AJ Surace
| No. 10 – Rutgers Scarlet Knights | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class | Junior |
| Personal information | |
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Notre Dame (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) |
| College |
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| Stats at ESPN | |
Anthony James Surace is an American college football quarterback for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.
Early life
Surace grew up in Pennington, New Jersey,[citation needed] and attended Notre Dame High School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He was rated as a three-star recruit, the 32nd overall quarterback, and the 9th overall player in the state of New Jersey,[by whom?] and committed to play college football for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights over offers from other schools such as Boston College, Duke, Indiana, Michigan State, Northwestern, Pittsburgh, Temple, and Tennessee.
College career
As a freshman in 2024, Surace was redshirted. He entered the 2025 season as the backup quarterback behind Athan Kaliakmanis. Surace made his collegiate debut in week 3 of the 2025 season, where he completed four of seven pass attempts for 58 yards and two touchdowns in a win over Norfolk State. On the season, he completed four of nine pass attempts for 58 yards and two touchdowns. Surace entered the 2026 season competing with Dylan Lonergan for the starting job.
Statistics
| Year | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| 2024 | Rutgers | 0 | 0 | — | Redshirted  | |||||||||||
| 2025 | Rutgers | 3 | 0 | — | 4 | 9 | 44.4 | 58 | 6.4 | 2 | 0 | 171.9 | 2 | –5 | –2.5 | 0 |
| 2026 | Rutgers | 5 | 1 | 0–1 | 40 | 71 | 56.3 | 539 | 7.6 | 6 | 5 | 134.0 | 19 | –56 | –2.9 | 0 |
| Career | 8 | 1 | 0–1 | 44 | 80 | 55.0 | 597 | 7.5 | 8 | 5 | 138.2 | 21 | –61 | –2.9 | 0 | |
Personal life
Surace is the son of Princeton head football coach, Bob Surace.
References
- ↑ Johnson, Greg. "Notre Dame High quarterback AJ Surace commits to Rutgers". Trentonian. Retrieved July 5, 2026.
- ↑ Fonseca, Brian. "Rutgers QB AJ Surace 'made a lot of growth' in these areas during strong spring". NJ.com. Retrieved July 5, 2026.
- ↑ Iseman, Chris. "Rutgers football's AJ Surace confident, well-prepared as he enters season as QB2". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved July 5, 2026.
- ↑ Fonseca, Brian. "Greg Schiano: Rutgers QB AJ Surace 'showed why we have a lot of faith in him' with strong debut". NJ.com. Retrieved July 5, 2026.
- ↑ Catapano, John. "Rutgers Football Spring Update: All Eyes on the Quarterbacks". Rutgers Scarlet Knights On SI. Retrieved July 5, 2026.
- ↑ Fonseca, Brian. "What Rutgers OC Kirk Ciarrocca, QBs AJ Surace, Dylan Lonergan said about key offseason competition". NJ.com. Retrieved July 5, 2026.
- ↑ Iseman, Chris. "How AJ Surace, Dylan Lonergan are viewing Rutgers football QB battle". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved July 5, 2026.
- ↑ Hunt, Todderick. "Meet Rutgers' next QB of the future: A coach's kid who reads defenses faster than you can read this headline". NJ.com. Retrieved July 5, 2026.
- ↑ Fonseca, Brian. "Rutgers' QB of future is staying patient, but he is 'absolutely' ready if his moment comes". NJ.com. Retrieved July 5, 2026.