Rutgers fans want to see a familiar name lead the offense in 2018.

That much was clear from the results of a NJ.com poll asking readers who should be hired as the Rutgers offensive coordinator.

New Hampshire offensive coordinator Ryan Carty -- a former Somerville High School star quarterback whose family is deeply entrenched in New Jersey high school football -- was the top choice, garnering 31 percent of more than 2,000 votes.

Carty has spent the last 10 seasons at New Hampshire, including five as offensive coordinator after first joining the staff as a position coach hired by Chip Kelly. He played quarterback at Delaware as a backup to Super Bowl XLVII MVP Joe Flacco.

Rutgers is searching for its ninth offensive coordinator in nine years, and Carty's name has been attached to the search every year since 2014.

The second-most popular choice was a tie between John McNulty and Matt Canada, who each received 23 percent of the vote.

McNulty is even more familiar to Rutgers fans than Carty. He was the team's wide receivers coach (2004-05) and offensive coordinator (2006-08) just when coach Greg Schiano's program turned a corner.

Since then, McNulty has been in the NFL with four different franchises, including 2017 as the Los Angeles Chargers tight ends coach.

Canada was fired over the weekend as LSU's offensive coordinator. Unlike Carty and McNulty, he has worked previously with Rutgers coach Chris Ash when the two were coordinators on opposite sides of the ball at Wisconsin in 2012.

Jedd Fisch (9 percent), Todd Fitch (5 percent) and Travis Trickett (1 percent) were less popular options. "Other" received eight percent of the vote.

Readers who selected "other" were asked to leave a name in the comments section, but the only new name was former NFL coach Norv Turner. He has a 114-122-1 record in the NFL but is highly regarded as a play-caller, especially by Dallas Cowboys great Troy Aikman.

Rutgers has lured Ralph Friedgen and Jerry Kill out of retirement. One problem? Turner, 65, hasn't coached in college since 1984 at USC.

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