{"id":673339,"date":"2026-01-13T06:22:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T06:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/673339\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T06:22:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T06:22:20","slug":"rutgers-lands-transfer-at-key-offensive-position-to-complement-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/673339\/","title":{"rendered":"Rutgers lands transfer at key offensive position to complement star"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rutgers<\/a> has rebuilt depth in its running back room.<\/p>\n

The Scarlet Knights<\/a> received a commitment from Clay Thevenin, a running back transfer from Louisiana Tech, he announced on social media Sunday night. <\/p>\n

The 5-foot-10, 202-pounder has one year of eligibility remaining after playing two years of junior college and a year at Louisiana Tech. Given how many former junior college players have successfully sued the NCAA for more eligibility \u2014 including Rutgers safety Jett Elad last fall \u2014 that is not set in stone.<\/p>\n

Thevenin is the 11th transfer to commit to the Scarlet Knights this offseason, and the first running back. He will take spots left by outgoing transfers Samuel Brown and CJ Campbell, and projects to compete with returnees Ja\u2019Shon Benjamin, Edd Guerrier and Terrell Mitchell for snaps behind star junior Antwan Raymond.<\/a><\/p>\n

Thevenin rushed for 634 yards \u2014 448 of which (70.7%) came after contact \u2014 and eight touchdowns on 131 carries last season. He forced 34 missed tackles and had 19 runs of 10-plus yards, per ProFootballFocus.<\/p>\n

As a receiver, Thevenin caught 33 passes on 37 targets for 262 yards.<\/p>\n

Here is where things stand in the transfer portal for Rutgers after Thevenin\u2018s commitment:<\/p>\n

INCOMING (FORMER SCHOOL IN PARENTHESIS)<\/p>\n

\u2014 QB Dylan Lonergan (Boston College)<\/p>\n

\u2014 RB Clay Thevenin (Louisiana Tech).<\/p>\n

\u2014 LB Ty Morris (Rice)<\/p>\n

\u2014 DT Rondo Porter (Appalachian State)<\/p>\n

\u2014 OL Isaiah Cook (Delaware State)<\/p>\n

\u2014 OL Everett Small (Eastern Michigan)<\/p>\n

\u2014 DB Bradlee Jones (Citadel)<\/p>\n

\u2014 DT Jaedin Lee (Maine)<\/p>\n

\u2014 TE Kam Anthony (Ball State)<\/p>\n

\u2014 DE Malachi Smith (Toledo)<\/p>\n

\u2014 CB Zahmir Dawud (Villanova)<\/p>\n

OUTGOING (LANDING SPOT IN PARENTHESIS)<\/p>\n

\u2014 WR Ian Strong (California)<\/p>\n

\u2014 CB Bo Mascoe (Texas)<\/p>\n

\u2014 DE Jordan Walker (Georgia Tech)<\/p>\n

\u2014 CB Jacobie Henderson (Virginia)<\/p>\n

\u2014 LB Sam Robinson (USF)<\/p>\n

\u2014 OT Taj White (Colorado)<\/p>\n

\u2014 RB CJ Campbell (Duke)<\/p>\n

\u2014 RB Samuel Brown (Temple)<\/p>\n

\u2014 OL John Stone (Temple)<\/p>\n

\u2014 OL Zach Aamland (Temple)<\/p>\n

\u2014 DT Darold DeNgohe (UCLA)<\/p>\n

\u2014 CB Renick Doralis<\/p>\n

\u2014 CB Michael Robinson (<\/p>\n

JOIN OUR RUTGERS RANT DISCORD: Talk Rutgers with Steve Politi, Brian Fonseca<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2014 LB Talibi Kaba<\/p>\n

\u2014 OL Carter Kadow<\/p>\n

\u2014 WR Dane Pardridge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rutgers has rebuilt depth in its running back room. The Scarlet Knights received a commitment from Clay Thevenin,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":673340,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[98054,21202,14394,7,21186,49,48,98055,3824],"class_list":{"0":"post-673339","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-c-usa","9":"tag-coastal-carolina-chanticleers","10":"tag-conference-usa","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-louisiana-tech-bulldogs","13":"tag-ncaa","14":"tag-ncaa-football","15":"tag-radiance-technologies-independence-bowl","16":"tag-sun-belt-conference"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115886354965950012","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=673339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/673340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}