Asbury Park Press
PISCATAWAY, N.J. - It was an awkward sight, to say the least: Rutgers football captain Raheem Blackshear standing on the sidelines, dressed and healthy, watching the offense struggle against Maryland Saturday.
He was loitering at the far end of the Scarlet Knights’ bench amidst a bunch of of freshmen who, like him, had no chance of entering the game.
The difference is, Blackshear benched himself. It came out just before kickoff that the junior running back decided he’d rather redshirt than take more beatings this fall —following the lead of starting quarterback Art Sitkowski, who pulled the plug on the 2019 season earlier this week.