{"id":626484,"date":"2023-04-06T04:59:46","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T09:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/06\/for-rutgers-football-wide-receiver-isaiah-washington-experiences-matters-both-on-and-off-the-field\/"},"modified":"2023-04-06T04:59:46","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T09:59:46","slug":"for-rutgers-football-wide-receiver-isaiah-washington-experiences-matters-both-on-and-off-the-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/06\/for-rutgers-football-wide-receiver-isaiah-washington-experiences-matters-both-on-and-off-the-field\/","title":{"rendered":"For Rutgers football wide receiver Isaiah Washington, experiences matters both on and off the field"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. \u2014 Isaiah Washington enters his final season with Rutgers football as one of the veterans of the wide receiver room. And as Washington readies for his third season with Rutgers and fifth year of college football overall, he readily admits that there is still plenty for him to learn.<\/p>\n

Thankfully for Washington, he has a new wide receivers coach in Dave Brock who has extensive experience at both he college level and the NFL.<\/p>\n

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Last season, Washington had three catches for 59 yards and a touchdown<\/a>. And as he steps up into a bigger role both on the field but also in terms of leadership, Washington will be guided by Brock, who returns to Rutgers after 11 years away from the program.<\/p>\n

During that time, he spent four years as head coach at Delaware and then five seasons with the Atlanta Falcons. His last three years in Atlanta saw him as the NFL team\u2019s wide receivers coach<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think it\u2019s awesome. He\u2019s a really smart coach, he knows what he\u2019s talking about. So it\u2019s like every meeting is just everybody\u2019s an adult. Everyone is just trying to pick his brain,\u201d Washington said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe definitely have a certain excitement level but I mean, it\u2019s just because, it\u2019s exciting playing football, you know, it\u2019s a sport we love. So every time we step out here, it\u2019s an excitement level, but there\u2019s definitely you know, a certain excitement to something new.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Washington, steady and relatively unflappable, kept the focus not on himself as much as the overall growth and development of the team. This is a crucial season for Rutgers football to continue their rebuild and the offense will be asked to take a significant step forward after their struggles from last year.<\/p>\n

Part of the reshaping of the offense happened with a coaching staff shakeup that started with the midseason firing of Sean Gleeson and ended up seeing three new coaches come in. Those coaches all have extensive experience, with offensive line coach Pat Flaherty and the aforementioned Brock boasting NFL stops on their resume.<\/p>\n

The work that Brock did in the NFL and in college (Brock was also the Rutgers offensive coordinator in 2014) is not lost on a player like Washington.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s always good to have a coach like him in the room. Like, he\u2019s literally an NFL veteran, a college veteran \u2013 he\u2019s very smart,\u201d Washington said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, it\u2019s all it\u2019s really good to learn from him. Like a nice, great coach. I think it\u2019s going to be a really good thing for our group.\u201d\u2018<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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