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Budding N.J. DE C.J. Bazile 'grew up watching Rutgers games at a young age'

There aren't many athletes with the frame (6-4, 235) and production (46 tackles, 10 TFLs, five sacks, four batted passes, two forced fumbles and one recovery in 2017) of Bayonne (N.J.) defensive end C.J. Bazile, who don't have FBS offers. However, he's somehow slipped under the radar going into his final high school year, despite possessing traits that should eventually land him at the FBS level of play.

Programs like Rutgers, Syracuse, Temple, Army, Western Michigan and Towson have recently taken notice, and Bazile appears on his way to adding some opportunities.

And if Rutgers were to offer, the school would have a natural advantage over most schools looking to get involved.