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| Dominick Pierre (courtesy of Dartmouth) |
Dartmouth tailback Dominick Pierre is one of 33 players in the country named to the 2013 College Football Performance Awards FCS Running Back Watch List. Dartmouth will face two other running backs on the list: Yale's Tyler Varga and Butler's Trae Heeter.
Although he was hurt against Yale and slowed much of the season by lingering injuries, Pierre ran for 830 yards in nine games last fall, averaging 92.2 yards per contest and 5.0 yards per carry. He ran for nine touchdowns and added 18 receptions. Despite playing two years behind all-time leading Dartmouth rusher Nick Schwieger, Pierre has 1,574 career rushing yards with 17 touchdowns on the ground. He is 12th all-time in rushing by a Big Green player and should he average the same yardage over 10 games this year that he did over nine last fall he would finish with 2,496 yards, second in Dartmouth annals only to Schwieger's 3,150. He needs to average 158 yards per game to surpass Schwieger.
Pierre Rushing by Year
Freshman 10 games, 71 carries, 362 yards, 5.1 average, 4 TDs
Sophomore 10 games, 78 carries, 382 yards, 4.9 average, 4 TDs
Junior 9 games, 166 carries, 830 yards, 5.0 average, 9 TDs
2013 College Football Performance Awards FCS Running Back Watch List
- Isaiah Crowell, Alabama State
- Isidore Jackson, Bethune-Cookman
- Trae Heeter, Butler
- Kristaan Ivory, Cal Poly
- Rob Hollomon, Central Connecticut State
- Darien Robinson, The Citadel
- Dominick Pierre, Dartmouth
- Carlton Koonce, Fordham
- Dominique Swope, Georgia Southern
- *Shakir Bell, Indiana State
- DeMarcus James, Jacksonville State
- Dae’Quan Scott, JMU
- Aldreakis Allen, Liberty
- Marcus Wiltz, McNeese State
- Julian Hayes, Monmouth
- Cody Kirk, Montana State
- Jaamal Berry, Murray State
- Zach Bauman, NAU
- Nico Steriti, New Hampshire
- Sam Ojuri, North Dakota State
- David Johnson, Northern Iowa
- Tyree Lee, Old Dominion
- DJ Adams, Portland State
- Timothy Flanders, Sam Houston State
- *Fabian Truss, Samford
- Zach Zenner, South Dakota State
- Kyle Harbridge, St. Francis (PA)
- Gus Johnson, Stephen F. Austin
- Marcus Coker, Stony Brook
- *Terrance West, Towson
- Kevin Monangai, Villanova
- Dominique Williams, Wagner
- *Tyler Varga, Yale
*--Returning CFPA Recipient
Dartmouth Career Rushing Leaders
(Years) Yards-Average-TD
1. Nick Schwieger ’12 (2008-11) 3,150-4.85-26
2. Al Rosier ’91 (1989-91) 2,252-5.03-17
3. David Clark ’90 (1987-89) 1,812-4.96-13
4. Rick Klupchak ’74 (1971-73) 1,788-6.06-10
5. Jake Crouthamel ’60 (1957-59) 1,763-4.56-12
5. Pete Oberle ’96 (1993-96) 1,763-4.04-11
7. Greg Smith ’97 (1995-96) 1,711-4.26-13
8. Curt Oberg ’78 (1975-77) 1,693-4.33-11
9. Shon Page ’90 (1987, 89-90) 1,677-4.53-12
10. Jeff Dufresne ’81 (1978-80) 1,667-3.70-14
11. John Short ’71 (1968-70) 1,589-5.37-15
12. Dominick Pierre ’14 (2010-) 1,574-5.00-17
13. Tom Spangenberg ’65 (1961-63) 1,531-4.64-8
14. Michael Gratch ’02 (1998-01) 1,478-4.45-9
15. Sam Coffey ’78 (1975-77) 1,437-4.77-6
16. Reggie Belhomme ’00 (1997-00) 1,392-3.21-8
17. Pete Walton ’67 (1964-66) 1,343-5.37-17
18. Richard Weissman ’85 (1982-84) 1,336-4.01-20
19. Milan Williams ’09 (2005-08) 1,320-4.14-9
20. Sean Maher ’83 (1980-82) 1,313-4.62-17
21. Ernie Torain ’87 (1984-86) 1,269-3.63-9
22. Bill Roberts ’51 (1948-50) 1,237-5.13-6
23. Gene Ryzewicz ’68 (1965-67) 1,156-5.33-14
24. Al Rozycki ’61 (1958-60) 1,149-4.10-5
25. Jon Aljancic ’97 (1994-96) 1,015-3.32-21
In the spirit of the horse racing season, Jake Novak over at the Roar Lions Columbia football blog has begun to handicap the 2013 Ivy League race with his "post spring pole position." He has Dartmouth behind Penn and Harvard and writes this about the Big Green:
For the first time since Buddy Teevens came back to Hanover, I think he has a winning proposition at the crucial QB position. He has talent and depth there and a star RB too. I also like the Green linebackers and secondary, but I’m not so sure about the D-line. A lot of stars are starting to align at Memorial Field.
