HOPKINS, MI – Colin Weber is no stranger to tough decisions.
As a senior at Hopkins High School, Weber had to make choose between pursuing football or basketball in college, ultimately picking the football program at UNC Charlotte over scholarship offers from Miami (OH) and Central Michigan, among others.
That decision resulted in a strong four-year football career with the 49ers, but after Charlotte fired head coach Biff Poggi, Weber entered the transfer portal and prepared for another tough call.
Now, the 6-foot-4, 255-pound tight end is heading to the Big Ten.
Weber announced Saturday his intention to transfer to Rutgers for the 2025 college football season, and he’ll have one year of immediate eligibility with the Scarlet Knights.
Ranked as the nation’s No. 7 tight end in the transfer portal and 125th-best player overall by 247Sports, Weber chose Rutgers over offers from UConn, James Madison and Miami (OH).
He’s coming off a junior season that saw him rank third on the team in receptions (21) and fifth in receiving yards (213).
As a sophomore, he became the first tight end in Charlotte history to lead the 49ers in catches (34), and Weber ranked second in receiving yards (362).
He has yet to score a collegiate touchdown, but has taken five catches inside the opponent’s 5-yard line in his career and had a scoring grab this year against Indiana negated by a penalty.
At Rutgers, Weber joins a program coming off a 7-5 regular season heading into Thursday’s matchup with Kansas State in the Rate Bowl.
In his second stint with the Scarlet Knights, head coach Greg Schiano has guided Rutgers to consecutive bowl games and a 26-33 record over the last five seasons.
Rutgers won’t face any of Weber’s home-state teams in 2025, but the Scarlet Knights will play within a few hundred miles of Hopkins when they visit Purdue, Illinois and Ohio State.
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