Commit alert! Rutgers Football gets verbal pledge from Sofian Massoud

The Rutgers backfield will be more crowded with Massoud.We are just into Spring Practice for many college football teams, including Rutgers who began on Friday. The Scarlet Knights secured a verbal commitment from athlete and two-way standout Sofian Massoud, out of Cardinal Hayes in the Bronx. The first member of the 2020 recruiting class, he announced today via twitter.

The New York City product holds offers from two other Power Five schools already (Boston College and Virginia) per 247sports. Fellow Big Ten schools Wisconsin, Ohio State, Michigan, and Penn State have also shown interest as well. At 6’1” and 180 pounds, Massoud is almost a four star prospect with a year to play, the 3rd…