PISCATAWAY -- When he decided to leave Miami last January as a graduate transfer, Gus Edwards considered Syracuse and Pittsburgh.
But Miami officials, citing a school policy prohibiting grad transfers from joining opponents on the upcoming schedule, blocked Edwards' ability to join those Atlantic Coast Conference schools.
So Edwards opted for Rutgers, which is about a 45-minute drive from his Staten Island, N.Y., home. And now, three months after graduating Miami with a degree in liberal arts, Edwards has earned his way to the top of Rutgers' depth chart at running back this summer.