Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano hosted his first press conference of training camp last Tuesday on August 4. In the beginning of the press conference, Schiano announced that defensive back Zilan Williams is out for the season with injury while EDGE Canaan Edwards is no longer with the program.
Schiano did not go into detail about William’s injury besides saying that he is done for the season. Williams, a senior, was mostly used in a reserve role at cornerback and on special teams as well. Williams did appear
in all 12 games last season, mostly on special teams, where he recorded 4 total tackles. He has appeared in 25 games and made 6 total tackles during his 4 seasons so far at Rutgers.
Canaan Edwards came to Rutgers as a part of the 2025 recruitment class and was listed as a three star athletes by 247Sports when he committed. He only appeared in one game last season, the Scarlet Knights blowout win against Norfolk State. It is currently unknown why he decided to leave the program.
Neither scenario is exactly uncommon for the start of training camp for any team, as their is usually a bit of off-season attrition for most teams.
Schiano also takes the time to discuss other things in the press conference, such as how he thinks this team has the most depth out of any team he has had since being back and how he thinks the change in the strength and conditioning program under new coach Spencer Brown has changed the team for the better overall.
A link to the press conference can be found here.
