The first practice of Rutgers training camp is today at 2:50 at Rutgers Stadium, and to get things started, we've got three Rutgers stories in today's paper: 

One on Hightstown's Zaire Kitchen's remarkable comeback from his third reconstructive knee surgery. 

A notebook from reporting day with a look at the Knights' running back situation. 

A column that takes a look at five storylines likely to emerge during camp and throughout the season. (And a correction for a mistake I made: Mike Teel threw 12 touchdown passes in Rutgers' final nine games, not eight as the column said. He thew eight during the first three games and 12 in the final nine for a school-record of 20. My apologies for the mixup.) 

Also, a few things I couldn't fit in the paper: 

• Redshirt freshman Caleb Ruch, the front runner for the starting job at right guard, competed in -- and won -- a strongman competition at a local fair over the summer. "I didn’t think anything of it at the time, but I decided to compete in it," he said. "We had a truck-pull with a Dodge 1500, we had a tire flip, we had a farmer's walk (carrying 90-pound weights 100 feet) and there was firewood that you had to carry a certain distance."
• Quarterback Mike Teel said he was more excited for this year's reporting day than any of his previous four at Rutgers. "I couldn’t sleep last night," he said. "I went to sleep at 10:00, I fell asleep at one and I woke up at 6:30. I’m ready to go. It’s exciting and I’m ready to play football."
• The Knights' complete training camp schedule up until Game Week for the Fresno State game is as follows: Aug. 6 at 3:20; Aug. 7 at 3:20; Aug. 8 at 2:50; Aug. 9 at 6:50 (media day at 3); No practice Aug. 10 but the fan fest at 6; Aug. 11 at 10:20 a.m.; Aug. 12 at 10:30; Aug. 13 at 10:10; Aug. 14 at 2:50; Aug. 16 at 3:30; Aug. 18 at 3:20; Aug. 19 at 10:10; Aug. 20 at 10:10; Aug. 21 at 2:50; Aug. 22 at 10:10; Aug. 23 at 3:20; Aug. 24 at 3:20. The first major scrimmage will be Aug. 13 (a week from tomorrow.) 

I'll be at practice today and check in later on with a report.