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The Athan Kaliakmanis era is officially here.

Rutgers football coach Greg Schiano this week named the Minnesota transfer the Scarlet Knights’ new starting quarterback, sources confirmed.

With Kaliakmanis installed as the new signal-caller, Gavin Wimsatt, who started 19 games over the previous two seasons, subsequently began the process of entering the transfer portal.

So it’ll be a new look for the Scarlet Knights’ offense, which is hoping to be more productive than it has been in recent seasons with Kaliakmanis as the starter under offensive coordinator Kirk Ciarrocca.

The timing of Schiano’s decision might’ve been surprising – there’s still a long way to go before Rutgers’ Aug. 31 season opener against Howard – but it was done out of fairness to Wimsatt to allow him to seek opportunities elsewhere before the transfer portal window closed Tuesday night.

Regardless, Kaliakmanis clearly showed the coaching staff enough during spring practices to earn the starting job outright.