Dino Kaliakmanis runs down the field at SHI Stadium like a runaway train.

The Rutgers special teamer’s full-speed sprints usually end without any action, but this time was different.

Three minutes remained in the second quarter of the Scarlet Knights’ season-opening game against Ohio on Aug. 28 when Jack Scullion blasted a kickoff down the middle of the field. Eamonn Dennis, Ohio’s return man, let the ball bounce off the turf.

When he caught it, he had no chance: Kaliakmanis planted him into the ground. As he was swarmed by celebrating teammates, he gestured toward the sky.

“What people view as routine was not to him,” his father, Alex, told NJ Advance Media. “To him, it was, ‘I’m making a big contribution to this team.’ His team looks at that and says this kid works his ass off

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