Ex-LSU QB Hayden Rettig transferring to Rutgers: Report

Everyone knows playing football in the Big Ten has its recruiting benefits and, before its first year in the powerhouse conference, Rutgers is quickly finding it to their liking.

With an already pretty impressive recruiting class, the Scarlet Knights haven't stop loading up on talent for their inaugural season — and down the road.

On Thursday, after former LSU quarterback Hayden Rettig decided to trade his  SEC pedigree for life with the Big Ten's new East Coast addition, things are looking up in Piscataway for a few more years.

Rettig announced at the start of June that he was leaving LSU after a single season, and confirmed in a text message to nola.com Thursday night that he will transfer to Rutgers . A redshirt freshman, he will sit out a transfer season in 2014 and have three years of eligibility remaining beginning in 2015.

The 6-3, 205-pound pro-style quarterback signed to LSU out of Cathedral high school (Los Angeles, Ca.) in 2013. He was a consensus four-star prospect by all of the major recruiting networks and played in the 2013 U.S. Army All-American Bowl.

"Great place, great people, great education, going after a Big 10 championship," Rettig wrote in his text. His decision was first reported by FoxSports.

Three-year Rutgers starter Gary Nova projects to be under center for the Scarlet Knights again in 2014, with Rettig potentially battling junior Mike Bimonte and redshirt freshman Chris Laviano for the starting job in 2015.