Sophomore J.B. Baxter threw for 253 yards and three touchdowns in his varsity debut, helping No. 6 Bridgewater-Raritan to a 28-7 road win at No. 8 Woodbridge in the season opener for both schools.
Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko and Justin Sontupe call all the play-by-play live from Nicholas A. Priscoe Stadium in Woodbridge, NJ, on August 28, 2026:
Bridgewater-Raitan head coach D.J. Catalano said before the game that if the QB battle with sophomore J.B. Baxter and senior Evan Woodring was close, he’d probably go with Baxter, because he wanted to get Woodring on the field everywhere else.
“It wasn’t even close,” Catalano said, and Baxter was going to get the keys to the bus.
Well, he drove it and then some, opening the scoring with a 48-yard touchdown pass to Woodring – QB to QB – to give the No. 6 Panthers a 7-0 lead late in the first quarter.
And though Woodbridge would tie it on a 28-yard touchdown run by junior QB Dylan Stephen, that’s as close as the No. 8 Barrons would get, as Bridgewater responded with three unanswered scores – one each in the second, third and fourth quarters, to head back to Somerset County with a 28-7 win, and a 1-0 record.
Baxter unofficially finished 13-for-20 for 253 yards, with three touchdown passes and one interception, for which senior Woodbridge safety Kyle Campos made a feet-first sliding grab, a highlight reel play.
But Bridgewater dominated the line of scrimmage with its excessive size advantage, and rolled off 448 yards of offense, 118 of which came on the ground from senior running back Jahmier Black, who had a third-quarter touchdown run of three yards.
Click below for postgame reaction from Bridgewater-Raritan sophomore QB J.B. Baxter, senior RB Jahmier Black and head coach D.J. Catalano with Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Justin Sontupe:
We’re nothing at Central Jersey Sports Radio if not outside-the-box thinkers. And looking at the forecast, we had planned all week for the eventuality that finally came once Woodbridge announced it was moving the No. 8 Barrons’ opening game against No. 6 Bridgewater-Raritan to Friday night.
The move meant our originally-planned Thursday night Bellamy & Son Paving Big Central Game of the Week would conflict with our Friday night Game of the Week, New Brunswick at Highland Park.
Wait a minute, why not air them both?
So, that’s what we’re doing!
It’ll be our first simultaneous football broadcast in Big Central history, although the “test run” came in baseball season, although it wasn’t due to weather. We were set to broadcast St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Mary-Rutherford in the Non-Public North B final, but the two agreed to move the game back because the Trojans had graduation planned for the same day. That ran into a conflict with our planned broadcast of the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 final between Ridge and Watchung Hills.
In the end, we did both.
But that also means one of the games will have a different Listen Live link for tonight’s games.
So, here are the links to Friday’s first-ever high school football double-broadcast on Central Jersey Sports Radio!
No. 8 Bridgewater-Raritan at No. 6 Woodbridge
Pregame 5:45, Kickoff 6 pm at Nicholas A. Priscoe Stadium
Mike Pavlichko and Justin Sontupe
Click here to listen!
New Brunswick at Highland Park
Pregame 6:35, Kickoff 7 pm at Jay Dakelman Field
Alec Crouthamel and Chris Tsakonas
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When third-year Woodbridge head coach Joe Goerge approached his team about potentially playing the reigning North 2, Group 5 champions – Bridgewater-Raritan – in the 2026 season opener, the response was definitive: “We want to play them.”
“You’ve got to play the better teams if you want to improve, get to the playoffs, move on, and get to a sectional final,” Goerge said. “We are expecting a very tough, physical game.”
So the No. 8 Barrons will do just that, hosting No. 6 Bridgewater-Raritan in a Top Ten matchup for the first 2026 Big Central Game of the Week presented by Bellamy & Son Paving. Kickoff from Woodbridge is at 6:00 Thursday evening on Central Jersey Sports Radio, with pregame at 5:45. Mike Pavlichko and Justin Sontupe are on the call.
Note: This game has a unique link, and cannot be found by clicking the normal “Listen Live Button.” Click here to listen to the Bridgewater-Raritan/Woodbridge live stream!
No stranger to the big game, Woodbridge has gone 18-4 over the past two seasons, reaching the North 2, Group 4 semifinals in 2024 and 2025. This year’s team will feature quite a few new faces, but the Barrons are hoping to reload rather than rebuild.
Joshua Allen graduated after running for 1,579 yards and 20 touchdowns. Dylan Mastrola and Kenny Mongelli combined for 177 tackles, while A’aarow Andrewz, Jhonny Collado, Jeremiah Colon, and Dylan Sabb each had multiple sacks. All have graduated.
Junior quarterback Dylan Stephen is back. He threw for 388 yards and 4 touchdowns last year, while running for another 335 yards and 7 scores.
Senior Kyle Campos is back, too. He was Woodbridge’s second-leading rusher last year (376 yards), tallied 70 tackles, punted, and return punts. Expect him to do it all again this year.
Beyond that, it’s a lot of new faces – and new opportunities – for Woodbridge.
Click below to hear Woodbridge head coach Joe Goerge talk about the 2026 opener against the Bridgewater-Raritan Panthers with Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Justin Sontupe:
REMEMBER: This game has a unique link, and cannot be found by clicking the normal “Listen Live Button.” Click here to listen to the Bridgewater-Raritan/Woodbridge live stream!
Bridgewater-Raritan football coach D.J. Catalano, fresh off the Panthers’ first-ever state sectional title, has no idea what’s going on.
And that’s just the way he wants it.
What does he know? He knows the Panthers have players. He knows what they can do. And he even knows how he’s going to use them.
The problem for their Thursday night opponent in the season opener at Woodbridge is this: Catalano hasn’t decided yet how he’s going to use them. Or when.
But use them, he will, in the inaugural 2026 Big Central Game of the Week presented by Bellamy & Son Paving, 6:00 Thursday evening on Central Jersey Sports Radio, with pregame at 5:45 as Mike Pavlichko and Justin Sontupe are on the call.
Note: This game has a unique link, and cannot be found by clicking the normal “Listen Live Button.” Click here to listen to the Bridgewater-Raritan/Woodbridge live stream!
Take Evan Woodring for example. Catalano says he’s a guy who will play “every position but the line” on offense. Last year’s backup to starter Declan Kurdyla at quarterback, he was also a wide receiver, but will still play QB sometimes, though the bulk of the work will likely go to sophomore J.B. Baxter. Thursday will be his first varsity start.
The main back, of course, will be Jahmier Black, the biggest offensive returnee, who led the team in rushing last year with 978 yards, while scoring seven touchdowns.
Defense will be much the same way for the Panthers: a lot of players at a lot of different positions, with multiple looks.
His opponent, Woodbridge and head coach Joe Goerge, is much the same way. He’s always running some version of the triple-option, but included more passing in his debut season with the Barrons in 2024 with the Anderson twins playing catch, and added a tight end to the mix last year. What we see this year is also anyone’s guess.
All of which should make for an entertaining Week Zero season opener, while leaving Catalano and Goerge to spell R-O-L-A-I-D-S.
Click below to hear Bridgewater-Raritan head coach D.J. Catalano talk about the preseason, and the 2026 opener against the Woodbridge Barrons, with Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Mike Pavlichko:
REMEMBER: This game has a unique link, and cannot be found by clicking the normal “Listen Live Button.” Click here to listen to the Bridgewater-Raritan/Woodbridge live stream!
Most seasons, in most sports – at least as far as we’re concerned – are a crap shoot when it comes to preseason rankings.
It is, of course, impossible to get to see all 59 teams we cover in the Big Central Conference. There are scrimmages, but no true preseason games like in the pros. Coaches are going to talk up their teams, whether they were 1-8, 5-5, or 14-0 and state champs. Sometimes that 1-8 team will have a big turnaround, sometimes a sectional champ will lose a lot of players.
We do our best to weigh who’s coming back, and who graduated, but more often than not, we’ll give the top teams from the year before the benefit of the doubt: a place in the Top Ten is theirs to lose.
And of course, it’s never where you start, but where you finish. And rankings based on opinion are just that: opinion – no matter how objective we try to be.
Nevertheless, there’s a little bit of both in the 2026 Bellamy & Son Paving Central Jersey Sports Radio High School Football Preseason Top Ten, starting at the top.
Phillipsburg opens the season at No. 1, coming off a 10-3 season a year ago in which they reached their fourth straight sectional final, and won their second straight North 2, Group 4 title. Though they’re expected (official classifications are not out yet) to bump up to Group 5 this year due to the “success formula” for open-enrollment and similar type schools, that doesn’t affect who they play in the regular season. They’ve got a bunch back, and should be solid again.
St. Joseph-Metuchen begins the year at No. 2, up one spot, coming off a very good 8-2 season in which they beat all eight of their Big Central Conference opponents before falling in their regular season finale to Donovan Catholic, and in the opening round of the playoffs to Bergen Catholic.
Old Bridge has lost some key talent, but the Knights are coming off a 10-2 season in which they were one of only two BCC schools in Group 3 or higher to win ten games. The Knights – who went to the Central Jersey Group 5 title game last year, will start the season at No. 3.
Right behind them at No. 4 is Piscataway, which was 8-3, and beat to Old Bridge in the regular season by a touchdown, but was knocked out of the playoffs in the sectional semis. The Chiefs, however, bring back an experienced group led by Landon Pernell at quarterback.
Checking in at No. 5 is Somerville. The Pioneers had a surprising early exit from the playoffs in the first round last year, but finished 8-2 and are expected to be right back in the mix for the division and a sectional title this year. At 20-3 over the past two seasons under Matt Bloom, with a Central Jersey Group 3 title in 2024, that’s the expectation every year, and they have the horses.
Checking in at No. 6 is last year’s North Jersey, Section 2 Group 4 champion, Bridgewater-Raritan. The Panthers were 6-3 heading into the playoffs last year, but won all three games in their section – including a thriller in the final against Bayonne – to claim their first-ever sectional title. Still, they face some significant losses, and they’ll work to earn their way back up in ’26.
Sayreville will begin the year at No. 7, taking a huge blow in the loss of Shaun Jackson, who led the Big Central in rushing each of the last two seasons. Still, that’s a program, and alum Mark Poore has done a great job his first two years, and they will remain in the mix this season.
Woodbridge – which will start at No. 8 – finished out of the Top Ten at the end of 2025, but coming off an 8-3 season in Year two under veteran mentor Joe Goerge – after going 10-1 his first year – we know the Barrons are well-coached, and that Goerge can adapt his offensive system to the talent he has, and there certainly is talent in the cupboard.
Summit checks in at No. 9, coming off a 9-3 season and a trip to the North 2, Group 3 final last year, where they lost to West Morris. They dealt with all kinds of injury adversity last year, and this well-coached program will again be highly-competitive.
Bernards comes in at No. 10, and another tremendous regular season, despite a firs-round playoff loss. The numbers speak for itself: The Mountaineers haven’t lost to a Big Central opponent since September of 2022, a defeat at the hands of Hillside. Since then, they have won 32 straight BCC contests, three shy of the record 35 set by St. Thomas Aquinas, which came to an end last year. Since the start of 2022, Bernards has an overall record of 40-5, by far the best in the league over that stretch.
Below is the complete 2026 preseason Bellamy & Son Paving High School Football Top Ten:
It’s Week Two of high school football preseason camp in New Jersey, where teams start taking part in scrimmages, and Central Jersey Sports Radio analyst Marcus Borden takes a trip to Brooks Field in Somerville to watch the Pioneers in a quad scrimmage with Ridge, Woodbridge and Wall.
Watch Borden’s full coverage below of Tuesday’s scrimmage, featuring interviews with head coaches and key players.
Click below to watch Marcus Borden’s Camp Caravan coverage of Somerville with head coach Matt Bloom, along with seniors Shyheim Hobbs-Harris (TE/LB) and Elijah Jagroop (OL/DL), junior James Hampton (WR/CB), and sophomore Dylan Boehm (QB):
Click below to watch Marcus Borden’s Camp Caravan coverage of Ridge with head coach Jeff Sutherland and seniors C.J. Griffith (RB/LB), Greg Brown (TE/DE), Tristan Frank (QB/DB) and Andres Garcia (G/NG):
Click below to watch Marcus Borden’s Camp Caravan coverage of Woodbridge with third-year head coach Joe Goerge along with seniors Kyle Campos (WR/DB), Lukas Valentin (TE/LB), Nico Quesada (OL/DL) and junior Dylan Stephen (QB/SS):
In two seasons under head coach Joe Goerge, Woodbridge is 18-4, and 16-2 in the regular season.
They’ve played two different styles, too: one with more passing that the veteran mentor is used to – dictated by some very talented personnel – and the second more in line with what he’s always run, the triple-option.
The senior Anderson twins – quarterback Derek and receiver Bryan – were critical to the team’s success in 2024, achieving perfection in the regular season. Last year, the big star was senior runningback Josh Allen, who carried 203 times for 1,579 yards and 20 touchdowns.
All are gone, there’s still talent back. Much of the offensive load on the ground will be shouldered by Kyle Campos, who carried 69 times for 376 yards and three touchdowns last season. He’ll be handed the ball by Dylan Stephens, who didn’t throw it much last year, but ran the offense well. And with a full year under his belt – and two more to go – Goerge is expecting big things.
Nico Qezada is one of three senior offensive linemen who all started last year, and Goerge is banking on them to help Campos, Stephens and the rest of the crew.
And on defense, Campos led the team with three of the Barrons’ three interceptions last season, while the unit also logged 15 sacks and pitched two shutouts in 2025.
Joe Goerge knows how to coach, and his players know how to play. Can this be the year the Barrons break through and get back to a sectional final for the first time since 2019?
Click below to learn more about the Woodbridge Barrons in 2026 from head coach Joe Goerge, senior running back/safety Kyle Campos and senior lineman Nico Quezada with Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Mike Pavlichko at Big Central Conference Media Day:
Many of the changes in the Big Central Conference divisional alignment for the next two years centers around the smaller school divisions, and trying to give better schedules to some of the better schools – a problem not generally seen among larger schools. After all, there is no one-size-fits-all.
Enter the Patriot Silver Division, which still has New Providence – which has made sectional finals each of the last two seasons – as well as A.L. Johnson, which finished last year 7-2. But the powers that be also added a Spotswood team that finished 8-2 last year. Perth Amboy – still waiting on a new head coach after William Clark wasn’t retained – also is new to the group this year, while Roselle and Metuchen remain. But the Panthers aren’t the only one with a new head coach. In fact, all six teams have new skippers this year.
Here are the preliminary schedules for the Patriot Silver Division teams – in order of 2025 finish – compiled from the official league schedule and other online sources to the best of our knowledge as of the date of publication, along with a few notes on each squad. Division games are starred.
New Providence Pioneers (10-1, 3-0, Patriot Silver Division Champions)
Head Coach: Anthony Cozentino, 1st season
Chet Parlavecchio, Jr., brought the Pioneers to the sectional finals in each of his last two seasons at the helm, now it’s Cozentino’s task to keep it going. He’s been on the staff for five seasons, so continuity shouldn’t be an issue there, nor will it be at quarterback, where junior Kevin Reilly threw for 1,119 yards and 15 touchdowns last year. They will surely miss runningback A.J. Whitehead, who rushed for 700 yards on the nose and 13 touchdowns before a season-ending injury in mid-October. The defense will need to fill some holes. Whitehead and linebacker Daniel Poretti combined for seven INTs last season, while Drew Gullo had 4 1/2 sacks and James Keneally had 5 1/2, while defensive back Jack Fitzgerald had nine – and 11 TFLs – leading the team in both categories. But all of them were seniors.
A.L. Johnson Crusaders (7-2, 2-1, 2nd place Patriot Silver)
Head Coach: Mike Ryan, 1st season
After a year of Athletic Director Gus Kalikas as head coach, with his son the starting quarterback, veteran Middlesex County coach Mike Ryan steps in; he’s been at Sayreville and Edison, while also serving as head coach for a run at JP Stevens. The Crusaders were a playoff entrant last season, and while senior QB Jack Kalikas is gone, he mostly ran the show, throwing for just under 200 yards and rushing for 215 and two scores. The backs – many of them – did the dirty work, with six going for 200 or more on the season, and none more than Zaire Majerska, who rushed for 600 and 11 TDs as a junior last season. He’s a two-way player, and is perhaps the most disruptive player returning, with four sacks and six TFLs from his linebacker spot, while junior Vincent Cilento had two sacks, eight TFLs and a pair of interceptions on the year. Governor Livingston and JFK round out a solid crossover schedule.
Roselle Rams (2-9, 1-2, 3rd place Patriot Silver)
Head Coach: James Roach, 1st season
The Rams were 6-16 in two seasons under Tyrone Turner, who’s now with Steven Brown as offensive coordinator at North Plainfield, and it’ll be up to James Roach – a local youth coach – to turn things around at Abraham Clark H.S. That’ll be tough with a senior-laded team in 2025. The only non-12th grader to take a snap last year was sophomore Vaylen Webb, who was 1-for-2 passing in limited time against JP Stevens in late October last year. Top rusher Davon Rhodes (547 yards, 5 TDs) graduated, as did No. 1 receiver Shymir Burgess (680 yards, 4 TDs). Defense is much of the same, as Burgess had two interceptions, including a pick-six, while Daniel Diaz (5 sacks), Mike Henderson, Jr. (4 sacks) and Kevin Sanchez (3 sacks) are among the top defensive players who will be missed.
Metuchen Bulldogs (5-5, 0-3, 4th place Patriot Silver)
Head Coach: Joe Riggi, 1st season
Joe Riggi comes to the Bulldogs from the other side of town, where he had been the defensive coordinator at St. Joseph-Metuchen under Bill Tracy. Metuchen started the season 1-4 last year, but then won four straight before dropping their finale to Governor Livingston. They lose a lot, including senior QB Cam Hayes-Durina, who threw for 1,471 yards and 15 TDs last year, while also being the team’s leading rusher at 431 yards and six TDs. Seniors were the big contributors this year, so it might be a challenge to see improvement right off the bat. It’s a little less of a problem on defense, where juniors like Chris Esso (1 sack, 1 TFL), Eli Major (1 1/2 sacks, 3 TFLs) and others had an impact, including junior Gio Tan, who snared five picks last season on defense, bringing one in for a score.
Spotswood Chargers (8-2, 4-1, Freedom Gold Division Champions)
Head Coach: Brian Russo, 12th season (63-46)
Coming off three consecutive 8-2 seasons in the last years under Chris Meagher, former East Brunswick mentor Andy Steinfeld takes over the Chargers, with his son Matt having already been on the staff as an assistant. The offense will take a big hit with the graduation of Se’mir Tolbert-Brimage, who threw for 735 yards and 11 scores, while rushing for 834 and 11 more scores, leading the ground game. He also had two sacks, three TFLs and a pick six on defense, and it’s not easy to replace a player like that. But top receiver Ryan Foster, who caught 25 balls last year for 336 yards and three scores, will be back. Senior Sebby Saracino also was a punishing rusher, carrying 105 times for 67 yards and six touchdowns, but he’s gone to graduation. On the defensive side of the ball, senior Dan Keelan – a lineman with three sacks, five TFLs, a safety and a blocked kick – also will be missed, along with big-time kicker Gavin Pereira, who was 6-of-9 with a long of 48 on field goals, and 31 of 33 on PATs.
Perth Amboy Panthers (1-9, 0-4 in Liberty Gold Division)
Head Coach: TBA
The schedule doesn’t do the Panthers a lot of favors, and they’re yet to officially hire a new head coach, though word is one should be in place shortly, so stay tuned. William Clark was not brought back after winning just nine games total over the past five seasons. Amboy had two underclassman QBs on the roster last year, though only junior Amauris Peguero played, passing for 847 yards and 9 TDs a year ago, but the rest of the skill spots were very senior-laden. Top defensive players like Sebastian Medina Moreno (4 sacks, 1 fumble recovery) and Jordany Rodriguez (2 sacks, 2 TFLs) also graduate.
Two of the three high school in Woodbridge – Woodbridge and Colonia – help make up the Big Central Conference’s Liberty Gold Division, and both were the cream of the crop last year. But they’ll both have to figure out how to replace some big graduation losses to have the same kind of success in 2026.
Then, of course, they’ll also have to hold the rest of the division at bay, which may not be easy, especially with Plainfield going into its second season under Donald Jones, and Linden doing the same under veteran Mark Ciccotelli. And, of course, there’s Rahway – which moves into the Liberty Gold to take the place of Perth Amboy – who will have to handle the loss of all-world senior Andrew Avent, the Central Jersey Sports Radio Three-Way Player of the Year in 2025, but has plenty of talent returning.
Here are the preliminary schedules for the Liberty Gold Division teams – in order of 2025 finish – compiled from the official league schedule and other online sources to the best of our knowledge as of the date of publication, along with a few notes on each squad. Division games are starred.
Woodbridge Barrons (8-3, 4-0, Liberty Gold Division Champions)
Head Coach: Joe Goerge, 3rd season (18-4 at Woodbridge)
Things start hot right off the bat for Woodbridge, with their home opener against defending North 2, Group 5 champion Bridgewater-Raritan. Veteran mentor Joe Goerge will need to work quickly to find a replacement for Joshua Allen, who rushed for 1,579 yards and 20 scores last year on 203 carries. The next two – rising senior Kyle Campis (376 yards, 2 TDs) and rising junior Dylan Stephen (335 yards, 7 TDs) – are good options. Many of the top defenders, like A’arrow Andrewz (4 sacks, 9 TFLs, 2 INTs), Jhonny Collado (3 sacks, 14 TFLs) and Dylan Saab (4 sacks, 4 TFLs), among others, have graduated, but junior Kyle Campus grabbed three picks last year in the secondary.
Colonia Patriots (7-4, 3-1, 2nd place Liberty Gold)
Head Coach: Tom Roarty, 14th season (82-51)
We won’t beat around the bush: Colonia – for the first time in a while – has a lot to replace from a squad that went to the North 2, Group 4 semifinals. That’s not to say they can’t be successful, but gone to graduation are senior QB Dylan Chiera (2,436 yards, 23 TD, just 3 INT) and top receiver R.J. Wortman, who finished with 101 catches, 1,307 yards and 15 TDs. The biggest returning stat line on offense belongs to that of junior runningback Kyle Bell, who rushed for 434 yards last season. On defense, senior Julien Jones (8 sacks, 14 TFLs, 1 INT for a TD, 1 forced fumble, one safety) was a one-man wrecking crew, but also had a solid cast around him. Non-seniors last year who made an impact included junior defensive lineman Jason Eyetan (2 sacks, 12 TFLs) and junior linebacker A.J. Reinoso (2 sacks, 8 TFLs, second on the team in total tackles with 117, 1 fumble recovery).
Plainfield Cardinals (4-6, 2-2, 3rd place Liberty Gold)
Head Coach: Donald Jones, 2nd season (4-6)
Now in his second season, Donald Jones will have to find a replacement for senior QB Devin Thomas, a mobile QB who ran for nearly 500 yards while also throwing for 2,214 and a mind-boggling 29 touchdowns, with just four picks. And he’s the only one who threw a varsity pass last year. Top receiver Tymir Huff caught 60 passes for 919 yards and 11 TDs as a junior, a good target to have back for whoever is under center. And the defense will miss a guy like senior Tylor Hunter- who got to the QB 13 times last season, while also grabbing an interception – and was very senior-laden in 2025.
Linden Tigers (3-7, 1-3, 4th place Liberty Gold)
Head Coach: Mark Ciccotelli, 2nd season (3-7 at Linden)
Coming off a 3-7 first season, mobile quarterback Joe Boyd returns after a 1,090-yard rushing year as a junior, with 11 TDs, and 523 passing yards for another five touchdowns. The next two best runningbacks also return, including rising senior. Four junior receivers – led by Zion Francis with seven catches for 158 yards and a touchdown – also should be back. The defense is more senior, but junior Alan Szurgot was a bright spot last year with five sacks, seven TFLs and a fumble recovery. And returner Elijah Pierre brought back one for a touchdown as well. If the Tigers can improve, with teams above them replacing key pieces, they can make a move up in the division.
Rahway Indians (6-4, 3-1, three-way Liberty Silver Co-Champions)
Head Coach: Brian Russo, 12th season (63-46)
The loss of Andrew Avent – one of the most decorated players in Rahway history – will be a big blow for head coach Brian Russo and company. His 1,961 rushing yards set the single-season school record, and helped him take the all-time record, finishing with 4,524 yards and 77 career rushing touchdowns. And last year, not only did he move from linebacker to defensive end, picking up 10 1/2 sacks and 21 1/2 TFLs, but he was also a solid punter as well. So, who’s back? How about rising senior WB Jaquan Robinson, who – despite all Avent did on the ground – managed to throw for 1,045 yards and 15 touchdowns while turning it over through the air just once. He could end up running it more, and even looking to fellow senior Jyvon Cooper (24 carries, 158 yards, 2 TD last season). Wideout Tristan Driscoll is back for another year as well, after catching ten passes for 240 yards and four scores. Jaylen Eastman should be disruptive again on the D-line as a senior; last season, he had 8 1/2 sacks, 14 1/2 TFLs and a fumble recovery for a defense that should be aggressive again this year. Couple that with a solid, entrenched coaching staff, Rahway still could make noise this season.
