By James Kratch | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

Rutgers has entered the home stretch of spring practice.

The Scarlet Knights have four practices to go, including next Saturday's Scarlet-White Game, after Saturday's second scrimmage inside the practice bubble in Piscataway.

Head coach Chris Ash said the spring game will be a live-tackle situational scrimmage, and that's what Rutgers ran for the most part Saturday during a two-hour, forty-five minute afternoon session.

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It's Rutgers versus Rutgers at this point, and only so much can be learned from the spring. Jobs won't be truly won or lost until the summer. But he's a look at a handful of Scarlet Knights who impressed during Saturday's scrimmage:

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WR SHAMEEN JONES:

The redshirt freshman receiver from Cardinal Hayes in the Bronx made the play of the day on offense, going deep and diving to catch a long pass from Sitkowski in impressive fashion. It was one of several catches on the day for Jones, who also blocked well on the outside.

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"Shameen Jones has probably been the surprise of the group," head coach Chris Ash said earlier in the week. "Shameen, in my opinion, has probably had one of the best spring practices of anyone on the team coming out of a redshirt year. He needed a redshirt year to develop physically. He's bigger, stronger. He competes every day and shows up with a smile on his face. I'm really pleased with his progress."

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QB ARTUR SITKOWSKI:

Sitkowski was again the quarterback that stood out the most, making several "wow" throws. He also got away with a mistake or two. Rutgers won't name a starting quarterback until the summer, but the true freshman from Old Bridge sure looks like he will be the guy. It goes back to what offensive coordinator John McNulty said earlier in the spring:

“If you’re been around a while, like (former NFL head coach) Norv Turner used to say, ‘You look at a guy who picks up a rock and throws it across the lake, you’re going to go, ‘Hey, that’s the quarterback,’” McNulty said. “I think sometimes you can go out there and go, ‘Okay, we’ll take him.’”

Sitkowski looks like the guy who picks up the rock and throws it across the lake.

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TE TRAVIS VOKOLEK:

The sophomore tight end has seen a considerable amount of work this spring with Jerome Washington sidelined due to injury, and he's taken advantage of it. Vokolek had another impressive scrimmage and pulled down a touchdown pass on a jump ball in the end zone. Washington will be the No. 1 tight end this year, but Vokolek should have a significant role in a scheme that will feature the tight end.

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"He's an excellent ball catcher," tight ends coach Vince Okruch said. "What he's improved on is his blocking. When he came to us, quite honestly, he hadn't been a tight end. So putting his hand in the ground and doing some things we ask the tight ends to do blocking wise had all been new to him."

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Takeaways from Saturday's scrimmage

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LB TYREEK MADDOX-WILLIAMS:

Maddox-Williams, who missed all of last season with a knee injury, saw a lot of work Saturday and was active. He looks to be bigger than in the past and appears 100 percent physically. Outside linebackers coach Toby Neinas said the mental recovery is his last hurdle, and he seemed to have cleared it Saturday.

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WR BO MELTON:

Melton continued his strong spring as well. Melton's biggest play was when he went across the middle and pulled in a high throw from Sitkowski in traffic, coming down with the ball despite being interfered with. He also caught a short pass from Sitkowski when the quarterback was under pressure and was able to turn upfield for a nice gain.

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LB TYSHON FOGG:

Fogg isn't running as a first-team linebacker yet, but he looks like one. He's active, moves fast and comes with a punch. He will be one of the players to watch in the summer and has a legitimate shot to either win a starting job somewhere or see significant snaps.

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LT TARIQ COLE:

It's hard to really evaluate the lines from field level in this type of scrimmage, but Cole appeared to be a pretty steady presence at left tackle - exactly what Rutgers needs from its best lineman. No matter who the quarterback is, he'll be right-handed. That means Cole has his blindside.

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K JUSTIN DAVIDOVICZ:

Davidovicz has had a strong spring and continued that Saturday with a perfect day kicking field goals. Gavin Haggerty also kicked and did not miss, but Ash said Davidovicz is his guy at this point and nothing has changed there.

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CBs TREY AVERY + ISAIAH WHARTON:

Both corners made strong plays in coverage. Wharton is set as a starter, but Avery is getting increased reps this spring with Blessaun Austin still on the mend from his knee injury and is taking advantage.

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RB JONATHAN HILLIMAN:

The graduate transfer had one of the longest plays of the day, taking a handoff to the right, hitting the hole and breaking a tackle before busting into the open field. It wasn't clear when the "play" started to taper off, but Hilliman took the handoff inside his own 10-yard line and appeared to at least get past midfield and more.

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DB DAMON HAYES:

Hayes was working at safety and made two plays that stood out. He registered a sack off a stunt early in the scrimmage, then later made a nice play on the ball.

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S K.J. GRAY:

Gray picked off a pass during team drills and returned it about 70 yards or so for a touchdown. It was the only pick the defense had on the day. Given the depth issues at safety, Rutgers needs Gray to stay healthy and make an impact in 2018.

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