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Several key players on the current Rutgers team, including running back Antwan Raymond, are from Canada.

PISCATAWAY – Greg Schiano was a young assistant coach when he received what might’ve seemed at the time like an unusual recruiting territory.

Working at Penn State on Joe Paterno’s staff, Schiano was tasked with going up to Canada to find prospects. Spending time identifying potential recruits while deciphering French in Quebec was a whole new experience.

“I’m 25, I thought the whole world was New Jersey, Pennsylvania,” the Rutgers football coach said. “All of a sudden I show up in Montreal, and the signs are different – I feel like I’m in Europe, which I hadn’t been to yet.”

Schiano didn’t know it at the time, but that assignment would pay dividends years lat

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