Here is the good news for coach Chris Ash: Rutgers has 18 returning starters expected back in 2018.
Here is the news the newly extended Ash prefers to hear: Not all of those starting jobs are safe.
Thanks to recruiting and the long-term benefit of playing young players earlier than expected to make up for injuries and a lack of depth, Rutgers finally has the intra-roster competition that Ash wanted to create.
For example, Rutgers only starts four defensive backs, but there could be as many as seven who have started in their careers.