Sep 2, 2015 at 12:12p ET
Sep 2, 2015 at 12:12p ET
Rutgers head coach Kyle Flood is feeling some heat.
Rutgers football begins the 2015 season Saturday against Norfolk State, but a major driver of headlines continues to be reports from NJ.com that coach Kyle Flood contacted a member of the school's academic support staff, potentially to influence the grade of Nadir Barnwell, a potential starter in the Scarlet Knights defensive backfield.
The latest revelation came Wednesday as an anonymous university official told NJ.com the coach contacted a faculty member despite being told not to and explained the incident as being, "about Kyle trying to circumvent the process and trying to get the kid eligible.