Rutgers football offers four-star Illinois tight end Christian Bentancur
Christian Bentancur was offered by Rutgers football on Thursday, involving the Scarlet Knights with one of the top prospects in the class of 2024.
A tight end out of Marian Central Catholic (Woodstock, IL), Bentancur is ranked as the No. 236 player in the nation according to 247Sports. He is the fifth-best player in Illinois in his class per the recruiting analysts.
The 6-foot-5, 240-pound tight end is already a monster recruit, holding Power Five offers from programs such as Arkansas, Boston College, Duke, Florida, Florida State, Illinois, Iowa, Iowa State, Michigan, Ohio State, , Penn State, Texas A&M and Wisconsin among others.
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Last season he had 53 receptions for 1,165 receiving yards and 16 touchdowns.
He tweeted about the Rutgers offer on Thursday night:
After a great call with @CoachNunz and @GregSchiano, I’m blessed to receive another offer from Rutgers!! @MarianCentralFB @Rivals @247Sports @EDGYTIM @Rivals_Clint @AllenTrieu @RFootball #blessed pic.twitter.com/IBCLIFRmSL
— Christian Bentancur (@cbentancur18) July 29, 2022
Marian Central Catholic struggled a bit last season, going 3-5. They did close out the season strong with wins over Leo and Woodstock.
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Earlier this week, Bentancur received an offer from Texas A&M. In June, he took several visits including stops at Arkansas, Louisville and Wisconsin.
