Rutgers has picked up a commitment from kicker Jared Smolar. He becomes the 18th commit for the Scarlet Knights class of 2016. Smolar choose to be a preferred walk on at Rutgers over offers from Arkansas State and Marshall, and PWO offers from Bowing Green, East Carolina, Minnesota, Penn State, and Purdue.

Smolar committed to the Scarlet Knights during his unofficial visit to campus. He spent Friday and Saturday on campus getting to know the coaching staff and his future position coach, Vince Okruch. His commitment to the Scarlet Knights came right after the Scarlet Knights offered him a preferred walk on opportunity.

“Rutgers is an awesome school with a fantastic business program.” Said Smolar, “They have a nationally ranked economics program and I love how close it is to Philadelphia and Wall Street, two major business markets.. I want to eventually get my MBA and Med-School pre requisites done before I apply to a med-school.”

Smolar is very big into academics, but when it comes to football the new staff really stood out to Jared.

“All the guys on the staff just very open and honest. Most of them come from winning programs, coach Ash especially! I think they’ll turn this program around in no time.”

The 5-foot-11, 215-pound kicker prospect is currently not ranked in the 247sports database, but is ranked the #7 kicker and #12 punter in the country per the Chris Sailer Rankings. Stay tuned for news on Smolar and others who will be on campus this weekend, right here at Rutgers247!

