Following a lengthy investigation, Rutgers has now learned its NCAA fate. The NCAA ruled Friday that the athletic department failed to monitor the football program's drug-testing program over a five-year period, former coach Kyle Flood failed to monitor his operations staff, and Flood failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance by contacting a special instructor when making arrangements for a student-athlete. 

As a result of the investigation, Rutgers will receive two years probation from Sept. 22, 2017, through Sept. 21, 2019. Flood, who is now the offensive line coach for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons, also received a one-year show-cause from Sept. 22, 2017, through Sept. 21, 2018.

Self-imposed penalties accepted by the NCAA include a reduction in the number of off-campus recruiting days by a total of 10 (five in the fall, five in the spring) during the 2017-18 school year, a limit of 36 official visits during the 2017-18 school year (26 fewer than permitted and four fewer than the average for the school during the previous four seasons), a $5,000 fine, and a one-week ban on social media, telephone and written correspondence with prospects.

"The former head coach took a casual approach to compliance as it relates to the host program," the Division I Committee on Infractions panel said in a statement. "He exercised little, if any, oversight of the group, permitting recruiting staff to administer the program with no supervision. As the individual who had ultimate oversight of all aspects of the football program, it is implicit that the head coach was also responsible for the actions of football hosts and, ultimately, the violations they committed."

Rutgers is 1-2 in 2017 under second-year coach Chris Ash and visits Nebraska on Saturday.