PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) 鈥� Antwan Raymond rushed for a career-high 240 yards and Athan Kaliakmanis passed for four touchdowns to keep Rutgers鈥� post-season hopes alive in a 35-20 win over Maryland on Saturday.
Raymond’s 240 yards are the most in the Big Ten this season and the third highest in the country this season behind Cameron Dickey of Texas Tech and Ahmad Hardy of Missouri. The sophomore ran for a TD and carried the ball 41 times for a 5.9-yard average. It’s the third highest yards gained in Rutgers鈥� program history. Ray Rice holds the top two rushing marks for the school.
Raymond, who has taken over the bulk of the carries for Rutgers since Kyle Monangai graduated and was drafted by the Chicago Bears in this years’ NFL draft, now has 1,000 yards for the season. Raymond’s 41 carries are tied with Savon Huggins and Jawan Jamison for the most in Scarlet Knights’ history.
It’s the first time in school history that Rutgers (5-5, 2-5 Big Ten) has had consecutive 1,000-yard rushers in a season. Monangai ran for 1,279 yards in 2024.
鈥淚t鈥檚 definitely a special, special moment for sure,” said Raymond. 鈥淎ll the work that we put in, not just me, but the coaches, all the other running backs, all the work we put in.鈥�
鈥淚鈥檓 not surprised about anything that鈥檚 going my way, because I know I work so hard for this,” he said. “I put my whole life into this. I come from really far away (Quebec, Canada). I left my family, so I think that I鈥檝e done a lot of sacrifices to be here.”
Raymond set the tone by running the ball six straight times up the middle for 30 yards in the Scarlet Knights’ first possession.
鈥淓very game, we anticipated really wanting to run the football,鈥� said Rutgers coach Greg Schiano. 鈥淏ut to say that I anticipated 41 carries; that would not be true.鈥�
Maryland (4-5, 1-5) has lost five straight.
Ian Strong caught three TD passes for the Scarlet Knights and Kaliakmanis passed for 229 yards. Strong’s 14-yard TD reception in the third quarter increased the Scarlet Knights’ lead to 28-17
Maryland’s freshman quarterback Malik Washington ran for 164 yards on eight carries, including a 73-yard touchdown run on the second play of the game.
鈥淲e are a very young team,鈥� said Maryland coach Michael Locksley. 鈥淭he development of a young team and an inexperienced team sometimes has its ups and downs and we鈥檙e in the middle of a tough stretch for this group.”
The Terrapins managed 83 total yards in the second half.
Takeaways
Maryland: The Terrapins have lost four of their last five games by a total of 18 points.
Rutgers: This was the Scarlet Knights most balanced game of the season. They were 9 of 12 on third down, passed for 229 yards and ran for 256 yards.
Up next
Maryland is at Illinois Nov. 15. Rutgers is at Ohio State Nov. 22.
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