Sunday, May 02, 2010

A Look at the QBs On the Schedule

11 a.m. update: The name of the wide receiver (see below) who transferred from Dartmouth to USC was Matt Nickels. He played for the Big Green in 1996 and '97. His USC bio is here. And I guess he did have a pretty good senior year for USC with 32 catches for 408 yards. (link) For an interesting Q&A with Nickels that talks about his decision to transfer, click here.Italic


Here are the top statistical leaders among quarterbacks returning for each team Dartmouth will face this fall. (Stats are for the 2009 season. Year in school is for 2010 season.)

Brown, Kyle Newhall-Caballero, 6-3, 210 senior
259-413 (62.7 percent) for 2,709 yards, 18 TD, 14 int, 105 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD

Columbia, Sean Brackett, 6-1, 195 sophomore
34-63 (53.9 percent) for 458 yards, 4 TD, 3 Int, 287 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD

Cornell, Adam Currie, 6-1, 199 junior
15-28 (53.9 percent) for 207 yards, 1 Td, 4 Int, 16 rushing yards, 0 rushing TD

Harvard, Collier Winters, 5-11, 190 senior
157-272 (57.7 percent) for 1,861 yards, 15 TD, 7 int, 295 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD

Penn, Keiffer Garton, 6-2, 200 senior
43-64 (67.2 percent) for 400 yards, 4 Td, 3 Int, 150 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD

Princeton, Tommy Wornham, 6-2, 200 junior
174-306 (56.9 percent) for 1,624 ards, 7 TD, 8 Int, 272 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD

Yale, Patrick Witt, 6-4, 220 junior
138-240 (57.5 percent) for 1,449 yards, 8 TD, 11 Int, -46 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD

Non-League
Holy Cross, Ryan Taggart, 6-2, 210 senior
2-2 (100 percent) for 3 yards, 0 TD, 0 Int, 7 rushing yards, 0 rushing TD

Sacred Heart, Dale Fink, 6-2, 210 redshirt senior
212-347 (61.1 percent) for 2,064 yards, 17 TD, 13 Int, -24 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD

Bucknell, CJ Hopson, 6-0, 198 junior
35-94 (37.2 percent) for 341 yards, 0 TD, 0 Int, 633 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD


And in case you were wondering ...
Dartmouth, Conner Kempe, 6-4, 210 junior
101-196 (51.5 percent) for 1,031 yards, 7 TD, 6 Int, -68 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD


Who will the Big Green not see this fall because of the schedule changes?
UNH, RJ Toman, 6-1, 195 senior
174-320 (54.4 percent) for 2,181 ards, 15 TD, 11 Int, 251 rushing yards, 4 TD

Colgate, Greg Sullivan, 6-1, 204 senior
135-230 (58.7 percent) for 1,952 yards, 18 TD, 5 Int, 788 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD

Among the things to keep in mind are that Princeton, Cornell and Bucknell have new coaches with all that entails, Penn quarterback Keiffer Garton was hurt last year and so was his top backup, Yale QB Collier Winters will be challenged (if the NCAA makes him eligible) by LSU transfer Andrew Hatch, and Yale quarterback Patrick Witt will be pushed again by Brook Hart, who split time with him last year.
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The Daily Review writes about Adam Harris, who transferred from Cornell to Syracuse and could be the starting fullback for the Orange next fall. (Another Syracuse fullback actually played in the shadow of Memorial Field at Hanover High School. Carl Cutler was a tight end for the Marauders who was reported to be on the Dartmouth radar at some point in the recruiting process.)

The transfer from Cornell to Syracuse got me thinking about Dartmouth players who have transferred out. I remember there was a wide receiver from California who left school because of a family issue and ended up walking on at USC, but I don't think he ever saw much, if any, action. Can't recall his name. Maybe you can.

The last transfer out of Dartmouth to make a mark elsewhere that I can remember is Jared Kesler, who played two years on the Big Green defensive line before becoming a starter on some pretty good TCU teams in 2003 and '04. Find his TCU bio here.
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While the Green-White Game was taking place on Memorial Field yesterday things didn't go so well for Dartmouth teams on the road. The baseball team dropped a twinbill at Harvard yesterday and still needs a win today in a doubleheader at home against the Crimson to clinch a date in the Ivy League Championship Series at Columbia. ... The softball team was eliminated from the Ivy League race with a double-dip at Harvard and the men's lacrosse team dropped a 10-9 overtime heartbreaker at Brown to miss a chance at the inaugural Ivy League tournament that features the top four teams in the league. ... Women's lacrosse plays Penn today at 12:30 on CBS CollegeSports TV in the championship of the women's Ivy League Tournament.

And no, the Ivy League football champion still can't play in the postseason.

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