Rutgers University Athletics

Eric Josephs begins his fifth season as director of player personnel at Rutgers. Prior to his arrival “On the Banks,” Josephs spent the previous season at Baylor as the program’s director of player personnel.

Rutgers signed the top recruit from New Jersey, New York and Kentucky in the 2022 class. Twelve different states were represented overall with the class being ranked the highest for the Scarlet Knights in the Big Ten era according to ESPN and 247Sports.

During his time in Waco, Josephs helped the Bears secure the No. 4 overall recruiting class in the Big 12 according to both Rivals and 247Sports for the 2019 recruiting cycle. In 2018, Baylor went on to win the Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl.

Josephs arrived at Baylor following a two-year stint as the director of recruiting at Tennessee from 2016-18. While on Rocky Top, Josephs helped the Vols secure the nation’s No. 15 ranked recruiting class in 2017 according to Rivals and ESPN and a top-20 class in 2018. Tennessee secured a victory in the Music City Bowl over Nebraska in 2016.

Prior to his time with Tennessee, Josephs spent three years at the University of Miami (Fla.) from 2013-15, which included a stint as the program’s director of player personnel in 2015. That season, Josephs was responsible for the identification, selection, organization and flow charts of prospective recruits. Miami made three-straight bowl appearances during his time with the Hurricanes and signed three top-25 recruiting classes. The 2014 class was rated No. 10 in the nation according to ESPN, while 2015 was ranked No. 25 and the 2016 class was listed at No. 19.

Josephs spent 2012 as an intern with the Philadelphia Eagles and also completed internships with the Dallas Cowboys, New England Patriots and Buffalo Bills. A native of Teaneck, New Jersey, Josephs earned his bachelor’s degree in management from Wisconsin in 2011.