📮 Max's special invitation

Welcome to Knights of the Raritan, a newsletter fueled by Student-Athlete NIL (SANIL) for Rutgers University’s collective Knights of the Raritan.

In today’s content:
- Max’s prestigious invite 🏈
- Duel meets incoming 🤼
+ So much more

🏈 Max Melton landed an NFL Scouting Combine invitation (more below)

Max Melton is the fourth Rutgers student-athlete in three seasons to be invited to the NFL Combine in Indianapolis, joining Adam Korsak (2023), Bo Melton (2022), and Isiah Pacheco (2022)

There are some great reasons why he’s earned an invite too 👇

• Two-time Big Ten Conference Honorable Mention

• Started 40 games in a Rutgers uniform in his 43 total games played

• Career totals include 22 pass breakups, eight interceptions, 114 tackles, four fumble recoveries, and four blocked kicks

• Melton will first put on for the Reece’s Senior Bowl in Mobile on February 3 before the defensive backs workout on March 1

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No. 14 Wrestling will get back to its dual meet schedule with Penn and Rider on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.

Let’s take a look at the season thus far 👇

• In the squad’s last duel match, the Scarlet Knights handled Buffalo in a 40-0 decision (that’s a lot)

• Penn is 0-1 in duals this season with a 22-13 loss to No. 13 Iowa; Rider is 1-3 with its only win coming against SIU Edwardsville (Ill.)

• Rutgers is one of nine ranked Big Ten Conference opponents

• Dean Peterson (125) is, by some publications, as high as No. 2 in the country in his weight class

• Mitch Moore, Peterson, John Poznanski, and Yaraslau Slavikouski are a combined 27-0 this season

🏀 January 5 // Women’s Basketball hosts No. 4 Iowa at Jersey Mike’s Arena with a 6:00 pm ET tip | Watch + Listen + Live Stats

🤸‍♀️ January 5 // Women’s Gymnastics is down in Chapel Hill to take on the North Carolina Tar Heels at 7:30 pm ET | Watch + Live Stats

🏀 January 6 // Men’s Basketball is, ironically, at Iowa as well in Iowa City with a noon ET tip | Watch + Listen + Live Stats

🤼 January 6 // Wrestling battles Penn down over in Philadelphia, hitting the mat at 7:00 pm ET | Watch