A Familiar Name

All I will say is when you hear his name you'll recognize it.

That was in a blog posting in late winter as I waited for the name of one particular recruit to hit the newspaper. Here's a note from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that spells it out:

Shady Side Academy quarterback Dan Rooney will play next season at Dartmouth in the Ivy League. Rooney is the son of Steelers president Art Rooney II.

For a detailed story on Dan Rooney, check out this PDF of a Post-Gazette story. The 6-3, 195 quarterback helped his team to a 9-1 record before Shady Side ran into a QB you may have heard of in the WPIAL AA quarterfinals. Fellow by the name of Terrelle Pryor.

The New York Times has a story about Ivy prospects and the NFL. From the story:

(Brown wide receiver Paul) Raymond is the only Ivy League player with a decent chance of being drafted this year. He is projected to go in the final rounds Sunday, if at all. But if he makes a team in the fall — he will almost certainly be invited to a training camp as a free agent if he is not drafted — he will join a tiny, but slowly growing football fraternity: Ivy League education, N.F.L. job.

The nine-hour drive home from Penn State is behind us. Thankfully. We were in the crowd of 73,000 to watch the opening salvo for the Nittany Lion quarterback job next fall at the annual Blue-White game on another picture-perfect day. Keep an eye out next season for Stefon Green, a sophomore tailback who lived up to the hype of big-time speed by breaking off a 57-yard run on the first carry of the game.