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Troy Rainey

DL · Rutgers · Sr. · #51

Rutgers 2024 — college career complete

This season's coverage starts August 26 — check back once kickoff hits.

Troy Rainey

DL · Rutgers · Sr · #51

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

Career Arc

Recruit

★★★

#1958 national

CFB

College

Rutgers

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2024

1 coach

2022

Greg Schiano

Rutgers

2023

Greg Schiano

Rutgers

2024

Greg Schiano

Rutgers

Played his entire career under Greg Schiano.

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Rutgers4-8HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning

2023Rutgers7-6HC: Greg Schiano · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Rutgers7-6HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Rutgers	10	4	0.5	--	--	--
2023	Rutgers	11	3	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Rutgers	7	3	1.5	--	--	--
Career		28	10	2.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2024

W 26–19

vs Minnesota

0 TFL · 2 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

How he plays

Play style

Wins his gap play after play.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

IDL

His 2024 production profile sits closest to LeDarrius Cox’s 2022 season.

LeDarrius Cox

89%match

Indiana · 2022

Fuches Lewis II

Georgia State · 2023

88%

Raishein Thomas

Northern Illinois · 2021

88%

Marquis Burks

Auburn · 2022

87%

Jordan Bertagnole

Wyoming · 2021

86%

Matches LeDarrius on

TFL rate

Height

Hurry rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Marquis Burks's junior season at Auburn (2022).

Marquis Burks

89%match

Auburn · 2022

Payton Page

Clemson · 2023

All-ACC

89%

Kyron Mims

Ball State · 2022

88%

Damon Payne Jr.

Alabama · 2024

86%

Gavriel Lightfoot

Fresno State · 2024

86%

Matches Marquis on

Class year

Hurry rate

Weight