May 06 | Football
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (May 6, 2013) – Rutgers senior LB Ka’Lial Glaud (Sicklerville, N.J) has signed a free agent contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Glaud is the 12th player from last season’s BIG EAST Championship squad to land on a NFL roster as he joins fellow rookie free agent signing Tim Wright in Tampa.
Rutgers finished the 2013 NFL Draft with a school-record seven players selected including third round selections CB Logan Ryan and FS Duron Harmon to New England. LB Khaseem Greene went to Chicago in the fourth round and TE D.C. Jefferson (Arizona), RB Jawan Jamison (Washington), LB Steve Beauharnais (New England) and CB Marcus Cooper (San Francisco) were picked in the seventh round.
New England drafted three RU players, the most by any NFL team in one NFL Draft.
The seven players selected in the NFL Draft for Rutgers broke the previous high of five set in 2009.
2013 Rutgers NFL Draft Class
Player Pos. Years at RU NFL Organization Round Pick
Logan Ryan CB 2009-12 New England Patriots 3 83
Duron Harmon FS 2009-12 New England Patriots 3 91
Khaseem Greene LB 2008-12 Chicago Bears 4 117
D.C. Jefferson TE 2008-12 Arizona Cardinals 7 219
Jawan Jamison RB 2010-12 Washington Redskins 7 228
Steve Beauharnais LB 2009-12 New England Patriots 7 235
Marcus Cooper CB 2008-12 San Francisco 49ers 7 252
Free Agent Signees
R.J. Dill OT 2012 Jacksonville Jaguars
Mark Harrison WR 2009-12 Chicago Bears
Tim Wright WR 2008-12 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Brandon Jones CB 2008-12 New England Patriots
Ka’Lial Glaud LB 2009-12 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Ka’Lial Glaud Bio
2012: Appeared in all 13 games, making 13 starts … totaled 39 tackles and three sacks on the season … earned Paul Robeson Award at team banquet, given annually toindividual whose performance, leadership and dedication on and off the field has had the greatest impact on Rutgers football … picked up five quarterback hurries … started at defensive end in the season-opening 24-12 victory at Tulane (9/1), tying a career-high with 1.0 sack (two yards lost) … notched 1.0 sack for the second-straight game in the 26-0 win vs. Howard (9/8), totaling three tackles overall … recorded six tackles, 0.5 tackle-for-loss and one forced fumble in the 23-13 win at USF (9/13) … four tackles and tied a career-best with 1.0 sack in the 23-15 win vs. Syracuse (10/13), also recovering one fumble … tied a season-best with six tackles in the Louisville game (11/29), including a season-high 1.5 tackles-for-loss … five tackles in Russell Athletic Bowl (12/28) vs. Virginia Tech.
2011: Saw action in all 13 games and started twice at defensive end after moving from linebacker in fall camp … recorded a career-best 20 tackles (12 solo), including 4.0 tackles-for-loss and 2.0 sacks … recovered two fumbles in the 38-26 win over Ohio (9/24) … broke up a pass attempt in the 34-10 victory against Pitt (10/8).
2010: Appeared in 11 of RU’s 12 games with two starts at Pitt (10/23) and at USF (11/3) … posted career-best seven tackles against the Panthers and first two career tackles-for-loss against the Bulls.
2009: True freshman reserve linebacker who also saw action on special teams … appeared in 12 games with a season-best two tackles vs. Pittsburgh (10/16) and in St. PetersburgBowl against UCF (12/19).
Prior to Rutgers: Played for head coach Mike McBride at Winslow Township High School … Philadelphia Inquirer and Courier-Post First Team All-South Jersey selection on defense … finished senior season with 87 tackles, eight sacks, three forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries … also played quarterback and threw for 1,379 yards and 19 touchdowns … rated as the No. 25 prospect in New Jersey by Rivals.com … rated as the No. 42 middle linebacker in the nation by Scout.com … three-year captain for the Eagles ... attended same high school as fellow Scarlet Knight Brandon Jones … born 11/9/90 … an Information Technology and Informatics major.
TACKLES G UA A Total TFL Yds PD FF FR Blkd
2009 12 2 6 8 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 11 14 5 19 2.0 6 0 0 0 0
2011 13 12 8 20 4.0 18 1 0 2 0
2012 13 23 16 39 4.0 18 1 1 1 0
TOTAL 49 51 35 86 10.0 42 2 1 3 0
SACKS G UA A Total Yds
2009 12 0 0 0.0 0
2010 11 0 0 0.0 0
2011 13 1 2 2.0 8
2012 13 3 0 3.0 13
TOTAL 49 4 2 5.0 21
