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How a mentoring program started by a former Rutgers standout preps football players for success off the field

After graduating from Georgetown and enrolling at Rutgers with the goal of earning a master's degree in finance, Muhammad Wainwright started thinking about the next step of his career.

Sure, there was the matter of finishing up his collegiate football career for the Scarlet Knights.

But the fifth-year senior defensive end wanted to apply what he was learning in Rutgers' quantitative finance program and use it in the business world.

That's where Pete Tverdov came in.

"The industry I want to work in, Pete has been helping me out personally, putting me on to different opportunities,'' Wainwright said.