Artur Sitkowski is not going anywhere.

The Rutgers quarterback will stay with the program and take his name out of the NCAA transfer portal, a person with knowledge of the situation told NJ Advance Media. Sitkowski’s decision was first reported by Scarlet Nation.

Sitkowski’s decision to stay comes after new head coach Greg Schiano addressed the team for the first time on Monday, according to two individuals with knowledge of the meeting.

Sitkowski, an Old Bridge native, started 11 games as a true freshman last season and struggled mightily, tying for the national lead with 18 interceptions. He then lost a training-camp battle to Texas Tech graduate transfer McLane Carter this past summer, at which point then-head coach Chris Ash said Sitkowski would ideally redshirt this fall.

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Plans changed when Carter suffered a career-ending concussion in Rutgers’ second game of the year, a 30-0 loss at Iowa on Sept. 7. Sitkowski played the second half of that game and then started Rutgers’ losses to Boston College and Michigan the next two weeks, turning in arguably his two best collegiate performances with a 300-yard passing day against BC.

But after Ash and offensive coordinator John McNulty were fired on Sept. 29 following a loss to Michigan, Sitkowski decided to voluntarily redshirt due to the uncertainty around the program and his comfort level with interim head coach Nunzio Campanile’s plans for the offense. Backup Johnny Langan became the starting quarterback.

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