Maybe no college has been a much bigger shock on the 2025 recruiting path than Rutgers, and the Scarlet Knights have now landed a second four-star dedication this week, as all-purpose operating again John Forster pledged to go coach Greg Schiano‘s program.
On Tuesday, the Scarlet Knights secured a dedication from four-star offensive lineman Jaelyne Matthews. With Forster now becoming a member of the group, Rutgers has landed 16 commitments within the month of June and 24 total within the 2025 recruiting class. The Scarlet Knights presently rank sixth within the nationwide group recruiting rankings.
Forster, who presently fits up for Saint Joseph Regional Excessive Faculty in Montvale, New Jersey, ranks because the No. 5 participant within the Backyard State and No. 5 all-purpose again within the 2025 class.
Along with Rutgers, Forster acquired scholarship affords from Boston Faculty, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Duke, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Tennessee, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Wisconsin and others.
He reduce down his record to 5 finalists in Might, which included Rutgers, Illinois, Virginia Tech, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Forster took an official go to to Rutgers throughout the weekend of Might 31. He adopted that up with a visit to Champaign for an official go to with Illinois throughout the weekend of June 7. Nevertheless, after spending time with each packages, Forster determined he wished to play his faculty ball in his dwelling state and turn out to be a Scarlet Knight.
Forster additionally took quite a few unofficial visits to Piscataway all through his recruitment. He’s snug with Schiano, offensive coordinator Kirk Ciarrocca, operating backs coach Damiere Shaw and the remainder of the workers at Rutgers.
The 5-foot-11, 190-pound Forster is an explosive operating again who can beat defenders together with his velocity or tackle-breaking means. He additionally excels as a receiver out of the backfield and is a harmful returner on particular groups.