2025 Football Roster
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- Aamland, Zach
- Abdou Rahman, Djibril
- Allen, DJ
- Allen III, Vernon
- Anderson, Jakob
- Andrews, Raynor
- Angoy, Zaire
- Archie, Kamar
- Asamoah, Kwabena
- Ashenfelder, Sean
- Bayoumy, Ryan
- Benjamin, Ja'shon
- Billotte, Oliver
- Black, Ben
- Blackston, Joshua
- Blake, Logan
- Blue-Eli, Doug
- Braithwaite, Dylan
- Brown V, Samuel
- Bruens, Raedyn
- Campbell Jr., CJ
- Cesaire, Justin
- Chin, Dantae
- Clawges, Sage
- Clayton, Michael
- Collier-Johnson, Wydeek
- Cooper, Sean
- Crumpler, Isaiah
- DeNgohe, Darold
- Dean, Austin
- Degraffenreidt, Sah'nye
- Deloatch, Isaiah
- Djabome, Dariel
- Dorilas, Renick
- Duff, KJ
- Ealey, Salomon
- Edwards, Canaan
- El Hadidi, Sammy
- Elad, Jett
- Elijah, Jayden
- Felter, Bryan
- Fletcher Jr., Kenny
- Fuse, Davoun
- Gbagbe-Sowah, Moses
- Giacobbe, Raymond
- Gilley, DK
- Gilmore, Liam
- Gister, Jackson
- Giwa, Moshood
- Gnago, Farell
- Griffin, Keshon
- Guerrier, Edd
- Gurman, Miron
- Hayer, Tariq
- Henderson, Jacobie
- Higgins, Mike
- Houston, Jourdin
- Hughes Jr., Henry
- Insinga, John
- Johnson, MJ
- Johnson Jr., RJ
- Joines, Chris
- Jones, Kenny
- Jusma, Sebastian
- Kaba, Talibi
- Kadow, Carter
- Kaliakmanis, Dino
- Kaliakmanis, Athan
- Keener, Monte
- Kilcomons, Liam
- King, Elijah
- Kyle, Braxton
- Lakatos, Joseph
- Langsdale, Ryder
- Levy, Kevin
- Marshall, Cannon
- Mascoe, Bo
- McCann, Riley
- McClary, DJ
- Miller, Cam
- Mitchell, Terrell
- Morales, Anthony
- Murray, Steven
- Murri, Matthew
- Needham, Tyler
- Noel, Latrell
- Nwachukwu, Joe
- O'Connor, Michael
- O'Neill, Eric
- Ofurie, Jesse
- Oliveira, Nick
- Osborn, Trent
- Pardridge, Dane
- Patel, Jai
- Pizzaro, Dane
- Purcell, Shawn
- Rainone, Rocco
- Raymond, Antwan
- Robinson, Sam
- Robinson II, Michael
- Rodriguez, Remi
- Rosenblatt, Ben
- Rothhaar, Ben
- Salaam, Al-Shadee
- Salami, Terrence
- Sales, Matthew
- Sanders, Kaj
- Scullion, Jack
- Shaw, Noah
- Sheffield, DT
- Simon, Jyon
- Stinette, Emir
- Stone, John
- Strong, Ian
- Sullivan, Sha'zir
- Surace, AJ
- Thomas III, Michael
- Thompson, Jordan
- Toure, Famah
- Vigna, Chris
- Walker, Moses
- Walker, Jordan
- Ward, Evan
- Ward, Timmy
- Weaver, Bradley
- Weber, Colin
- White, Taj
- Williams, Xavier
- Williams, Zilan
- Wingate, Riley
- Wright, Abram
- Zilinskas, Gus
- Zilinskas, Hank
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- Aamland, Zach
- Abdou Rahman, Djibril
- Allen, DJ
- Allen III, Vernon
- Anderson, Jakob
- Andrews, Raynor
- Angoy, Zaire
- Archie, Kamar
- Asamoah, Kwabena
- Ashenfelder, Sean
- Bayoumy, Ryan
- Benjamin, Ja'shon
- Billotte, Oliver
- Black, Ben
- Blackston, Joshua
- Blake, Logan
- Blue-Eli, Doug
- Braithwaite, Dylan
- Brown V, Samuel
- Bruens, Raedyn
- Campbell Jr., CJ
- Cesaire, Justin
- Chin, Dantae
- Clawges, Sage
- Clayton, Michael
- Collier-Johnson, Wydeek
- Cooper, Sean
- Crumpler, Isaiah
- DeNgohe, Darold
- Dean, Austin
- Degraffenreidt, Sah'nye
- Deloatch, Isaiah
- Djabome, Dariel
- Dorilas, Renick
- Duff, KJ
- Ealey, Salomon
- Edwards, Canaan
- El Hadidi, Sammy
- Elad, Jett
- Elijah, Jayden
- Felter, Bryan
- Fletcher Jr., Kenny
- Fuse, Davoun
- Gbagbe-Sowah, Moses
- Giacobbe, Raymond
- Gilley, DK
- Gilmore, Liam
- Gister, Jackson
- Giwa, Moshood
- Gnago, Farell
- Griffin, Keshon
- Guerrier, Edd
- Gurman, Miron
- Hayer, Tariq
- Henderson, Jacobie
- Higgins, Mike
- Houston, Jourdin
- Hughes Jr., Henry
- Insinga, John
- Johnson, MJ
- Johnson Jr., RJ
- Joines, Chris
- Jones, Kenny
- Jusma, Sebastian
- Kaba, Talibi
- Kadow, Carter
- Kaliakmanis, Dino
- Kaliakmanis, Athan
- Keener, Monte
- Kilcomons, Liam
- King, Elijah
- Kyle, Braxton
- Lakatos, Joseph
- Langsdale, Ryder
- Levy, Kevin
- Marshall, Cannon
- Mascoe, Bo
- McCann, Riley
- McClary, DJ
- Miller, Cam
- Mitchell, Terrell
- Morales, Anthony
- Murray, Steven
- Murri, Matthew
- Needham, Tyler
- Noel, Latrell
- Nwachukwu, Joe
- O'Connor, Michael
- O'Neill, Eric
- Ofurie, Jesse
- Oliveira, Nick
- Osborn, Trent
- Pardridge, Dane
- Patel, Jai
- Pizzaro, Dane
- Purcell, Shawn
- Rainone, Rocco
- Raymond, Antwan
- Robinson, Sam
- Robinson II, Michael
- Rodriguez, Remi
- Rosenblatt, Ben
- Rothhaar, Ben
- Salaam, Al-Shadee
- Salami, Terrence
- Sales, Matthew
- Sanders, Kaj
- Scullion, Jack
- Shaw, Noah
- Sheffield, DT
- Simon, Jyon
- Stinette, Emir
- Stone, John
- Strong, Ian
- Sullivan, Sha'zir
- Surace, AJ
- Thomas III, Michael
- Thompson, Jordan
- Toure, Famah
- Vigna, Chris
- Walker, Moses
- Walker, Jordan
- Ward, Evan
- Ward, Timmy
- Weaver, Bradley
- Weber, Colin
- White, Taj
- Williams, Xavier
- Williams, Zilan
- Wingate, Riley
- Wright, Abram
- Zilinskas, Gus
- Zilinskas, Hank
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Jersey Number 10
AJ Surace
- Position:
- QB
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 212
- Hometown:
- Pennington, N.J.
- High School:
- Notre Dame
- Major:
- Pre Business
- Bio
- Stats
- Media
2025 Academic All-Big Ten
2025 (Sophomore): Played in three games ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/10) ... saw action at No. 1 Ohio State (11/22) and versus No. 8 Oregon (10/18) ... threw two touchdown passes on four attempts in collegiate debut against Norfolk State (9/13).
2024 (Freshman): Did not see game action.
Prior to Rutgers: Coached by Sean Clancy at Notre Dame … a two-time team captain at quarterback … helped the Irish to a 10-1 overall record, an undefeated regular season and an NJSIAA Non-Public A playoff appearance in 2023 … completed 122-of-174 passes (70 percent) for 1,839 yards and 25 touchdowns as a senior … added 975 rushing yards and 15 rushing touchdowns … WJFL Player of the Year by the Trentonian … first team all-state offensive selection by USA Today … first team all-group, first team all-division and second team all-state by The Star Ledger … voted the Capitol Division Player of the Year … a WJFL First Team All-Star by the Star-Ledger … finished junior season 131-of-231 passing for 1,731 yards and 21 touchdowns … added three rushing touchdowns during junior campaign … a four-star prospect by On3 ... the No. 6 overall signee from New Jersey and No. 30 quarterback in the country by Rivals … the No. 9 prospect from the Garden State by 247Sports … No. 34 signal caller nationally by ESPN … also played baseball in high school.
Personal: Father, Bob Surace, is the current head football coach at Princeton.
Major: Pre Business
2025 (Sophomore): Played in three games ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/10) ... saw action at No. 1 Ohio State (11/22) and versus No. 8 Oregon (10/18) ... threw two touchdown passes on four attempts in collegiate debut against Norfolk State (9/13).
2024 (Freshman): Did not see game action.
Prior to Rutgers: Coached by Sean Clancy at Notre Dame … a two-time team captain at quarterback … helped the Irish to a 10-1 overall record, an undefeated regular season and an NJSIAA Non-Public A playoff appearance in 2023 … completed 122-of-174 passes (70 percent) for 1,839 yards and 25 touchdowns as a senior … added 975 rushing yards and 15 rushing touchdowns … WJFL Player of the Year by the Trentonian … first team all-state offensive selection by USA Today … first team all-group, first team all-division and second team all-state by The Star Ledger … voted the Capitol Division Player of the Year … a WJFL First Team All-Star by the Star-Ledger … finished junior season 131-of-231 passing for 1,731 yards and 21 touchdowns … added three rushing touchdowns during junior campaign … a four-star prospect by On3 ... the No. 6 overall signee from New Jersey and No. 30 quarterback in the country by Rivals … the No. 9 prospect from the Garden State by 247Sports … No. 34 signal caller nationally by ESPN … also played baseball in high school.
Personal: Father, Bob Surace, is the current head football coach at Princeton.
Major: Pre Business
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