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Rutgers head coach Chris Ash visits Sweden for DE commit Robin Jutwreten's in-home visit

It was arguably the farthest a Rutgers coach has traveled to make an in-home visit in the history of the program.

Wednesday night, Rutgers head coach Chris Ash boarded a flight -- flanked by director of recruiting communications Omar Hales -- to Sweden to visit the latest addition to Rutgers' 2018 recruiting class.

In early January, Rutgers secured a pledge from Swede Robin Jutwreten, a close friend of Rutgers sophomore offensive lineman Sam Vretman, highlighting the trend of Swedes migrating to the United State to play football.

But it's not often you see a head coach from the United States travel 3,942 miles to let a prospect know just how important he is to a program.