Rutgers is doing everything it can to have students fill High Point Solutions Stadium for the Scarlet Knights’ opener against Norfolk State on Sept. 5. So much so, the school is willing to pay $100,000 to 100 randomly chosen students if RU takes its first kick return of the season into the end zone.
That's $1,000 to each lucky student after they divvy it up.
The Knights' kick returner, Janarion Grant, is always a threat to take it in but it's still a long shot. He returned a kick for a touchdown in 2013, and averaged over 25 yards per return last season.
But, on that first kickoff, you can bet the Junior player will hear more cheers from the entire student section — well, at least 100 of them — than he's ever heard before.
No word on a do-over if the Norfolk kicker boots it out of the end-zone for a touchback.
And you thought sports gambling was dead in New Jersey.
If Rutgers returns 1st kickoff vs. Norfolk State for TD, 100 random students sitting in student section will each receive $1,000 each
— Brett McMurphy (@McMurphyESPN) August 27, 2015
No word on a do-over if the Norfolk kicker boots it out of the end-zone for a touchback.
And you thought sports gambling was dead in New Jersey.
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