Rutgers could be getting some help along the offensive line if all goes according to plan following an upcoming official visit this weekend.

Greg Schiano extended an offer to 6-5, 320-pound Cedrice Paillant from Monroe College (Bronx, N.Y.) on Monday, and followed it up with an in-home visit on Tuesday.

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“He expressed his interest in me once more and filled me in on the details about the school and his plans for the program," Paillant to NJ Advance Media. "He met with my family, my mother and wanted to formally introduce himself to them.”

Paillant will make a decision less than one week from now.

“I’m coming down (on an official visit) this weekend and I plan to decide by Monday,” he said.

As of now, Rutgers’ top contending program is FIU, where Paillant took an official visit last weekend.

However, the Scarlet Knights are in prime position to earn his pledge.

The New Rochelle, New York, native shares a hometown with Scarlet Knights great Ray Rice.

He was in Piscataway last month on an unofficial visit with a number of teammates from Monroe during Rutgers’ home finale against Michigan State.

“I liked it,” he said. “It was a great environment. They had a top-notch facility.”

Paillant has two years of eligibility remaining. He plans to sign with a school during the early signing period next week and enroll in January.

(NJ.com’s Brian Fonseca contributed to this report.)

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