As training camp moves past the midway point this coming week, it’s typically the time that players vote on captains for the season ahead. Let’s first review the trends there have been for the captain selections during Chris Ash’s so far and then review potential candidates to take on that leadership role this season.
In Ash’s first two seasons, the two major trends have been lineman and fifth-year seniors making up the the overwhelming majority of captains for Rutgers football.
In 2016, all four captains worked in the trenches, split evenly on both sides of the ball.