Thursday, August 09, 2012

Men Of Steele

The Phil Steele magazine generally does a pretty good job with this stuff. With apologies for any typos, here is Steele's Ivy League preseason team:

FIRST TEAM
OFFENSE
QB Jeff Mathews Cornell
RB Treavor Scales Harvard
RB Mordecai Cargill Yale
FB Greg Schuster Penn
WR Shane Savage Cornell
WR Chris Smith Yale
TE Kyle Juszczyk Harvard
OL Jack Templeton Brown
OL J.C. Tretter Cornell
OL Jack Holuba Harvard
OL Will Whitman Harvard
O Joe Bonadies Penn

DEFENSE
DL Brandon Copeland Penn
DL Caraun Reid Princeton
DL Nnamdi Obukwelu Harvard
DL Mike Catapano Princeton
LB Josh Martin Columbia
LB Andrew Starks Princeton
LB Will McHale Yale
LB Bronson Green Dartmouth
DB A.J. Cruz Brown
DB Brian Owusu Harvard
DB Josh Barut Cornell
DB Nick Okano Yale

SPECIALISTS
K Alexander Norocea Brown
P Joe Cloud Princeton
KR AJ Cruz Brown
PR Chris Smith Yale

SECOND TEAM
OFFENSE
QB Sean Brackett Columbia
RB Brandon Colavita Penn
RB Mark Kachmer Brown
FB Elijah Thomas Yale
WR Kurt Ondash Cornell
WR Deon Randall Yale
TE Cameron Brate Harvard
OL John Collins Harvard
OL Robert Bullington Cornell
OL Joe Goss Princeton
OL Scott Ward Columbia
OL Austin Scheufele Harvard

DEFENSE
DL Tre’ Minor Cornell
DL Chris Dooley Yale
DL John Lyon Harvard
DL Seyi Adebayo Columbia
LB Alexander Norman Harvard
LB Zach Olinger Columbia
LB Josh Boyd Harvard
LB Brett Buehler Cornell
DB Mike Waller Columbia
DB Khamal Brown Princeton
DB Andrew Nelson Cornell
DB Marquel Carter Columbia

SPECIALISTS
K Connor Loftus Penn
P Jacob Dombrowski Harvard
KR Seitu Smith Harvard
PR Luke Tasker Cornell
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