Big Day for Ivy Draft Prospects

While Cornell's Kevin Boothe had an outside shot at being picked yesterday (he wasn't), it's almost always the second day when Ivy League players hear their names called -- if they are called at all. (See below). While he's been projected as high as the third round, Boothe might have to wait until the late sixth round according to SI.com. The same site has Brown tailback Nick Hartigan as a free agent along with Princeton corner Jay McCareins and Yale quarterback Jeff Mroz. ... It's a tough business. The NFL.com site said of Boothe, "... his technique is so bad that he consistently was beaten and his man made/disrupted a lot of plays." ...

NFL Draftees in the Last Decade
(with year, school, position, team, round, selection No.)
2005 - Harvard QB Ryan Fitzpatrick (St. Louis, 7th,250)
2004 - Yale TE Nate Lawrie (Tampa Bay, 6th, 181); Dartmouth TE Casey Cramer (Tampa Bay, 7th, 228)
2002 - Penn OL Jeff Hatch (NY Giants, 3rd, 78)
2001 - Princeton C Dennis Norman (Seattle, 7th, 222), Yale DB Than Merrill (Tampa Bay, 7th, 223), Yale TE Eric Johnson (San Francisco, 7th, 224)
2000 - Harvard LB Isaiah Kacyvenski (Seattle, 4th, 119)
1999 - Brown WR Sean Morey (New England, 7th, 241), Penn FB Jim Finn (Chicago, 7th, 253)
1998 - Penn DE Mitch Marrow (Carolina, 3rd, 73), Dartmouth LB Zack Walz (Arizona, 6th, 158), Harvard C Matt Birk (Minnesota, 6th, 173)
1997 - Columbia DE Marcellus Wiley (Buffalo, 2nd, 52), Cornell NT Seth Payne (Jacksonville, 4th, 114); Cornell TB Chad Levitt (Oakland, 4th, 123)

Dartmouth defensive back/running back recruit Peter Pidermann gets a mention in the Miami Herald after finishing fourth in the 110-meter hurdles and eighth in the 300-meter hurdles in a Florida state championship. ... Cornell coach Jim Knowles might be reworking his option offense if the spring game in Ithaca is any indication. The Big Red piled up 355 passing yards in Saturday's spring finale. ... It's a gorgeous day in Hanover. Let's play two! Dartmouth and Harvard will be doing just that with the Red Rolfe Division title on the line. After splitting with the Crimson yesterday on the road, Dartmouth returns to Hanover today, one game behind in the division race. If the Big Green can sweep the Crimson it will claim the Red Rolfe title.