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Sneak peak. @EricLeGrand52 gets his very own @Topps trading card. Story coming soon. #Rutgers #RFootball @TheChopNation @RFootball pic.twitter.com/UtToGN4Mob — Chris Nalwasky (@ChrisWasky) July 13, 2017 Topps has included Eric LeGrand in its 2017 set of Allen & Ginter trading cards. According to Chris Nalwasky of Rutgers 247 Sports . The retro-style cards are available for purchase starting today, July 19. This is not the first Topps card for LeGrand, as he was also featured on a football card in 2012. Congratulations to Eric on this well-deserved honor, and thank you for continuing to be such a great ambassador for Rutgers University.

Rutgers head coach Chris Ash sat down with radio announcers Chris Carlin and Eric LeGrand for the first installment of The Chris Ash Show, which was broadcast live from Quaker Steak and Lube in Edison , NJ . Also sitting down to chat with the hosts was Rutgers Athletic Director Pat Hobbs.  If you're interested, check out the video from the link below: http://www.scarletknights.com/collegesportslive/?media=535256 Ash spent time discussing the breakdowns on special teams, saying that he was very disappointment because they spent "an insane amount of time" practicing special teams during the week leading up to the Washington game. Echoing his statements from his postgame press conference, Ash reiterated the progress he thought the team made throughout the contest saying that there was "no quit in our football team." Eric LeGrand asked about specific players that Ash thought stood out, and the coach talked about Kiy Hester and Janarion Grant. Regardin...