West Orange (N.J.) senior linebacker C.J. (short for Christian Jr.) Onyechi has been quiet since his Rutgers pledge in June.
And that's because he's been hard at work in preparation for his 2016 senior campaign.
"I got bigger and stronger leading up to the season. I'm about 6-2, 225. Still getting a little bit bigger," said Onyechi, who is coming off an 11 tackle, one sack, two pass break-up performance in a 29-7 loss to Bloomfield. "And I think I got faster too which shows my coach that I should be playing a skill position.