Rutgers spent most of this past season with three scholarship quarterbacks - and effectively two, given Artur Sitkowski’s situation - on its roster.

The Scarlet Knights finally got back to four, which is considered the minimum desired count by most coaches, when Pennsylvania three-star recruit Evan Simon officially entered the fold on National Signing Day. But with several anticipated scholarships slots left for this cycle, Rutgers may not be done at the position.

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Scarlet Knights head coach Greg Schiano offered no specifics Wednesday, but hinted he would like to add another passer to the roster in the next few months.

“We’re looking to improve at every single position on the team,” Schiano said during a teleconference with the Rutgers press corps. "But yes, for my comfort level, I always want to have four to five quarterbacks in the program at all times. It’s getting increasingly hard to have that because when you do, guys figure out they’re not the guy and they leave, so it’s going to be really hard to keep it at that level.

“But I always talk about every single play unless you wind up in some kind of Wildcat every single play that quarterback touches the football. What he does with it is real important. So you have to make sure that you have choices at the position, because you never know how it’s going to turn out with the competition.”

Sitkowski (13 career starts) is back with the program after removing his name from the NCAA transfer portal following Schiano’s hire. As of this moment, he would be expected to compete with Johnny Langan, who started the final eight games this past season after Sitkowski opted to redshirt, for the starting job in a battle of redshirt sophomores.

Redshirt freshman Cole Snyder, who appeared in two games this fall, is in line to be the No. 3 quarterback at this point, followed by Simon and walk-on redshirt sophomore Austin Albericci, who has never taken a college snap.

If Rutgers does add a quarterback, it would likely target a transfer player with experience and immediate eligibility. There are several notable names already in the portal - Boston College’s Anthony Brown, a former St. John Vianney star, is one - with others likely to enter once bowl season and February’s second signing period end. But Rutgers figures to need to hire an offensive coordinator before it adds another quarterback, and Schiano said he is not in a rush to do the former.

“The offensive coordinator is certainly a big hire. I’m really going to take my time on all the hires," Schiano said, adding he has a clear vision for how he wants Rutgers’ offense to operate, “and what I need to do is find someone that wants to execute that vision.”

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