Kyle Monangai is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

running back A running back (RB) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football. The primary roles of a running back are to receive American football plays#Offensive terminology, handoffs from the quarterback to Rush (American football)#Offen ...

for the

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High school career

Raised in

Roseland, New Jersey Roseland is a borough in western Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 5,819,Don Bosco Preparatory High School , motto_translation = To Increase in Knowledge and Grace , accreditation = Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools , rival = Bergen Catholic High SchoolSaint Joseph Regional High School , mascot = , ma ...

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. As a senior, he had over 900 rushing yards with 11

touchdown A touchdown (abbreviated as TD) is a scoring play in gridiron football. Whether running, passing, returning a kickoff or punt, or recovering a turnover, a team scores a touchdown by advancing the ball into the opponent's end zone. In Ameri ...

s, and 400 receiving yards with five touchdowns. He committed to

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to play college football.

College career

Monangai played in five games his first year at Rutgers in 2020 and did not have a carry. He played in 11 games in 2021 and had 235 yards on 62 carries with four touchdowns. As a sophomore in 2022, he started 11 of 12 games and recorded 445 yards on 109 carries with two touchdowns. Monangai returned as a starter in 2023. He became the first Rutgers running back since

Jawan Jamison Jawan Jamison (born November 23, 1991) is a former American football running back. He played college football for Rutgers University. He was selected in the seventh round of the 2013 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins. He was considered one of ...

in 2012 to rush for 1,000 yards.

References

External links

Rutgers Scarlet Knights bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Monangai, Kyle Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Players of American football from Essex County, New Jersey American football running backs Don Bosco Preparatory High School alumni People from Roseland, New Jersey Rutgers Scarlet Knights football players