Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Names To Notice . . . And Then Forget

Rivals' star-ranked players in the high school class of 2014 listed as having interest in Dartmouth – or Dartmouth having interest in them:
  • 4-star DB Adarius Pickett 4 stars, 6-0, 185 DB, El Cerrito, Calif. (El Cerrito)
  • 3-star OL Sean Krepsz 6-5, 300, Riverside, Calif. (Martin Luther King)
  • 3-star WR Bryant O'Georgia, 5-11, 180, Phoenix, Ariz. (North Canyon)
  • 2-star QB Cody Ennis 6-6, 246, San Antonio, Texas (James Madison)
  • 2-star RB CJ Leggett 5-10, 207, Suwanee, Ga. (North Gwinnett)
  • 2-star RB Semar Smith, 5-9, 213, Coconut Creek, Fla. (Taravella)
  • 2-star DB Jordan Schlueter, 6-2, 185, Scottsdale, Calif. (Notre Dame Prep)
  • 2-star ATH Tyler Henderson, 5-9, 178, Suwanee, Ga. (Collins Hill)
  • 2-star ATH James Nachtigal, 6-0, 199, For Atkinson, Wis. (Fort Atkinson)
  • 2-star OL Ben Jones, 6-6, 246, Ocala, Fla. (Belleview)
Editor's Note: Can I interest you in some land in Florida? How about a bridge in Brooklyn? Lists like this are fun stuff but there's a lot of water to go under that bridge, or settle on that swamp before you should get serious about any of them.
In an entertaining column, a writer for The Dartmouth offers up percentage chances of prominent Big Green teams (and an individual) achieving different goals in the near future

From the story:
The football team has come a long way. There is healthy competition between quarterbacks Dalyn Williams ’16 and Alex Park ’14, who will both benefit from skilled-position weapons Ryan McManus ’15 and Dominick Pierre ’14 in the coming seasons. They fell just eight points shy of a share for first place in the Ivy standings last year, and I’m expecting a strong performance from the Big Green next season. Personal dream: win an Ivy championship in the next two years. Probability: 40 percent.
Two Ivy Leaguers have been named to the CFPA Tight Ends Watch List. Interestingly, our Colgate friends have two tight ends on the list!

2013 College Football Peformance Awards FCS Tight End Watch List
  • Justin Robinson, Alabama State
  • Justin Henderson, Bethune-Cookman
  • Ryan Barrett, Bryant
  • Chase Dixon, Central Arkansas
  • Faysal Shafaat, Chattanooga
  • Kevin O’Connell, Colgate
  • C.J. Stempeck, Colgate
  • Hamilton Garner, Columbia
  • Reese Williams, Davidson
  • Kevin Marshall, Drake
  • Dan Light, Fordham
  • Seth Cranfill, Gardner-Webb
  • Cameron Brate, Harvard
  • James O’Shaughnessy, Illinois State
  • Luke Smith, Jacksonville State
  • Brandon Hall, Lafayette
  • Tyler Coyle, Lehigh
  • Justin Perillo, Maine
  • David Diomede, Marist
  • R.J. Rickert, NAU
  • Kevin Vaadeland, North Dakota State
  • Corey Simmons, Northwestern State
  • Harold Spears, New Hampshire
  • Nick Scelfo, Nicholls State
  • Zeke Walters, Samford
  • Jeremy Meyers, Southeastern Louisiana
  • MyCole Pruitt, Southern Illinois
  • *A.C. Leonard, Tennessee State
  • Dezmond Beverly, UAPB
  • Taylor Sloat, UC Davis
  • Mario Thompson, VMI
  • Bryant Watts, Wagner
*--Returning CFPA recipient