Sources: Kaliakmanis named Rutgers’ brand-new QB1

• Pete Thamel, ESPNMay 1, 2024, 01:23 PM ET

There’s a changing of the guard at quarterback at Rutgers, as transfer Athan Kaliakmanis has been called the starter after his efficiency this spring, sources informed ESPN.Gavin Wimsatt, who has started 18 games for the Scarlet Knights the past 2 years, has entered his name in the NCAA transfer portal, sources told ESPN. He’ll have two years of eligibility remaining.That will leave Kaliakmanis leading a Rutgers group next season that returns 15 beginners and has actually stirred some quiet optimism in the Big 10 coming off a 7-6 season.Kaliakmanis concerns Rutgers with 17 profession starts the previous 2 years at Minnesota, logging an 8-9 record. He has extensive experience and uses an expected upgrade to a death game that ranked last in the Big 10 last season at a 48.3%completion rate.Kaliakmanis, who has 2 years of eligibility staying, has actually thrown for 2,784 lawns and 17 touchdowns. He has substantial experience with Rutgers offensive coordinator Kirk Ciarrocca, who both recruited him to Minnesota as a high school prospect and coached him there in 2022. Wimsatt played a big function in Rutgers ‘climb back to respectability under Greg Schiano. That includes being the starter on last season’s team, which beat Miami in the Pinstripe Bowl.That marked the program’s first winning record and bowl win because 2014. Wimsatt rushed for 11 touchdowns last season and ran for 497 backyards. He concerned Rutgers as the school’s highest-rated quarterback hire in program history.