Rutgers gets a powerful early-enrollee road-grader in James Cocozzo
James Cocozzo is a 2026 Rutgers signee and early enrollee who projects as a tough, high-floor interior lineman: he’s listed around 6-foot-4, 300 pounds, reclassified to join the Scarlet Knights a year early, and was credited with zero sacks, zero hurries and 87 pancake blocks in 2024. He also brings uncommon two-way toughness — wrestling background, linebacker snaps, and a reputation as a physical tone-setter — which helps explain why Rutgers and multiple Power Four programs wanted him. The big question is development speed, but the fit is obvious: strong, nasty, and built for the trenches.
