Rutgers football 2015 recruiting class profile: Mike Dare following in good footsteps

ELMWOOD PARK – Mike Dare grew up in the same Bergen County town as Gary Nova.

He came through the same youth football program.

He could walk the few blocks to Nova's parents' house.

He even has the same double four-letter name as Nova, who vacated the job as Rutgers quarterback after the Quick Lane Bowl, and others in the recent lineage such as Ryan Hart, Chas Dodd and, of course, Mike Teel.

But it is training with Teel for a year that elevated Dare's recruitment, which officially will end Feb. 4 when he signs his national letter of intent. At Rutgers, Dare again will follow in Nova's footsteps, but he also will be reunited with Teel, a graduate assistant on the coaching staff.

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