CHICAGO -- Rutgers sold early playing time to its 2017 recruits and now it's time to pay up.
There's just one caveat: The true freshmen still have to earn reps on the practice field when training camp begins this weekend.
Four the 26 true freshmen signed -- offensive linemen Micah Clark, Jamaal Beaty and Sam Vretman, and defensive lineman Brendan Bordner -- enrolled in January, while the rest minus future prep school enrollee Eddie Lewis came on board at various times in May and June.