Ridgewood's Zach Feagles Offered Scholarship To Rutgers, Reports Say

RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — Zach Feagles, one of the highest-ranked punters in the country, was extended an offer to play for Coach Chris Ash at Rutgers University, according to multiple reports.

Scout.com reported that Ash verbally offered Feagles a scholarship to play for the Scarlet Knights.

Feagles, the son of former New York Giants punter Jeff Feagles, ranks as the nation’s seventh best punter from the class of 2017.

"Feagles had very solid showings at both the 2016 UC Challenge and the 2015 Dec Southern Showcase. His strength is his rhythm, he can get hot and stay hot when punting. Continuing to increase his command of his drop will be key, being able to keep the ball out and not swing across is very important for him,” his Kohls player profile states. “He is doing a great job of figuring out his body and how to adjust it to hit different types of punts.”

Special Teams Solutions director Lee McDonald said the 6-2, 210-pound Feagles is the real deal.

Feagles was a second-team All-State defenseman in 2015. He punted 24 times for 959 yards, including five punts within the 20 yard-line. His longest punt was 59 yards.

Jeff Feagles won Super Bowl XLII and was a two-time pro-bowler. He holds several NFL punting records, including total punt yards (71,211) and total punts in a career, 352.

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