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Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett

Rutgers coach Greg Schiano said on Saturday that he might switch some defensive players over to receiver to bolster the numbers at that depleted position. That's what happened on Tuesday, when defensive backs Mohamed Sanu and Brandon Jones worked with the offense at wideout.

The Scarlet Knights have found few answers at the position all spring. Eddie Poole and Marcus Cooper both got hurt, and other players have failed to impress in their bids to replace Kenny Britt and Tiquan Underwood.

Sanu is a true freshman who enrolled in January and has been playing safety and on special teams. Jones is a redshirt freshman cornerback. Whether this was just a one-day experiment or a more long-term move wasn't decided on Tuesday.

"I just wanted to see if someone could do something that caught your eye," Schiano told The (Newark) Star-Ledger. "So I'll watch the tape. Sanu is a big guy. He caught some of those and he can puncture the defense. So that's favorable. I don't even know if it is fair with Brandon. Brandon's knee is bothering him. He has that sleeve. It's gimping him a little bit.

"The staff will watch it, I'll watch it, and we'll make a conclusion for Thursday."