red scale.

By field zone
SituationPlaysRunPassRun %Pass %
Backed up (own 10) 11 7 4 63.6% 36.4%
Open field 689 336 353 48.8% 51.2%
Red zone (in 20) 156 88 68 56.4% 43.6%
Goal line (in 5) 40 28 12 70% 30%
By score
SituationPlaysRunPassRun %Pass %
Leading by 7+ 192 105 87 54.7% 45.3%
Within a TD 378 186 192 49.2% 50.8%
Trailing by 7+ 286 140 146 49% 51%
By half
SituationPlaysRunPassRun %Pass %
First half 469 228 241 48.6% 51.4%
Second half 387 203 184 52.5% 47.5%
Splits are real charted snaps. Read the smaller cuts with care (the lightest split here is 11 snaps); goal-line and two-score-game samples are usually the thinnest.
SHELLSHELL / Maryland Football
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IV
Drive Efficiency

Rutgers Offense vs Defense

Per-drive, from CFBD drives

Drive for drive: what Rutgers does with the ball, next to what their defense gives up. Points per drive are estimated from the drive result (touchdown counts as seven, field goal as three). Everything here is computed from real CFBD drive data.

Their OffenseWhen they have the ball
Points / Drive
2.9
Red-Zone TD
68.8%64 trips
3-and-Out
23%
Explosive Drive
52.4%40+ yds
Avg Start
71.9yds to goal
Drives
126
Their Defense AllowsWhen they are on the field
Points / Drive
3.2
Red-Zone TD
76.1%67 trips
3-and-Out
24.8%
Explosive Drive
52%40+ yds
Avg Start
72.1yds to goal
Drives
125
Points per drive is an estimate (TD = 7, FG = 3); it does not separate two-point tries, safeties, or defensive/special-teams scores. Red-zone rate counts drives reaching the opponent 20. Three-and-out is a non-scoring drive of three plays or fewer. Explosive is a drive gaining 40 or more yards.
SHELLSHELL / Maryland Football
Advance Scouting / Rutgers / 2025 / IV
V
Personnel Profiles

How Rutgers Lines Up

Both sides of the ball
Their DefenseWhat we will see when we have the ball

Their defense allows a 48.2% success rate and a 18.5% explosive rate; offenses run it 52.1% against them.

  • Opponents convert 41.5% of third downs against them.
Their OffenseWhat our defense must stop

Run-leaning offense (50.4% run, 54.1% on first down) at a 46.4% success rate and 12.4% explosive rate.

  • First down is a run down at 54.1%.
  • Third and long they pass 70.4%.
  • Red zone is 56.4% run.
SHELLSHELL / Maryland Football
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V
Personnel Profiles

Two-Deep & Availability

Ourlads depth chart · updated 05/14/2026 2:33PM ET
Offense
PosStarterBackup
WR-X8 KJ Duff JR80 Michael Thomas III RS FR
WR-Z2 Ben Black JR5 Vernon Allen III RS FR
WR-SL4 Jourdin Houston RS FR0 Dyzier Carter FR
LT74 Moshood Giwa TR RS JR68 Ryder Langsdale TR RS SR
LG76 Dantae Chin RS SR55 Nick Oliveira RS JR
C73 Terrence Salami RS SR53 Hank Zilinskas TR RS JR
RG69 Kwabena Asamoah RS SR57 Isaiah Cook TR RS SR
RT56 Tyler Needham RS SR54 Everett Small TR RS SO
TE11 Logan Blake RS JR85 Kameron Anthony TR RS SO
QB10 AJ Surace RS SO12 Dylan Lonergan TR RS JR
RB3 Antwan Raymond JR9 Clay Thevenin TR RS JR
Defense
PosStarterBackup
LDE11 Malachi Davis TR RS SR90 Farell Gnago RS SO
NT0 Doug Blue-Eli TR RS SR99 Rondo Porter TR RS SR
DT55 Zaire Angoy RS SR91 Jaedin Lee TR JR
RDE94 J'Dan Burnett TR RS SR42 DJ Allen RS SR
WLB Sean Allison TR RS SR6 Abram Wright RS JR
MLB10 Ty Morris TR SR2 Moses Walker RS SR
STUD9 DK Gilley RS SO16 Jesse Ofurie RS JR
LCB Mikey Munn TR JR4 Kevyn Humes TR JR
SS1 Kaj Sanders JR19 Davoun Fuse RS JR
FS20 Chris Joines TR SR44 Tariq Hayer RS FR
RCB7 Kevin Levy RS SO5 Bradlee Jones TR SR
Special Teams
PosStarterBackup
PT94 Jakob Anderson JR
PK44 Jai Patel RS SR29 Dane Pizzaro RS SO
KO93 Jack Scullion JR29 Dane Pizzaro RS SO
LS99 Michael O'Connor RS SR46 Sammy El Hadidi RS SR
H94 Jakob Anderson JR
PR8 KJ Duff JR
KR2 Ben Black JR20 Ja'shon Benjamin SR
Source: Ourlads NCAA depth chart · updated 05/14/2026 2:33PM ET · TR = transfer · injuries staff-entered
SHELLSHELL / Maryland Football
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VI
Statistical Leaders

Rutgers Top Producers

Season to date · regular season only
GroundRushing
Antwan Raymond 242 car 1,211 yds
2 Ja'shon Benjamin 69 car 343 yds
Athan Kaliakmanis off roster 60 car 178 yds
CJ Campbell off roster 25 car 141 yds
5 Edd Guerrier 7 car 25 yds
Demond Williams Jr. off roster 1 car 16 yds
7 Terrell Mitchell 3 car 14 yds
8 Sean Ashenfelder 1 car -3 yds
AirPassing
Athan Kaliakmanis off roster 225 cmp 3,029 yds
2 AJ Surace 4 cmp 58 yds
3 KJ Duff 1 cmp 14 yds
4 Sean Ashenfelder 1 cmp 11 yds
DT Sheffield off roster 1 cmp 4 yds
TargetsReceiving
KJ Duff 61 rec 1,102 yds
Ian Strong off roster 51 rec 722 yds
DT Sheffield off roster 42 rec 551 yds
Kenny Fletcher off roster 26 rec 238 yds
5 Antwan Raymond 17 rec 179 yds
6 Ben Black 8 rec 119 yds
Colin Weber off roster 16 rec 99 yds
8 Michael Thomas III 1 rec 25 yds
Production is from 2025. Struck-through names are no longer on the current roster (graduated, transferred, or to the NFL) — don't game-plan around them.
SHELLSHELL / Maryland Football
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VII
The Man Across the Field

Rutgers's Decision Profile

4th-down tendency · tempo

How the man calling it for Rutgers thinks on fourth down, drawn from every fourth-down snap his offense has taken this season. "Went" means they ran a play (rush or pass); "kicked" means a field goal or a punt. The split is then cut by field zone so you know where he gets aggressive.

4th DownFacedWentKickedGo %
All zones 85 36 49 42.4%
Own half (60+) 31 5 26 16.1%
Midfield (40-59) 17 10 7 58.8%
Fringe (21-39) 20 13 7 65%
Red zone (in 20) 17 8 9 47.1%
Go-for-it rate
42.4%
on 85 fourth downs
Tempo
71.3/gm
offensive snaps, 12 games
Across 85 fourth downs, this is a fair read on how aggressive he is. The zone cuts show where he hunts a conversion versus where he takes the points or flips the field.
SHELLSHELL / Maryland Football
Advance Scouting / Rutgers / 2025 / VII
VIII
Matchup Advantages

Where We Win

Our strengths vs their weaknesses
Maryland StrengthsvsRutgers Weaknesses
  • They throw it 70.4% on third and long, win early downs to force it.
  • Red zone is 56.4% run, set the box inside the 20.
SHELLSHELL / Maryland Football
Advance Scouting / Rutgers / 2025 / VIII
IX
Coverage & Pressure

Blitz & Coverage

Charting layer · plugs in next
★ Plugs in from Telemetry / film

This is the charting layer. CFBD play-by-play does not carry coverage shells, blitz, or pressure, so the rates below stay blank until a game is broken down on film or pulled from Telemetry. The sample row shows the shape only, not real numbers.

Blitz & pressure by down
DownBlitz %Pressure %Sack %
1st down ···
2nd down ···
3rd down ···
4th down ···
(example) sample 38%44%9%
Coverage shells
ShellSnap %Explosive allowedEPA / play
Cover 1 ···
Cover 3 ···
Cover 4 / quarters ···
Cover 2 / 2-man ···
(example) sample 31%··
Empty cells are the charting layer. Once a game is broken down on film or pulled from Telemetry, these rates drop straight into the table; nothing here is estimated.
SHELLSHELL / Maryland Football
Advance Scouting / Rutgers / 2025 / IX
X
Personnel & Formation

Groupings & Sets

Charting layer · plugs in next
★ Plugs in from Telemetry / film

This is the charting layer. Personnel groupings and formation families are not in CFBD play-by-play; they are tagged off the film or pulled from Telemetry, then drop straight into these tables. The sample row is illustrative shape only.

Personnel groupings
PersonnelSnap %Run %Success %
11 personnel ···
12 personnel ···
21 personnel ···
Empty / 10 ···
(example: 11) sample 62%48%·
Formation families
FormationSnap %Run / Pass tiltNotes
Spread / 2x2 ···
Trips / 3x1 ···
Under center ···
Heavy / tight ···
(example) sample ···
The 11 / 12 / 21 labels are the standard back-and-tight-end personnel shorthand. Rows are marked where a sample is shown; real percentages come off the film and the Telemetry feed.
SHELLSHELL / Maryland Football
Advance Scouting / Rutgers / 2025 / X
XI
Charting Layer

Film & Telemetry

What plugs in next
★ Plugs in from film / Telemetry

The numbers above come from charted play-by-play. The detail a coordinator wants next, special-teams maps, opponent media quotes, and player grades, comes off the film and the Telemetry feed. Each item below drops straight into this report once charted.

  • Coverage and blitz tendencies by down and distance (Telemetry / PFF charting).
  • Special-teams punt and kickoff location maps.
  • Opponent media quotes from the weekly press conferences.
  • Player grades, pressures, and coverage data from Telemetry.
SHELLSHELL / Maryland Football
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